{"id":424044,"date":"2026-01-19T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424044\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T21:26:09","slug":"nrl-2026-award-winning-artist-stan-walker-to-headline-harvey-norman-all-stars-2026-in-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424044\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Award winning artist Stan Walker to headline Harvey Norman All Stars 2026 in Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Rugby League (NRL) today announced that AMAs Best M\u0101ori Artist for 2025, Stan Walker, will give a headline performance at this year\u2019s Harvey Norman All Stars in Hamilton, New Zealand, at FMG Stadium Waikato on Sunday 15 February.<\/p>\n<p>A Cultural leader and Tauranga native, Stan will share his talent with the people of Hamilton, performing his award-winning song as well as a brand-new single.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Norman All Stars is the NRL\u2019s annual celebration of M\u0101ori and Indigenous culture, featuring some of the NRL and NRLW\u2019s most exciting stars as well as showcasing the game&#8217;s rising talent.<\/p>\n<p>The event includes clashes between the men\u2019s and women\u2019s M\u0101ori and Indigenous All Stars teams, along with Touch Football.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Award winning artist Stan Walker will headline the entertainment at Harvey Norman All Stars 2026 in Hamilton.\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/stan-walker-1.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n      Award winning artist Stan Walker will headline the entertainment at Harvey Norman All Stars 2026 in Hamilton.&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p>With the format\u2019s return to Aotearoa New Zealand, the games will be the culmination of a week-long program of activities, education and sharing culture for players and the local Hamilton community.<\/p>\n<p>Stan Walker said: \u201cI\u2019m so proud and excited to be part of this year\u2019s Harvey Norman All Stars, returning to Aotearoa for the second time. This event is a beautiful celebration of Indigenous culture and I can\u2019t wait to share some songs and experience the event with the fans\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for Harvey Norman All Stars 2026 are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrl.com\/tickets\/allstars\/?utm_source=nrl&amp;utm_medium=major_event&amp;utm_campaign=ALLSTARS26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nrl.com\/tickets<\/a>, starting at $19 for adults and $59 for families (two adults and two children).<\/p>\n<p>The Harvey Norman All Stars is proudly supported by the Hamilton City Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Rugby League (NRL) today announced that AMAs Best M\u0101ori Artist for 2025, Stan Walker, will give&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-424044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}