Tickets are on sale for the biggest National Secondary School Maori Performing Arts Competition.

More than 1500 young performers from 50 secondary schools will compete for a national title at the TSB Bank Arena on the Wellington waterfront during 17-19 June 2008.Tickets are on sale for the biggest National Secondary School Maori Performing Arts Competition.

More than 1500 young performers from 50 secondary schools will compete for a national title at the TSB Bank Arena on the Wellington waterfront during 17-19 June 2008.Schools from throughout New Zealand will be taking the stage over three days to compete against the best performers in their generation.

Chairperson, Rahui Papa says the standard of performances has 'gone through the roof' from when the competition first started in 2000. He says, "The competition is setting an excellent platform for the future of Maori performing arts. Schools are really strengthening the art-form of kapa haka and it's exciting to be part of it."

Day session tickets cost $15 per adult, $10 per beneficiary, $7 per child and student (2-18 years old). Ticketek transaction fees apply.

To contact individual teams from your region or to get a full copy of the programme, go online to www.haka08.co.nz

You can buy tickets now from Ticketek at www.ticketek.co.nz for the biggest Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua Competition ever.

08/06/08