Maori Host Directory

Accommodation

A-Kahu House

+64 7 347 4148

+64 7 347 4148

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Luxury bed and breakfast offering an encounter with a Te Arawa Maori family. Maori art, stories and history to be shared. Located on the edge of Lake Rotorua.

Eight Beating Hearts

+64 7 349 0972

+64 7 349 0971

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Te Arawa home-hosted dinners and overnight stays.

Hillside Homestead Bed and Breakfast

+64 7 3479337

+64 7 3479337

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Maori-themed bed and breakfast. Host Jeff shares his heritage through song. Maori dinner menu available. Booking requirements: minimum of two people.

Kingi's Lakeside Homestay

+64 7 345 7189

+64 7 345 7186

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Comfortable and private self-contained accommodation on the shores of Lake Rotorua .

The Mud Hut - Maruata

+64 21 801559

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Contemporary designed DIY B and B. Centrally located adjacent to the bubbling mud pools and fumaroles of Kuirau Park. Proudly Maori owned and operated.

Walker Homestay Bed and Breakfast

+64 7 3453882

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Self-contained cottage or private room in hosts' house. Menu of traditional Maori food available. Learn of Ike's Maori heritage through song.

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Activities

Kaitiaki Adventures

+64 7 3572236

+64 7 3572236

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Offering a unique blend of Maori culture and adrenalin on local white water rafting and sledging trips.

Mana Adventures

+64 7 348 4186

+64 7 348 4187

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Paddle a Maori waka (canoe) and experience firsthand, the ways of our Maori ancestors.

Maori Guided Tours

+64 7 347 6589

+64 7 347 6589

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Personal Maori guide on historic/geothermal day tours. Discover the proud history and legends of the Maori people. Booking requirements: minimum of two people.

Mitai

+64 7 3439132

+64 7 3439133

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Authentic earth cooked hangi meal, spine-tingling cultural performance and waka (canoe) paddled by warriors in traditional dress.

New Zealand Maori Weddings

+64 7 347 6589

+64 7 347 6589

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Offers couples a unique and emotional Maori wedding experience. Booking requirements: minimum of two people.

A blend of guided tour, character theatre and story telling told within a series of magical indoor sets including a meeting entrance, a beautiful native garden and a theatre. Booking requirements: minimum of six people.

Rotoiti Tours

+64 7 348 8969

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Traditional marae (in a meeting house) stay for two or more people on offer. Can be combined with a traditional Maori concert and hangi.

Te Aorere Tours

+64 7 345 7189

+64 7 345 7186

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Specialising in horse riding, kayaking and sightseeing options, Maori art classes (weaving, carving and painting) can also be arranged.

Te Puia

+64 7 348 9047

+64 7 348 9045

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Experience hands on interactive workshops which last for 30-minutes. Try weaving, Maori performing arts, traditional musical instruments and cooking in a geothermal hot spring.

Toi Te Aranga - Hair, Beauty & Art

+64 7 347 3186

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Run by sisters Robyn and Iris Aranga, Toi Te Aranga Hair, Beauty and Art offers all beauty services with a creative gallery environment.

VIP Exclusive Maori Host

You will enjoy authentic and unique VIP Maori Experiences, behind the scenes attractions known only to locals, expertise in education, tourism and the Maori culture and personalised VIP attention that is professional, informative, friendly and entertaining.

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Art Galleries

Te Raukura - The Red Feather Gallery

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Provides Maori artists a place to sell their taonga (treasured artifacts) without compromising the spiritual or historic meaning surrounding their art. Authenticity is guaranteed.

Toi Te Aranga - Hair, Beauty and Art

+64 7 347 3186

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Traditional Maori, contemporary and mixed media work by local and regional artists. Paintings, prints, kete and mosaics.

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