On the world stage
Competitions
International Ura Cook Islands and Ori Tahiti dance competitions — flyers, dates and entry details.
‘Ori Tahiti Nui Competitions
International solo, duo and group competitions. ‘Ōte‘a and Mehura categories. Includes the ‘Ori Tahiti World Championship on 22 November.
Hura Tapiaru
Dates: 25 November–5 December 2026 Categories: Mehura, 'Ōte'a, 'Aparima and Manihini.
Tahiti Fête in Okinawa
Date: 30-31st January Categories: 'Ori Tahiti solo, solo Mehura, duo and group.
Farereira'a i Tahiti – Hura A'ia'i
Farereira’a i Tahiti returns for its seventh edition from 10 to 15 July 2027, bringing Polynesian dance groups from Tahiti and around the world together for six days of competition, performance and cultural exchange. The event is organised by Pupu Ori Temaeva, one of the most respected dance troupes in French Polynesia, and it opens with a ceremony at one of the island’s most significant sacred sites. If you have ever wanted to see Ori Tahiti performed at the highest level, by dancers who have trained for it their whole lives, this is the week to be in Tahiti. What is Farereira’a i Tahiti Farereira’a means encounter, and that is the point of it. The festival brings international groups who have been studying Ori Tahiti abroad together with Tahitian dancers and teachers, in the place the dance comes from. Ori Tahiti has a serious international following. There are schools and troupes across Japan, the United States, Mexico, Europe and beyond, many of them led by teachers who trained in Tahiti. Farereira’a is where those groups come home to perform, compete, and learn directly from the source. At the centre of it is Hura A’ia’i, the competition itself, with both solo and group categories judged over several days.
Te Maeva Nui New Zealand 2027
Te Maeva Nui NZ The largest Cook Islands cultural festival outside the Cook Islands. Two days. More than 2,000 performers. Every vaka, oire and enua on one stage, drumming, imene, ura and storytelling passed down through generations, celebrated together in Aotearoa.