Travel New Zealand
Huka falls is one of the most beautiful and most popular attractions in New Zealand. It is actually a series of cascades on the Waikato River, New Zealand’s largest river, which flows out of the crater lake Taupo. This lake…
Any visitor to our Hakikino Conservation Reserve will know about our eels and just how passionately we feel about protecting them and their habitat. We have recently engaged a resident eel specialist from DOC who has come to speak to…
On a crisp winter morning, we opened our new stargazing site, Te Kōripitanga o Tama-nui-te-Ra. The pre-dawn ceremony attended by many whānau, friends and members of the community. Together, we participated in the traditional custom to cleanse the land and…
Hobbiton Village, which has made New Zealand famous around the world, is one of the country’s top attractions. Thousands of Tolkien fans come to this place, located near the town of Matamata, every year. The Lord of the Rings trilogy made famous once the most ordinary New Zealand farm. Yes, […]
New Zealand’s nature is incredibly diverse and rich. On the territory of the country you can find reserves with their own unique features and completely different from each other. Among them is the Tongariro National Park, whose unusual landscapes attract tourists from all over the world. General information Tongariro is […]
Here comes Franz’s fellow glacier Fox Glacier. It is the largest on the territory of the Westland National Park and one of the largest glaciers in New Zealand. Fox Glacier is located about twenty-five kilometers south of Franz. A few kilometers from the glacier is Route 6 and there is […]
Marae reservations are regarded as the very last bastion of the Maori cultural life. It is the only place where the Maori language and culture may be practised without prejudice. Regardless of where Maori ‘are’ at any moment in time, it is at a Marae where the culture may be […]
We start our tour where our story begins: on the shores of Waimarama beach where the great migration canoe Takitimu was dragged ashore to make repairs over 800 years ago. See for yourself why they stayed on and established the great fortress of Hakikino, deep in the surrounding hills. From […]
Waimārama Māori Tours are proud to support Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori initiative of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week. Recently we attended the New Zealand Cruise Association Conference which has inspired our latest series of videos. Working alongside Dr Sir Tīmoti Kāretu and Jeremy […]
Every year more than 250 thousand tourists visit the Franz Josef Glacier. What makes it so famous and what interesting things can be seen in this place? Franz Josef Glacier is located in the territory of the Westland National Park, which belongs to the Te-Wahipunamu region. By the way, this […]
Today we will tell you about the only castle in our country – Larnaca Castle. It is located in the town of Dunedin, the capital of the Otago region (south-eastern coast of the South Island) and bears the name of the banker and politician William Larnaca, who built it for […]
Whangai is the Maori practice of adoption. It may be inter family, intra family intertribal or intra tribal. In some cases it may even be inter racial: there are many cases where European children have been raised by Maori. The subject was raised by Timoti Karetu at the receiving of […]
Saying goodbye to a person whom you have known all the years of your life is sad. Someone who, like me, commenced his schooling at our native primary school here in Waimarama. Hemi was one of the older school. Unfortunately, the impressive arch they carved for the school bridge is […]
