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Registrations for the 2024 Māori Touch Nationals are open now! Click here to secure your spot at the biggest Māori Touch Tournament in the [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ & Touch NZ join the Aotearoa Touch community in mourning as we sadly share the heartbreaking news of Paula Wanakore’s [ more… ]

Touch Football Australia (TFA) and Māori Touch New Zealand (MTNZ) are pleased to announce the Indigenous and Māori Touch Football teams that have [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ is excited to confirm the launch of our Tamariki Tournament in 2025! This two-day event is strictly for our tamariki with grades [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ are excited to extend our partnership with KBS Sportswear & Apparel – continuing through to the end of 2026. MTNZ [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ are pleased to confirm the 2024 Bunnings Māori Touch Nationals will take place at Rotorua International Stadium  on [ more… ]

See below details of grade winners and Taonga recipents from the 2023 Bunnings Māori Touch Nationals.  For full results and standings [ more… ]

The 2023 Bunings Māori Touch Nationals is being held on Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 December at Rotorua International Stadium. This year there are 60 [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ wishes to congratulate Carol Ngawati on her re-appointment as a board member for Te Huinga Tākaro o Aotearoa. Carol, Life Member [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ is proud to announce the start of a new partnership with Bunnings as primary partner and naming rights sponsor of the annual Māori [ more… ]

E ngā iwi o te motu nei, tēnā koutou katoa. Today we held our hui ā-tau at Te Ao Marama in Rotorua. This hui is our opportunity to review, [ more… ]

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e rau rangatira o te motu nei, tēnā koutou.  Māori Touch NZ wishes to advise of our 2023 Hui-a-Tau/AGM to be held [ more… ]

Team and Referee registrations for Pā Whutupōro Māori whakataetae ā-motu are open now!  We are looking forward to the biggest, [ more… ]

Rotorua International Stadium - Saturday 11 February 2023 Final Score:   Indigenous All Stars  10  v Māori All Stars  [ more… ]

Touch Football Australia (TFA) and Māori Touch New Zealand (MTNZ) are pleased to announce the Indigenous and Māori All Star teams that have been [ more… ]

We are pleased to confirm our 2022 Grade and Special Award winners for this years Māori Touch Nationals in Rotorua. A big congratulations to all of [ more… ]

E ngā iwi o te motu nei, tēnā koutou katoa. The Māori Touch NZ Hui ā-tau was held Sun 7 August in Rotorua. This hui was an opportunity to [ more… ]

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e rau rangatira o te motu nei, tēnā koutou. He pānui tēnei hei whakamōhio atu i te Hui-ā-Tau 2022 o Māori [ more… ]

We are excited to reveal our official on & off field uniform for our Māori Touch Nationals referee rōpū! Our leadership panel, led by [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ official merchandise is available for pre-order now! Get your official Māori Touch NZ Merchandise in time for Māori [ more… ]

Registrations for the 2022 National Tournament are open now! 2022 Team Registration Form:  https://forms.office.com/r/bnzziXH5fK   [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ is pleased to see the release of Sport New Zealand ’s new Māori Activation Plan, Te Aho a Ihi Aotearoa, and a Māori [ more… ]

Māori Touch NZ are excited to announce our new partnership with KBS Sportswear & Apparel - Commencing 2022, for an initial two-year term. [ more… ]

Ki ngā iwi huri noa i te motu, tēnā koutou katoa. He mihi nei ki ngā atua e manaaki ana ki a mātou. Otirā ki ō koutou mate, kua wehe atu rā. [ more… ]

We are proud to share news that in August, Carol Ngawati was appointed Kairangi for Māori Touch NZ & presented with Life Membership. Carol [ more… ]