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:: MAORI CULTURE AND HERITAGE GUIDED TOURS HAWKE’S BAY, NEW ZEALAND
Maori are in the indigenous people of New Zealand / Aotearoa. Long Island Tours specialises in Maori Cultural Tours. Our Maori guides are extraordinary people, keen to interact, proud to share their myths, legends and culture. Our friendships within the Maori community allow us access to a multitude of tour possibilities and we can develop a special tour based on your interests.
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| Interactive Maori Cultural Tour
HD09 Half Day MORE INFORMATION >  
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Guided by a Maori
personality. Spend time wt the people and talk about their culture,
history, myths and legends.
Visit a Marae, experience a Powhiri
(Maori welcome), talk and see their work. Duration: 3 hours : Leave Napier 9.30am and 1.30pm.. Price - NZ $105 per person. # Pick up from accommodation and return to accommodation. Point of Difference A real connection with things Maori. |
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| Maori Culture & Heritage HD03 Half Day 1 FD02 Full Day 1 
MORE INFORMATION> |
Our Maori guides
are extraordinary people, proud to share their culture and heritage.
Half Day Visit a country or urban Marae, experience a Powhiri (Maori welcome) and understand the basic concepts of the Marae, its people and culture. Spend time talking with Maori and sharing experiences. Walk and/or visit Maori artists. Half day Light snack Price - NZ $230 per person # Full Day Picnic lunch Visit a coastal Marae, experience a Powhiri (Maori welcome) and understand the basic concepts of the Marae, its people and culture. Bush Walk. Price - NZ $400 per person # Point of Difference To spend time with wonderful Maori personalities. A rare opportunity to visit a scenic Maori historic and spiritual sight with the people who own the land and hold it dear. |
WAKA
RIDERide the river, rowing an authentic Maori Waka (canoe).
Duration 1 hour - Minimum of 30 pax
Price: $21.00
By arrangement.
Duration: 2-3 hours - Minimum 10 pax
Starts: 6.00pm
Price: $90.00
Enjoy interacting with Maori at a coastal village on the East Coast. Experience a Powhiri (welcome) at their Marae in the Maori community of today. Enjoy a walk along the beach, visit an old fighting pa with a marvellous history set on beautiful, remote Maori farmland and bush. Listen to some of their myths and legends and discover what it is that makes up the modern Maori and what life was like for their ancestors. Morning tea at the Marae. Lunch at a beachside home overlooking the sea.
Visit a country Marae of importance. The whare (meeting house) is beautifully carved and has a long history and association with a paramount chief of the 1800's. Experience a Powhiri (welcome) and meet the local Maori of this village. Enjoy the stories and legends of this area and discover what life is like for this hapu (community).
Visit a whare (meeting house) experience a Powhiri - (welcome) and meet local Maori. Meet Maori artists, weavers, carvers and craftsmen. Walk through the old Otatara Pa site, listen to stories and discover the culture of yesteryear that they still hold sacred and how this solid base provides them with an awesome spirituality.
Full day tours begin with Powhiri - (formal welcome) and end with Poroporoaki - (formal farewell). This may also include a hangi (earth-oven) meal by arrangement.
Stay at a Marae as guests of the local Maori.
Arrive
4 pm and leave 10 am the next morning. Large groups are possible.
Includes evening meal, supper and breakfast.
Exploring the spiritual side of the Maori heritage
Join with the Maori of Hawke's Bay to experience their close connection to Rangi (Sky Father) and Papa Tuanuku (Earth Mother). Transverse the Ancient Trails of the Maori to their hunting grounds, wartime expeditions and to their healing grounds.
Spiritual Awareness - of mind, body and soul. Including spiritual healing massage. An introduction to mirimiri (spiritual massage) - the opening of your energy points to bring in the Wairua (spirit) into your tinana (body). Meditation - the joining up of Rangi and Papa to raise your energy levels. These methods will help to de-stress your body. A longer stay can include an overnight Marae stay. Half to several days available.
Maori Healing Seminar - Maori and their rongoa ( medicines) and the Ancient Art of Living in Harmony with Life. Seminar is conducted in the bush.
The spiritual wisdom of the Maori can be broken down into three categories -
You will be guided through these categories by Maori. Overnight at Marae in the heart of Maori communities, staying in great locations.
Our programme is flexible - you choose the time that suits you.
| Experience the living cultural heritage and traditions of the Ngati Kahungunu Iwi nation by visiting Marae and historic sites under the expert guidance of an Iwi elder. Visit the place ancient canoes landed and hear stories of that time from present day descendants of those first Maori. Spend time listening to the rich history of the people, and the story of the beauty of Heretaunga (Hawkes Bay). The land and its indigenous people are bound together by kinship that sustains the spiritual and cultural links of the past with future generations. Short visits can be arranged as well as cultural journeys spread over many days. Travel from hapu (family), staying overnight at Marae, and sharing experiences with the people. Along the way visit natural sites and hear of the special relationship the Maori have with the environment. They are children of Father Sky and Mother Earth. There are opportunities to feel and understand the uniqueness that each hapu (family) and their Marae have, to maintain their traditions and culture which have been passed down from their ancestors. The diversity of art and oral history is best described with the Maori “Heretaunga Ara Rau” (“land of many pathways). |
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