Pa Wars Marae Pack

Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou has organised the annual Ngati Porou Inter Marae Sports Festival, more commonly known as the “Ngati Porou Pa Wars” since 1995.

The 2025 Pa Wars will be held at Whakarua Park in Ruatoria on Friday 3rd January 2025!

The kaupapa of the Ngati Porou Inter Marae Sports festival is to;
- Strengthen our whanaungatanga as Ngati Porou
- Create a fun, relaxed and safe environment for whanau (mokopuna, tamariki, matua and tipuna) to play together
- Promote healthy life style practices
- Fundraise for our Marae whilst capitalising on friendly inter-marae rivalry
- Run off some of the Christmas/New Year excesses
- Increase Ngati Porou whanau and hapu participation in sports and recreation activities
- The emphasis is on "participation" not "competition" and some incentives to boost the inter-generational interest and participation will be provided.

With over 30 events, the festival is an icon for those whanau coming home for the Christmas break.

Marae packs have been sent out to our Marae with the registration from that needs to be completed by 12 noon on Wednesday 18th December 2024.

Keep an eye on our Ngati Porou Inter Marae Sports Festival "PA Wars" Facebook page for any updates!

For more information, please contact

Hiria Shaw
‍hshaw@tronp.org.nz
or (06) 864 9004