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The country's biggest primary school kapa haka competition, Te Mana Kuratahi, is underway in Whakatū, Nelson.
It's the first time the event has been held in the South Island, bringing competitors from forty-six teams from Kawakawa to Ōtautahi, to battle it out for the top honours during the four day competition.
Samantha Gee went along to the first day.