Whakarongo iere te taringa ki te pāpāhotanga o te pōwhiri o Te Matatini 2017, Te Kahu o Te Amorangi atu i te taiwhanga o Mclean Park ki Ahuriri (Napier). Koinei te whakatau o te mana whenua, a Ngāti Kahungunu whānui ki ngā mātāwaka, ki ngā kapa haka o te motu, i whakaekea ki runga i a ia.
Ko te reo irirangi ō Kahungunu (Radio Kahungunu) me ōna apataki kaipāho kei te whakatū i te whare kōrero mō tēnei tau o Te Matatini, otirā e pūmau ana kia rangiwhāwhā ai ā haka, ā waiata ki ngā whaituā o te motu. Me mōhio hoki te kaiwhakarongo, nā te mea i rīkoatangia tēnei pāpāhotanga mai i te reo irirangi, he rahi ngā waiata me ngā whakatairanga o roto.
Kaipāho: Jackie Irihuia Hamm, (Ngāti Porou, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe, Tūwharetoa).
Kaipāho: Paora Rangiwhitu (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Toa, Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa, Waikato).
Kaipāho: Matiu Tahi, (Ngāi Tūhoe).
Kaiāwhina: Jeremy Tātere MacLeod (Ngāti Kahungunu).
Mana whenua - Ngāti Kahungunu
Ngā kaiwero o Ngāti Kahungunu me te tuku o ngā kaikaranga.
Ngā whakatūtūwaewae o te matua, me te whakaeke o ngā kapa.
Ngā kawemate o te motu.
Te whakahokitanga mai o ngā taonga o Te Matatini.
Te whakatau, me te whakakamakama o te kaitātāki wahine kia noho ki ngā tūru.
Kaikōrero tuatahi, Bill Prentice (Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Tāwhao, Ngāti Kahungunu).
Kaikōrero tuarua, Tā Pita Sharples (Ngāti Kahungunu).
Manuhiri - mātāwaka
Kaikōrero tuatahi, Pīhopa Richard Wallace (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Te Tai o Poutini).
Kaikōrero tuarua, Isaac Ihaka Cotter (Tūranga,Poihākena).
Kaikōrero tuatoru, Ricky Williams (Kāi Tahu, Ōtautahi).
Kaikōrero tuawhā, Mānahi Paewai (Rangitāne).
Kaikōrero tuarima, Danny Poihipi (Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Mātaatua).
Kaikōrero tuaono, Kura Moeahu (Te Āti Awa, Te Whanganui-a Tara).
Kaikōrero tuawhitu, Hauata Palmer (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāi Tūwhiwhia, Ngāti Tapu,Tauranga Moana, Mātaatua).
Kaikōrero tuawaru, Toby Curtis (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa).
Kaikōrero tuaiwa, Sonny Tau (Ngāpuhi, Te Tai Tokerau).
Kaikōrero tuangahuru, Rāhui Papa (Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Kahukura).
Kaikōrero tuangahuru mā tahi, Tukoroirangi Morgan (Waikato, Tainui).
Kaikōrero tuangahuru mā rua, Herewini Parata (Ngāti Porou).
Karakia - whakakapi
[Kāore i rangona ngā karakia me te hīmene, he wā kōrero mō ngā kaipāho].
Hongi - harirū
[He wā kōrero mō ngā kaipāho].
Ngā kaupapa i whakatakoto: He poroporoaki ki ngā mate huhua tō ia kapa, taonga takoha kia Ngāti Kahungunu, ētahi taonga whakamaumahara, te noho tawhiti o ngā pae, whakanuia ngā mahi o Ngāpo Bub Wehi rāua ko Pimia Nen Wehi, ā, waihanga hoki he taonga whakaihuwaka hei taurite ki te taonga o Duncan MacIntyre. Mihi ki te tumu whakarae o te Mātāwai.
Ngā kura/roopu i whakaingoatia: Hukarere Māori Girls College, Ngā Tū Taua o Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Wharetū Taua o Aotearoa, Ngā Pirihimana Māori, Te Aute Boys College, St Josephs Māori Girls College.
Ētahi tangata i whakaingoatia: Pita Sharples (Ngāti Kahungunu), Piri Sciascia (Ngāti Kahungunu), Rose Pere (Ngāti Ruapani, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu), Jeremy Tātere MacLeod (Ngāti Kahungunu), Timoti Karetu (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe), Te Arikinui Tūheitia Paki (Waikato/Tainui), Eraia Kiel (Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungunu), Keita Tuhi (Ngāti Kahungunu), JB Heperi-Smith (Ngāti Kahungunu), Ngāhiwi Tomoana (Ngāti Kahungunu), Sam Haami Hilton, Matiu Eru (Tāngoio, Ngāi Tūhoe), Bevan Taylor (Tāngoio), Heitia Hiha, Hori Reti.
Ngā hapū o Ahuriri i kōrerohia: Ngāi Te Ruruku, Ngāti Tū, Ngāti Tāwhao, Ngāti Pārau, Ngāti Tahuahi, Ngāti Matepū, Ngāti Mahu, Ngāti Hinepare, Ngāti Whatu-Māmoa.
Ngā wāhi o Kahungunu i kōrerohia: Maunga Heipipi, Te Rae o Tāngoio, Maunga Haruru, Heretaunga, Te Whanganui-o-Ōrotu.