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We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?

Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience.

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Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience

Valid Reviews

210 Valid Reviews

The Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience has a total of 211 reviews. There are 210 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 210 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 44
21%
9/10 54
26%
8/10 53
25%
7/10 27
13%
6/10 9
4%
5/10 7
3%
4/10 7
3%
3/10 7
3%
2/10 2
1%
1/10 0
0%

80.05% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience valid reviews is 80.05% and is based on 210 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

189 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 210 valid reviews, the experience has 189 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 189 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 34
18%
9/10 51
27%
8/10 50
26%
7/10 27
14%
6/10 9
5%
5/10 7
4%
4/10 5
3%
3/10 5
3%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 0
0%

80.11% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience face-to-face reviews is 80.11% and is based on 189 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

81.72%

Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.

Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.

Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.

Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.

Reviewer Rating Age Relative Weight
Gaudenz Schnell 4/10 2253 days 100%
Jessica Freeland 6/10 3032 days 81%
Gretha 10/10 3035 days 96%
Bjorn Nielsen 8/10 3035 days 94%
Tome 8/10 3058 days 92%
Pat Dye 7/10 3318 days 66%
Martina Cervenkova 9/10 3356 days 68%
Rachael and Nik 8/10 3365 days 67%
Ebony Reed 10/10 3411 days 65%
Elizabeth Nash 8/10 3413 days 63%
Emma Keegan 8/10 3655 days 43%
Blandine Giusti 8/10 3676 days 41%
Damaris Mayer 7/10 3726 days 34%
Lea Darotchetche 9/10 3942 days 19%
Jean Curry 9/10 4030 days 12%
Sanne Meijer 8/10 4035 days 11%
Laura 8/10 4046 days 10%
Charlotte Casey 9/10 4048 days 11%
Joanna Mulcahy 7/10 4049 days 9%
Libby 9/10 4073 days 8%
Magdalene Zech 7/10 4101 days 5%
Marco Newald 7/10 4101 days 5%
Brian 8/10 4172 days 0%
Silvia-Marie Bront 10/10 4416 days 26%
Bonnie and David Appleby 9/10 4417 days 25%
Selina Lott 7/10 4421 days 23%
Guillot 8/10 4424 days 25%
Kyle Guffei 10/10 4440 days 26%
Jill Fischer 10/10 4445 days 26%
Sascha Warnken 10/10 4476 days 26%
Farrell Burns 10/10 4476 days 26%
Eltel 10/10 4751 days 26%
Be Groen 6/10 4774 days 20%
Steven Hill 7/10 4778 days 23%
Gillian Rowe 10/10 4792 days 26%
Sig Schrattner 10/10 4794 days 26%
Ozgla 10/10 4795 days 26%
Simon Fry 9/10 4796 days 25%
Christian Apfel 4/10 4799 days 11%
Fleur & Nils 6/10 4804 days 20%
David Blundell 10/10 4806 days 26%
Dick van Doorn 8/10 4810 days 25%
Ross Cooke 10/10 4880 days 26%
Eri & Udo Seifert 8/10 4882 days 25%
Willem & Lilian 4/10 4882 days 11%
Andreas & Sonja 9/10 4889 days 25%
JadesWorld 3/10 4903 days 6%
Guult Ryan 10/10 5134 days 26%
Clemens 8/10 5137 days 25%
Peter & Angela Brown 10/10 5138 days 26%
Dave Patterson 9/10 5139 days 25%
Fam de Kruyf 7/10 5145 days 23%
Carolin 5/10 5147 days 16%
Justin Pearce 8/10 5152 days 25%
Ronald Lippett 8/10 5153 days 25%
Nadja 9/10 5163 days 25%
Ann Thompson 9/10 5164 days 25%
F Horrex 4/10 5167 days 11%
Caroline & Jochen 9/10 5168 days 25%
Tanner 10/10 5171 days 26%
J G Groeneveld 3/10 5172 days 6%
Andreas 9/10 5175 days 25%
Michelle Booty 9/10 5175 days 25%
Rosey834 10/10 5238 days 26%
Papu 8/10 5268 days 25%
Don Keith 8/10 5500 days 25%
Silke Seemann 8/10 5504 days 25%
Tony Killingray 6/10 5516 days 20%
Klass 9/10 5527 days 25%
Daryl Taylor 8/10 5534 days 25%
Peter Ritu 10/10 5547 days 26%
Ann Grandchamp 10/10 5555 days 26%
warrenp 9/10 5588 days 25%
pthreadgood 8/10 5601 days 25%
dirkdev 9/10 5607 days 25%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 9/10 5607 days 25%
Susann Koschmeider 10/10 5607 days 26%
Christine Suess 7/10 5615 days 23%
MV Vroenhoven 7/10 5618 days 23%
Fer Bonsel 8/10 5626 days 25%
KYinNZ 3/10 5756 days 6%
Ingrid Thijssen 10/10 5817 days 26%
LowerD 8/10 5841 days 25%
Robert Wolf 6/10 5843 days 20%
Laura 8/10 5844 days 25%
SBlake 5/10 5852 days 16%
JuergenW 9/10 5854 days 25%
BernardK 9/10 5864 days 25%
david 9/10 5864 days 25%
Anna 9/10 5871 days 25%
Hayley 10/10 5871 days 26%
Abigail 9/10 5871 days 25%
Johannes Kerner 2/10 5878 days 2%
IM 8/10 5878 days 25%
AndyK 7/10 5880 days 23%
SarahK 7/10 5880 days 23%
FrancesG 5/10 5880 days 16%
MartinG 6/10 5880 days 20%
TatiamT 6/10 5880 days 20%
Tom 8/10 5880 days 25%
PellucoFrance 6/10 5881 days 20%
John 8/10 5883 days 25%
KonterR 5/10 5888 days 16%
GH_Herrebrugh 8/10 5888 days 25%
AbigailB 5/10 5892 days 16%
Yunker 9/10 5895 days 25%
Tessa 10/10 5897 days 26%
Marianne 8/10 5897 days 25%
MattEngland 7/10 5902 days 23%
Simon 10/10 5909 days 26%
Hazel 9/10 5909 days 25%
Amy 10/10 5909 days 26%
Hannah 7/10 5910 days 23%
Jasmine 10/10 5913 days 26%
Sarah 10/10 5913 days 26%
Sabrina 8/10 5915 days 25%
Annemyn 4/10 5919 days 11%
Nick & Jess 10/10 5934 days 26%
hanna_and_matt 10/10 5946 days 26%
Zachari 7/10 5951 days 23%
mehunt 9/10 5959 days 25%
Trine 9/10 5965 days 25%
Paula 9/10 5972 days 25%
Lisa 10/10 5978 days 26%
Marie 9/10 5981 days 25%
Ben 10/10 5987 days 26%
Kristina 7/10 6021 days 23%
Chris 10/10 6022 days 26%
Lara 9/10 6024 days 25%
Kay 10/10 6026 days 26%
Niamh 10/10 6033 days 26%
Annabelle 10/10 6056 days 26%
Galen 3/10 6213 days 6%
Ovin 9/10 6223 days 25%
Anna 10/10 6224 days 26%
Demo 7/10 6231 days 23%
Ted Sebastian 8/10 6231 days 25%
Jessica Jahn 8/10 6233 days 25%
Bernie 10/10 6233 days 26%
Nick 7/10 6233 days 23%
Alexandra Vogeli 9/10 6234 days 25%
Corina 3/10 6238 days 6%
Peter 8/10 6238 days 25%
Tina Daly 9/10 6239 days 25%
Peter Aston 9/10 6239 days 25%
Georgina Mulligan 6/10 6240 days 20%
Ginny 10/10 6244 days 26%
Bethany Webster 8/10 6246 days 25%
Ed 9/10 6256 days 25%
Elle 9/10 6256 days 25%
Issy 9/10 6256 days 25%
Hanna 2/10 6260 days 2%
Maree 9/10 6260 days 25%
Orlaith 7/10 6260 days 23%
Lisa 9/10 6260 days 25%
paulonline 9/10 6261 days 25%
Eric P 5/10 6266 days 16%
Melissa Steedman 10/10 6286 days 26%
Stephanie Jones 9/10 6287 days 25%
Andre Obineche 10/10 6287 days 26%
Laura Sutton 9/10 6287 days 25%
Hayley 8/10 6287 days 25%
Jeroen 9/10 6289 days 25%
Linda Mulryan 9/10 6290 days 25%
Maruja 9/10 6290 days 25%
Heike Julia 8/10 6294 days 25%
Gav 3/10 6294 days 6%
Seldam 7/10 6295 days 23%
Mel 8/10 6299 days 25%
Kay 7/10 6318 days 23%
Gerber Liselotte 8/10 6321 days 25%
Fiona 8/10 6328 days 25%
Abbey 9/10 6331 days 25%
Orla 9/10 6337 days 25%
Willemien 7/10 6339 days 23%
Vern 7/10 6449 days 23%
James 8/10 6449 days 25%
Bridgy 10/10 6537 days 26%
Caroline 8/10 6553 days 25%
Diane 8/10 6554 days 25%
Clive 8/10 6563 days 25%
Jane 8/10 6563 days 25%
Miles 9/10 6563 days 25%
Helen 8/10 6565 days 25%
Matt 7/10 6565 days 23%
Richard 8/10 6565 days 25%
Shin 7/10 6570 days 23%
Sophie 8/10 6570 days 25%
andrew julie 9/10 6571 days 25%
Nancy Bill 9/10 6571 days 25%
LauraMarini 8/10 6572 days 25%
Valerie 9/10 6574 days 25%
Mike Shirley 8/10 6575 days 25%
Fred Highsmith 9/10 6577 days 25%
Svenja 8/10 6577 days 25%
TrineLyst 7/10 6584 days 23%
Sarah 7/10 6584 days 23%
Ed 8/10 6584 days 25%
Elena Babitcheva 9/10 6594 days 25%
Maninder 8/10 6602 days 25%
Katherine 10/10 6603 days 26%
JonathanBayle 10/10 6603 days 26%
Rietveld 8/10 6605 days 25%
Suzy 8/10 6617 days 25%
LeaDeJong 4/10 6621 days 11%
Johanne 3/10 6623 days 6%
johan 5/10 6630 days 16%
ranker_410 10/10 6636 days 26%
Kylie 9/10 6638 days 25%
straw64 4/10 8160 days 11%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.68% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 61 days. However the Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.63%
198 -3.65%
199 -3.66%
200 -3.68%
201 -3.70%
202 -3.72%
203 -3.74%

Balancing Adjustment

3.59% Adjustment

Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.

You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled customers are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.

We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.

Final Ranking Score

82%

The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.