Tamaki Maori Village
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Tamaki Maori Village
New Zealand’s Most Awarded Cultural Experience!
TAMAKI MAORI VILLAGE – EVENING CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
New Zealand’s Most Awarded Cultural Experience!
Experience an evening of ceremonial ritual, powerful cultural performance, storytelling & hangi feasting. Share in the Powhiri, our ancient ceremony of welcome before entering our pre-European Maori Village nestled within a native Tawa Forest. The village comes alive with sights, sounds & activity of days gone by including haka, poi, tattooing, weaving, carving and arts of warrior training. You will have the opportunity to participate in these activities. Witness the earth being scraped away from the hangi pit to reveal baskets of food cooked beneath the ground on hot stones. Enter the ancestral meeting house and enjoy a powerful cultural performance before dining the traditional hangi buffet feast!
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Reviews
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5.0/5
The best experience of our holiday until now.
The cultural activities and the Hangi, everything was fantastic.
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4.0/5
We could be picked up almost anywhere, which was nice.
We saw the village, we interacted with the people there and we had a great feast. I recommend this very much.
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4.0/5
The Maori Villagers explained about their lifestyle and ways of living in a very interactive way that made the crowd be involved and experience it with them.
Very nice driver who waited for us when needed.
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2.0/5
Was a special experience.
But far to expensive for what it is. Price is not justified. Dissapointing. Simply commerce.
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3.0/5
Fascinating experience but there are so many visitors bussed out there and it is so efficiently run that it taints the authenticity of the experience somewhat.
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4.5/5
Great opportunity to get closer to the Maori lifestyle.
Nice performance, great food, very interesting.
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4.0/5
Small 'maori' village, a little old, informative.
Super touristy, all you can eat buffet was good. Traditional hangi meal.
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5.0/5
It was one of the best experiences I have ever had.
The food was amazing and we learnt so much about the Maori culture. The performance was amazing and powerful and their was some eye candy on the stage extra bonus points. I recommend this maori experience to anyone and I would go back a second time
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4.0/5
We wanted to do a Maori experience - this one was all we could have hoped for.
Learning the Haka, food (hangi) from the ground and fun activities. However, only downside, felt a bit like sheep as lots of tourists!
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2.0/5
Was a special experience.
But far to expensive for what it is. Price is not justified. Dissapointing. Simply commerce.
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4.0/5
We could be picked up almost anywhere, which was nice.
We saw the village, we interacted with the people there and we had a great feast. I recommend this very much.
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5.0/5
The best experience of our holiday until now.
The cultural activities and the Hangi, everything was fantastic.
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3.0/5
Fascinating experience but there are so many visitors bussed out there and it is so efficiently run that it taints the authenticity of the experience somewhat.
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4.0/5
The Maori Villagers explained about their lifestyle and ways of living in a very interactive way that made the crowd be involved and experience it with them.
Very nice driver who waited for us when needed.
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4.0/5
Small 'maori' village, a little old, informative.
Super touristy, all you can eat buffet was good. Traditional hangi meal.
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4.5/5
Great opportunity to get closer to the Maori lifestyle.
Nice performance, great food, very interesting.
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4.0/5
We wanted to do a Maori experience - this one was all we could have hoped for.
Learning the Haka, food (hangi) from the ground and fun activities. However, only downside, felt a bit like sheep as lots of tourists!
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5.0/5
It was one of the best experiences I have ever had.
The food was amazing and we learnt so much about the Maori culture. The performance was amazing and powerful and their was some eye candy on the stage extra bonus points. I recommend this maori experience to anyone and I would go back a second time
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3.5/5
Too expensive: tour should have taken 3 hours, was 2 and a half and more than half the time was spent for dinner.
Not much information about Maori culture was given.
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4.0/5
Loved this but was a shame about the weather.
Make sure if it is cold that you expect it to be freezing at village. So wear covered shoes and long pants and a jacket.
Was a little wet and windy as we were outside for some demonstrations.
Food was beautiful but be sure you eat something prior to going as it is quite a while before you sit down to eat meal.
Awesome Haka, singing, dancing and explanations of history.
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4.0/5
Awesome experience, very touristic and quite expensive.
But very impressive and interesting (and the food was great!)
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4.0/5
You go to a village where they show you how they lived ages ago before Europeans arrived.
They made you a huge dinner in the end and it is delicious!
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3.5/5
Slightly overpriced and touristy but I was in the minority who felt this.
Enjoyed a beautiful hangi meal though.
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4.5/5
We spent a very good evening at the Tamaki Village.
We learnt a lot about Maori Culture and we enjoyed taking part in the activities. The show was very good and dinner as well. A little bit expensive for backpackers.
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3.5/5
Very expensive, however the dinner was very delicious and you can eat as much as you want.
The presentation of the Maori culture in the theatre was interesting and well presented.
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4.0/5
Really liked the show and the cultural demonstrations.
The people are very friendly. Good food and plenty of it. My wife suggest a snack before you go as the meal was served at about 9 P.M.
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5.0/5
We carefully deliberated about which cultural experience to attend and chose Tamaki for its peaceful location in the forest south of Rotorua.
We had a wonderful bus trip from town to the Village where were were educated with humor by our driver with about the traditions and we were formed into a tribe under "Chief Bob". It was an honor to observe/participate in the welcoming ceremony and to be educated as to what was to be our culturally appropriate response. We were escorted through the village and respectfully given the opportunity to "volunteer" to participate in a variety of activities. It was a lot of fun to learn games and skills designed to teach and refine skills essential for the tribes to function and succeed. We also learned much about the native arts of things such as carving and tatooing. Teaching the men the art of the Haka was a highlight! It was interesting to see the earthen ovens and to see the food removed from the earth. It was a privilege to have the members of this family share with us the traditions of their music and movement followed by a delicious meal. It was an enjoyable and entertaining evening. Any experience that touches and moves you and changes you in some way is a good thing! Thank you Tamaki Maori Village for warmly welcoming us and for sharing your ways. We hope to return one day.
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4.5/5
We had a very short one week trip to the North Island only of NZ and one of the most interesting experiences along the way was our visit to the Tamaki Maori Village.
Our bus driver was DENNIS (the Menace...his own added comment)...which gives you an indication of how entertaining our journey to the Village was. He was able to weave his humour in amongst all the cultural and historical information that he gave us along the way, making the trip interesting and enjoyable. The traditional ancient ceremonial welcome to the Village was spellbinding and humbling, the seriousness and sincerity of its performance is something to remember for a lifetime. As we toured through the village, it was very well organized to accommodate the number of visitors and allow you to be able to witness or take part in the cultural displays being presented, smooth flowing from one exhibit to another. The entertainment was authentic and heart moving to experience, beautiful, powerful singing and dancing and then the plentiful feast afterwards was delicious. (Although a demonstration of the actually cooking/removing of the earth from the hangi pit would have been wonderful to see). Once again, the organization by the staff – always patient and courteous - and the smooth flowing of so many visitors amazed me and made our visit truly a wonderful memory.
Thank you DENNIS for sharing with us a part of your culture, which in itself was displayed by your patient, kind and humorous nature.
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5.0/5
This cultural experience was well worth it.
The hangi was impressive and very delicious.
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5.0/5
Was a great way to experience Maori culture.
Had the most amazing time. Our bus driver was awesome and the knowledge he shared about the area was amazing. The tour guide, village tour and show were absolutely wonderful. And the food was delectable.
Thanks Tamaki Whanau for an amazing experience
