Te Matatini kapa haka uniforms play a significant role in the performance and the history of the group, whether they are on or off-stage.
Tamati Waaka is of Te Whānau a Apanui and says their T-shirts are yellow, just like their netball and rugby clubs in the East Coast.
“When our parents were playing rugby and netball, their T-shirts were always yellow and so we have taken that colour and used it to represent them in our haka team.”
While the group’s yellow T-shirts are an awesome part of their uniform, they do not wear them on stage, according to Waaka.
![The yellow of Ngati Porou. Photo / Whakaata Māori](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5ZQPPRCOPRGK7G4YXZGTT34STQ.jpg?auth=19e93a91dc92f723a19cb665e8c7d76d7b22434ff596fe79ca46046fe6ba3f4f&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)