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Take a journey through time with our local storytellers while on board the waka.
Enjoy epic stories of the region’s voyaging history and it’s Māori ancestors without leaving the harbour.
- Meet and greet with host
- Traditional Māori welcome
- Stories about Aotearoa (New Zealand’s) historic voyagers - from Māui and Kupe, to Kiwa, Paikea and Lieutenant James Cook
- Learn about the Tairāwhiti historic canoes and the immense navigational feats that led to the discovery of the Pacific Ocean Islands
- Explore our taonga (treasure), the Waka Hourua ‘Tairāwhiti’
-Question time and photos before you depart the waka as a member of our whanau (family)