Manaia - Maori Performing Arts Company

Bringing the best of New Zealand's Maori culture to the World

“Absolutely Superb”
Dave Woodward, Birmingham
“Exceptional”
Graham Gooch, former England cricket Captain

We are Manaia
(pron. Mah-nah-ya)

We are a Maori performing arts company and provide traditional Maori performances at private parties, festivals and corporate events.

What we do for you

We enrich events with the exhilirating energy of haka.
We engage your guests with our warm harmonies, vibrant action songs and graceful poi dance.
We help bring you, your friends and guests closer to the spirit of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Watch Us Perform

Kia ora,
My name is Karl Burrows and I am the MD of Manaia.
We are a London based company and have been performing traditional Maori performing arts since 2004.

Our mission is to bring the best of New Zealand's Maori culture to the World and in doing so connect you, your family and friends or delegates to New Zealand and the vibrancy of Maori culture. From the grace of the poi and warm harmonies of our songs to the power of the haka, our performances are personal, intimate and will provide an unforgettable experience for your guests.

If you would like to make a booking, please phone me on 0044 (0)7 859 897 812 or fill in the form below and we will be in touch.

Man celebrating birthday, engaged in Haka tuition

Weddings and Special Birthdays
Connecting family and special guests to Aotearoa New Zealand through an unforgettable Maori performance.

Festivals
Powerful crowd drawing performances at festivals and events - unique, traditional, authentic.

Perfomers and corporate employees showing their best pukana face

Corporate
Associate your company, brand or event to the power of haka and the invincible strength of the All Blacks.

What Some Of Our Clients Have Said:

“The performance was exceptional and Manaia kept my audience of 200 Cricket lovers enthralled and transfixed during there set just before dinner. The group gave a great insight into the traditions of Maori culture and finished with the famous Haka which is so well known and performed by the All Blacks Rugby Team.

I would like to thank the whole group for making my big fund raising night a great success.”

Graham Gooch, former England cricket Captain - June 2015

“You guys have been AMAZING! It was soooo emotional! They were not just fantastic performers but also great people, I feel honoured to have the opportunity to meet them.”

Wedding, Pauline Gajewski, Poland - July 2014

“Your professionalism and attention to detail was terrific.”

Production Team, Commonwealth Youth Awards - March 2015

“Watching people's faces as the group appeared from nowhere and now looking through the photos of our guest's joining in makes us so happy.”

Karen Anderson, Wedding, London - 2013

“Our family and friends were all ecstatic with the quality of the singing and the slick, professional performance.”

Jo Ann Kennedy, Private Party, London - July 2014

“Personally I was really impressed with the level of thought and time you put into the performance. You took on board what we were trying to achieve and created a performance that was aligned to our objectives and work with the event.”

Gemma Jelicich NZTE, corporate performance Istanbul - June 2014