CELEBRATING THE AWESOMENESS RIGHT HERE IN PORIRUA
Bringing People Together
Porirua HAS TALENT!
That’s a wrap Porirua! Porirua Has Talent 2025 was absolutely epic. Please take time to check out our winners below and also our awesome sponsors and partners that helped make it happen.
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 doing it all again next year so more tamariki and rangatahi can show off their amazing talents and feel proud of what they’ve achieved, which is great for mental wellbeing too.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR PORIRUA HAS TALENT WINNERS!
Vocals/Musician 5-12 years
1. Willow Hunkin
2. Hexyle Cram Rivera
3. Caleb Jackson
Runners Up: Alina Babko, Tania Tipuna
Vocals/Musician 13-25 years
1. Cortearz Howell
2. Carmelle Cohen-Ronen
3. Sophie Taylor-Edwards
Runners Up: Helmy Esera, Zung Lahtaw
Dance 5-12 years
1. Malakai Asiata
2. Danielle Gracie
3. Celeste Richards
Dance 13-25 years
1. Sage Ngātai Skipper
2. Emily Love
3. Olivia Murphy
Group 5-12 years
1. SWIS
2. The Blue Roses
Group 13-25 years
1. Kōtuku
2. Riot Boyz
3. Chelsea & Sophie Taylor-Edwards
Runners up: White Widow, Pandora & Arahia
Supreme Winner
Kōtuku – Sponsored by Black Grace
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 |
OUR SPONSORS ROCK!
This is a massive shout-out to all our awesome sponsors. We feel so much aroha for you. Without you there would be no show, no fabulous prizes for our performers and no spot prizes for our audience. It takes a village to create a top-class talent show and we are so grateful to every one of you.
If you’d like to help out with future shows, please get in touch.
Meet our judges
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.
