Porirua Has Talent 2026!
That’s right people of Porirua, we are back for our third consecutive year for Porirua Has Talent – 2026! The last 2 year’s events 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!
Giving our tamariki and rangatahi hope
Porirua Has Talent is all about giving our tamariki and rangatahi hope and something cool to look forward to and get involved in. Our aim is to increase self-esteem and confidence in our young people, celebrate the diversity and multitude of skills and talents Porirua has to offer, encourage creativity and bring our community together to celebrate our young people.
Porirua Has Talent invites tamariki and rangatahi aged between 5 to 25 years to enter one of 3 talent categories: Vocal/Musician, Dance or Group. Registration is FREE, with auditions to be held on Saturday 15th August and the Grand Final on Saturday 12th September 2026.
Every year Porirua Has Talent gets BIGGER & BETTER! Our tamariki and rangatahi deserve to get excited about participating in this unique event and the possibility of winning significant prizes.
Vocals – Dance – Group
There are 3 categories and 3 different age brackets to enter.
Tamariki aged – 5 to 10 years
Rangatahi aged – 11 to 17 years
Rangatahi aged – 18 to 25 years
*Please note you can only enter 1 individual category and 1 group category
Auditions
Auditions will be held on Saturday 15th August 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 ‘5-10 Years’ category, you confirm that you will be 10 or under as of 15th August 2026
- If you are entering any ’11 to 17 Years’ category, you confirm that you will be 17 or under as of 15th August 2026
- If you are entering any ’18 to 25 Years’ category, you confirm that you will be 25 or under as of 15th August 2026
- If you are entering as an individual or a group, you will have a maximum time of 1minute for your audition.
- If you make it through to the final as an individual performer, you will have a maximum time of 2 and a half minutes for your performance.
- If you make it through the finals 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.
- If you make it through to the FINALS you will be available to attend in person on 12th September 2026
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!
Our Supreme Winner will take home $500 in Prezzy Cards and the Porirua Has Talent 2026 Supreme Winner Trophy!
GOLD Prizes – 1st Place total prize pool = $1,900
| 1st Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 5-10 Years |
1st Place DANCE 5-10 Years |
1st Place GROUPS 5-10 Year |
1st Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 11 – 17 Years |
1st Place DANCE 11 – 17 Years |
1st Place GROUPS 11 – 17 Years |
1st Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 18 – 25 Years |
1st Place DANCE 18 – 25 Years |
1st Place GROUPS 18 – 25 Years |
| $100 | $100 | $300 | $150 | $150 | $400 | $150 | $150 | $400 |
SILVER Prizes – 2nd Place total prize pool = $1,100
| 2nd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 5-10 Years |
2nd Place DANCE 5-10 Years |
2nd Place GROUPS 5-10 Years |
2nd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 11 – 17 Years |
2nd Place DANCE 11 – 17 Years |
2nd Place GROUPS 11 – 17 Years |
2nd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 18 – 25 Years |
2nd Place DANCE 18 – 25 Years |
2nd Place GROUPS 18 – 25 Years |
| $75 | $75 | $150 | $100 | $100 | $200 | $100 | $100 | $200 |
BRONZE Prizes – 3rd Place total prize pool = $575
| 3rd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 5-10 Years |
3rd Place DANCE 5-10 Years |
3rd Place GROUPS 5-10 Years |
3rd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 11 – 17 Years |
3rd Place DANCE 11 – 17 Years |
3rd Place GROUPS 11 – 17 Years |
3rd Place VOCAL or MUSICIAN 18 – 25 Years |
3rd Place DANCE 18 – 25 Years |
3rd Place GROUPS 18 – 25 Years |
| $50 | $50 | $75 | $50 | $50 | $100 | $50 | $50 | $100 |
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Supreme winner 2026
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| $500 |
OUR SPONSORS ROCK!
This is a massive shout-out to all our awesome sponsors. We feel so much aroha for you all. 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
GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE FINAL
Spaces are limited to attend to watch our tamariki and rangatahi perform at Porirua Has Talent Final. We SOLD out last year, so get your tickets now!
It’s FREE for tamariki and rangatahi – (anyone under 25) to come along and watch.
Adult tickets are $20
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.
