Hamilton councillor’s push for Te Matatini to come to Kirikiriroa

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Hamilton councillor’s push for Te Matatini to come to Kirikiriroa

Te Matatini may be heading for Hamilton sooner than the scheduled 2029 date - if one Hamilton City Councillor has her way.

Councillor Maria Huata said she has been lobbying for the event to come to Hamilton / Kirikiriroa and that there had been “rumblings in the ether” that it could be staged here in 2027.

Huata made the comments as Hamilton also positions itself as one of the contenders for hosting the Homegrown music festival.

Huata said she was “dead set on [Te Matatini] being held in Kirikiriroa”.

The biennial event, which was staged in New Plymouth this year, was scheduled to next take place in the Nelson-Marlborough region, though funding doubts have been raised about that location.

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