CELEBRATING THE AWESOMENESS RIGHT HERE IN PORIRUA

Bringing People Together

That’s right people of Porirua, Porirua Has Talent 2025 is going to be bigger and better than ever! Last year’s event showed we have heaps of talent in our community with plenty of fabulous performances. We can’t wait to do it all again this year – registrations close on Friday 4 July so sign up today and get practising!

We’re all about giving our tamariki and rangatahi hope and something cool to look forward to and get involved in. Porirua Has Talent is all about positivity and excitement!

We’re looking forward to watching our young people show off their amazing talent again, and feel proud of what they’ve achieved, which is great for mental wellbeing too.

VocalsDance – Groups

There are 3 categories and 2 different age brackets to enter.

Tamariki aged – 5 to 12 years
Rangatahi aged – 13 to 25 years

*Please note you can only enter 1 individual category and 1 group category

Auditions

Porirua Has Talent – Auditions will be held on Saturday 19th July 2025, at Pātaka – Performing Arts Studio. So register NOW and show us YOUR talent!

Once we receive your registration, we will be in contact with you to allocate a time slot to show up for the category you registered for.

If you are not available to make the auditions, you have the option of sending in your audition video to info@poriruahastalent.nz

Terms of Entry

  • To enter ‘Porirua Has Talent’ you must live in Porirua and your area code starts with 502
  • If you are entering any ‘5-12 Years’ category, you confirm that you will be 12 or under as of 16th August 2025
  • If you are entering any ’13 to 25 Years’ category, you confirm that you will be 25 or under as of 16th August 2025
  • If you are entering as an individual, you will have a maximum time of 2 and a half minutes for your performance.
  • If you are entering as a group, you will have a maximum time of 3 minutes for your performance.
  • If you are entering as a group, you will have a maximum of 25 people in your group.

Prizes

We have some fabulous prizes to give away to our Gold, Silver & Bronze winners, as well as some incredible spot prizes at the FINAL too!

GOLD Prizes – 1st Place total prize pool = $2,000

1st Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN
5-12 Years
1st Place DANCE
5-12 Years
1st Place GROUPS
5-12 Year
1st Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN
13 – 25 Years
1st Place DANCE
13 – 25 Years
1st Place GROUPS
13 – 25 Years
$250 $250 $500 $250 $250 $500

SILVER Prizes – 2nd Place total prize pool = $1,100

2nd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN
5-12 Years
2nd Place DANCE
5-12 Years
2nd Place GROUPS
5-12 Years
2nd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN
13 – 25 Years
2nd Place DANCE
13 – 25 Years
2nd Place GROUPS
13 – 25 Years
$150 $150 $250 $150 $150 $250

BRONZE Prizes – 3rd Place total prize pool = $500

3rd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN
5-12 Years
3rd Place DANCE
5-12 Years
3rd Place GROUPS
5-12 Years
3rd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN
13 – 25 Years
3rd Place DANCE
13 – 25 Years
3rd Place GROUPS
13 – 25 Years
$50 $50 $100 $100 $100 $100

Meet our judges

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE FINAL

Porirua Has Talent FINAL – Come along and watch!

Spaces are limited to attend to watch our tamariki and rangatahi perform at Porirua Has Talent Final.
It’s FREE for tamariki and rangatahi – (anyone under 25) to come along and watch.
Adult tickets are $15

Meet our Partners

A shout out to all our community supporters who have helped us to bring Porirua Has Talent to life.

“Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini” – Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.