Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience
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Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience
New Zealand’s Most Awarded Cultural Experience!
Te Pā Tū – MĀORI 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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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Rotorua |
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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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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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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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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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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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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
Awesome experience, very touristic and quite expensive.
But very impressive and interesting (and the food was great!)
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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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