They were among hundreds of tamariki from 62 schools and 17 regions around Aotearoa.
The five-day event closed today with a prizegiving at 2pm with Te Kura o Te Pāroa crowned Te Toa Whakaihuwaka - overall champions.
In third place was Wharekura o Ruatoki from the eastern Bay of Plenty and second, was Te Whānau o Te Maro from Tauranga Moana who also took home a multitude of awards through the aggregate compulsory disciplines.
The five groups from Te Arawa were Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu, Rotorua Intermediate School and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hurunga te Rangi.
Ngāti Rongomai took home three separate placings across the aggregate and non-aggregate disciplines including the Manukura Tāne.
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata were first equal in the Ngā Moteatea and te Tangi o te Reo categories and placed twice more across the different sections.
Rotorua Intermediate placed third in the Whakaeke section.
List of full results
TOA WHAKAIHU
1.Te Ihu – Te Kura o Te Pāroa
2. Te Haumi – Te Whānau o Te Maro
3. Te Kei – Te Wharekura o Ruatoki
AGGREGATE
WHAKAEKE
1. Te Ihu – Te Whānau o Te Maro
2. Te Haumi – Te Kura o Te Pāroa, Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga
3. Te Kei – Rotorua Intermediate School, Te Wharekura o Ruatoki
NGĀ MŌTEATEA
1. Te Ihu – Te Kura o Te Pāroa, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata, Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga
2. Te Haumi – Te Kapa Haka o Te Kura o Manutuke
3. Te Kei – Te Parekereke
WAIATA-Ā-RINGA
1. Te Ihu – Te Kura o Te Pāroa, Te Wharekura o Mauao – Kura Potiki, Te Kapa Haka o Waikirikiri, Te Rōpū Takawaenga o Rawhiti Roa
2. Te Haumi – Te Whānau o Te Maro
3. Te Kei – Te Kapa Puawai
POI
1. Te Ihu – Te Whānau o Te Maro
2. Te Haumi – Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga
3. Te Kei – Te Kura o Te Pāroa
HAKA
1. Te Ihu – Te Whānau o Te Maro
2. Te Haumi – Ngā Iti Rearea
3. Te Kei – Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere
WHAKAWĀTEA
1. Te Ihu – Te Whānau o Te Maro
2. Te Haumi – Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai
3. Te Kei – Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga
TE TANGI O TE REO
1. Te Ihu – Te Kura o Te Pāroa, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata, Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga
2. Te Haumi – Te Wharekua o Ngāti Rongomai, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere
3. Te Kei – Te Kura o Te Teko Ngā Taiohi
NON-AGGREGATE
WAIATA TIRA
1. Te Ihu – Te Whānau o Te Maro
2. Te Haumi – Te Puawaitanga o Maeroa
3. Te Kei – Te Kura o Te Pāroa
KĀKAHU
1. Te Ihu – Te Whānau o Te Maro, Henderson Intermediate
2. Te Haumi – Puawai, Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga
3. Te Kei – Ngā Mātapuna o Horahora, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Manawatu
MANUKURA WAHINE
1. Te Ihu - Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Waioweka, Te Kura o Te Pāroa
2. Te Haumi – Te Whānau o Te Maro, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata, Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga
3. Te Kei – Te Ara Whānui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi
MANUKURA TĀNE
1. Te Ihu – Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai
2. Te Haumi – Te Whānau o Te Maro, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere
3. Te Kei – Te Kura o Te Pāroa,
TITONGA HŌU
1. Te Ihu – Mangatuna
2. Te Haumi – Te Wharekura o Ruatoki
3. Te Kei – Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Whānau Tahi
TE AROHA O RANGITĀNE
Ngā Matapuna o Horahora