Te Pa Tu Cultural Experience

Te Pa Tu Cultural Experience with 3 Course Dinner

Help code: 3410-1485

  • Traditional welcome ceremony on arrival
  • Feast on song, drama, tradition, and divine seasonal kai (cuisine) within our forest Pā (village)
  • Interactive village tour with canapes
  • Traditional hāngi joins seasonal Māori delicacies
  • Māori Cultural Performance
  • Return transport from central Rotorua
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Te Pā Tū (previously Tamaki Māori Village) Feast on song, drama, tradition, and divine seasonal kai (cuisine) within our forest Pā (village) –blanketed by towering Tawa trees, blazing bonfires, and forest-formed amphitheatre.

Te Pā Tū shares Māori history, traditions, and cultural aspirations across 4-hours of celebration and feasting. These events change with each season of the maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar.

Summer: Tū Te Rā - Across this lunar phase, the sun expresses optimal energy, the days are longer, and light nourishes the natural world. Tū Te Rā celebrates abundant harvest and explores concepts, rituals, and stories of ancient Māori warfare and peace.

Winter: Tū Te Ihi includes the time in the earth’s cycle when Matariki stars are high and bright in winter skies. Te Ihi references the energy and passion stirred by the Matariki cluster and the promise they herald.

From arrival into Te Pā Tū, we share seasonal kai horotai (delicacies). These can include roasted tuna (native eel), creamy pāua (abalone) on rewena (bread) crostini, foraged greens, chunky smoked kahawai, ember warmed kumara and restorative kawakawa tea.

Torch light guides manuhiri (guests) to a lavish but relaxed three course feast. Hāngī remains hero but it shares the table with lesser-known Māori delicacies, prepared fusion style. Wagyu pincanha, Watercress chimichurri, taro gratin – even kumara ice-cream - each dish is inspired by or infused with traditional ingredients, stories, or cooking techniques.

Whether dining al fresco or in our wharekai (dining room) we celebrate the spirit of hākari (feasting) and of Aotearoa, New Zealand

Inclusions

  • Three hours of storytelling, connection, and kai (cuisine)
  • Kai horotai, forest canapes
  • Complimentary chef choice aperitif
  • Matariki inspired and curated 4 course Māori fusion menu
  • Traditional in-ground Hāngī (lamb and vegetables)
  • Complimentary return transport from central Rotorua

Exclusions

  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic Beverages

Highlights

  • 3.5 hours of storytelling, connection, and kai (cuisine)
  • Haka pōhiri
  • Kapa haka performance
  • Kai horotai, forest canapes (indigenous and introduced ingredients)
  • Complimentary chef choice digestif
  • Seasonally inspired Māori fusion 3-course menu
  • Traditional in-ground hāngī (lamb and vegetables)
  • Complimentary return transport from central city

Time

  • The experience starts from 6:15pm, days of operation may vary during winter months

Location

  • The Tamaki Maori Village is located at 1220 Hinemaru St, Rotorua 3010. 15 minutes drive from our bookings & information office on the Rotorua-Taupo State Highway 5, however bookings are essential to visit our village during the evening.

Cancellation Policy

  • Within 7 days of the booking, 0% of the total booking amount is charged
  • Within 48 hours of the booking, 75% of booking amount is charged
  • Within 24 hours of the booking 100% of total booking will be charged

Booking Information

  • Confirmation in the form of a tour voucher will be received at time of booking
  • Upon completion of purchase, please print the voucher and present on day of the experience
  • Availability was accurate at the time of booking however, is subject to change due to circumstances out of our control
  • For your information, complete Tour Operator Information including contact details is included on your tour voucher
  • You must reconfirm your booking with the tour operator within 24 hours of making your booking and prior to making other travel arrangements
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Heke Tarei Tamaki Maori Village

Nau mai haere mai! Welcome to New Zealand’s most awarded Maori cultural attraction. Experience an evening of ceremonial rituals, powerful cultural performances & traditional hangi meal.

This experience gives you time to relax and chat to your hosts or wander around the tribal marketplace before your cultural tour ends with the poroporoaki, an official closing ceremony.
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