A record number of Ngāpuhi descendants will gather on the weekend at the highly anticipated Ngāpuhi ki Tāmaki event in Tāmaki Makaurau.
This is the first time that over a thousand people have already registered for the event, first established in 2019.
The event on Saturday is at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau, and starts at 9.30am.
Ngāpuhi ki Tāmaki director Tasha Hohaia says this is an “opportunity for our people to be confident in knowing who they are through waiata and haka”.
“There are over 75,000 Ngāpuhi living in Auckland and this is one way to create spaces for whanaungatanga and gather Ngāpuhi,” she says.