Huihuinga Wāhine 2026, the Federation of Māori Authorities' annual Māori Women's Leadership Summit, is confirmed for Wednesday 11 November 2026 at Te Raukura, Te Wharewaka o Pōneke on the Wellington waterfront.
Huihuinga Wāhine 2026 is the Māori Women's Leadership Summit, a one-day gathering of wāhine Māori leaders held on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at Te Raukura, Te Wharewaka o Pōneke, on the Wellington waterfront. Registrations open at 8:00, the programme runs from 9:00, and the day closes at 5:30pm. The organiser describes it as a space that empowers wāhine Māori leadership across different industries and regions of Aotearoa.
The summit is convened by the Federation of Māori Authorities (FOMA), which hosts it as its annual Māori Women's Leadership Summit and has run the hui since 2012 (foma.org.nz). FOMA, chaired by Traci Houpapa MNZM JP, represents Māori authorities and businesses and describes more than 35 years of industry and economic experience. The 2026 edition is hosted in the rohe of Te Ūpoko o Te Ika (the Wellington region).
The day is built for leading and emerging wāhine Māori across business, governance and the professions, with networking among wāhine Māori business leaders built into the schedule. The published programme opens with karakia and welcome (MC Lisa Reedy Jennings) and opening comments from Traci Houpapa, followed by keynote addresses including Hon. Nanaia Mahuta, a midday block of speakers, and a 1:30pm panel featuring Prof Maria Bargh, Dr Riri Ellis and Farah Palmer. Ali Mau speaks mid-afternoon, with closing comments by Liz Mellish MNZM before karakia, farewell and networking kōrero to 5:30pm.
Te Raukura, Te Wharewaka o Pōneke is an award-winning multipurpose function centre and waka house that opened on Waitangi Day, 6 February 2011, and holds significance for descendants of Te Ātiawa and Taranaki iwi. It sits at 2 Taranaki Street on the central Wellington waterfront, a short walk from the central business district, Te Papa and a cluster of waterfront and CBD hotels, with parking nearby — a compact setting that keeps out-of-town delegates close to accommodation and the venue on foot.
As a long-running association summit convened annually by a national Māori body, Huihuinga Wāhine is an established fixture on the Aotearoa business-events calendar that rotates host regions year to year, bringing national Māori leadership delegates into the host city. Its 2026 staging anchors a Wellington waterfront waka-house venue for a sector — association conferences with a strong cultural kaupapa — that is increasingly central to New Zealand's MICE identity.
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