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Experience the real haka
 


Have you only seen the haka on the internet or television? Now experience the real thing! These tourism businesses will open your eyes to the awe of Maori performing arts.

Te Puia, New Zealand Maori Arts & Crafts Institute

Experience the thrill of Māori songs and dances and the warmth and manaakitanga (hospitality) of the performers who enthral and entertain every day.
     

 

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INTERVIEW
Wira Gardiner is author of the book Haka – A Living Tradition. He has been a soldier, a senior public servant and is now a businessman. He has tribal affiliations to Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pikiao, Whakatōhea and Te Whanau-a-Apanui.
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Experience the Powhiri Experience the powhiri, a ceremony of welcome extended to visitors by Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.
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