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Projekt Team | Hlgnz | Empire
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Kid from paradise | Aitutaki
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This was a fun night sharing the stage with some very cool dance friends!

Thank you for the opportunity @mele.taeiloa @theprojektteam @battlezone.nz 💖💖💖

Edit: @raul_rian ty!

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SOULWAVE 2026 ✅️🌞

And walking away with $10K NZD, is our guy HAPPYFEET, Champion of Soulwave 2026 🏆🥇 Congratulations fam, you really are the BEST at this!🕺

Adding to his AFRO DANCE wins, this is his FOURTH Afro championship across Australasia to date 🤯🏆🇼🇸

Love to our fam for the continued hype & support and those who jumped in at preselections, RIĀN & A$AP in Top 8 and RAŪL in Top 16 👌🔥

A special shoutout to @stylebender and entire team, @lightsaber_lh the connector, bringing everyone together and providing a platform to showcase the talents of our scene! 🫶

@seidaht & @sanitabetham, you're up in BRISBANE 😉

📷: @mumta.gounder

#SoulWave2026
#AfroBeat #AfroSoul

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Mi learning mi chiko 😅🫶 #behindthescenes #trymybest

📹: @meletapueluelu

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'Dance all night, Mi Chico' 💃
📍: Jason Derulo - The Last Dance Tour 🇳🇿

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Wow, where to start?! 🥹 The last 24 hours has been CRAZY, I feel, see and hear the LOVE from everyone, Malo aupito/Thank You 🫶

This is where I'd like to start, with Rochka, pictured in the middle, and my fam that surround him, Projekt Team. The best dancer on the Jason Derulo 'THE LAST DANCE' Tour 😉

A full-circle moment of kindness, returned tenfold! He is the reason this moment exists! Thank you for bringing us along to witness your greatness and realise ours ❤️

We have a saying in our team, People First. Dance Second 💃 and this moment was exactly that - representing everything that I am!

Ofa lahi atu,
"I'll try my best...." 🤪

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CONGRATULATIONS A$AP 🔥 THE 2026 BEATDOWN HEAVY HITTERZ CHAMPION 🏆

No one else puts in the work like @asap.nz_. We’ve watched the training, the dedication and the love he has for Krump. This win is so deserved. You inspire us fam, congratulations 👏

Big love to everyone who came through and represented themselves and their fams. $A'BERS, 12AF, Street Beast, HD and Hyperush Empire. Yall TOO BUCK ❤️

The biggest thank you to @lhcombine, @lightsaber_lh and @epv.watchmin and team. This Beatdown was IT! Thank you for bringing everyone together, putting in the work and continuing to lead and represent Krump Aotearoa and our wider dance community.

Last night was a special one for the scene. A successful event, a historical moment and a dope lineup of guests with @beast.salonga @spewer_oside @youdiditsolow 👌 We're so grateful to share these moments 🙏

#Beatdown26
#Krump

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OUR IROH MAKES HIS WAY TO SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭🙌

Safe travels to @bennyabela and his Cook Island group who have been invited to showcase Cook Island culture at the international folklore festival in Switzerland! 👌🇨🇰

Made possible with support from Peacocke Dance Trust, we're soo proud and excited for Benny dancing his way around the world! Get em 💪

Kia manuia 🌺

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Some people create moments on the dance floor. Others create the opportunity for those moments to exist. These are those people 🙌🫶

CIDC NZ Qualifiers 2026.

The organizers, the hosts, the Dj, the judges, the designer, the videographers and photographers, the volunteers, the family and friends ❤️

📷: @ffacundom (Image 1 & 2)
📷: @tautevaai (Image 3 - 10)

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When can we sign the contract @bennyabela ? 😆👀

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proof that i can wear heels without face planting (Teagan & Ben are my witnesses 👀)

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HE DID IT AGAIN 🏆 @j.happyfeet_ !!! 🇳🇿🇼🇸

A sweet victory for the team, with a back to back dub and another all Projekt Team FINALS 🤯🔥 When ONE wins, we ALL win! ❤️💙

We're so proud of our fam vi.LLAIN, HAPPYFEET, SEJOO and SLIM SEIDY, representing on a stage such as Red Bull DYS where your fate is in hands of the crowd! We are all we have, so we thank everyone who shared love and voted for the team!

Shoutout to @streettalk.nz for selecting SLIM SEIDY to represent Street Talk & Funk Styles and to @redbullnz for bringing her home for a few days! 😊

Our biggest thanks to @hadz_fresh @bayon.kim and all involved, for bringing this back, and leading with transparency, professionalism and real care for the community! Huge respect 🙏 Last night was amazing, the vibes with Hadz, @elvis_lopeti and @dujoncullingford was top notch, thank You! 🙌

To Zurich we GO! 🇨🇭
#PeopleFirst

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Let the clippers do its work. 💈

4years of growth thanks to @bennyabela for trusting me love uce.

#fyp #nzbarber #barberlife #longhaircut #hair

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