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Inspiring Pacific and indigenous influences add originality to the New Zealand spa experience

Māori were aware that the earth was the giver of all life, from the soil came food and that same food was cooked beneath the earth.

The Whakarewarewa Thermal Village is a Maori tourism product making a name for itself on the global stage.

New Zealand’s West Coast region is one of the world’s top kayaking destinations.

The sea, the vessel, the voyage, the arrival. New Zealand was born on the waves, from two long migrations.

Long before Europeans came to Aotearoa New Zealand, Whirinaki Forest has special significance to the early Maori iwi (tribes) of Te Urewera.

Many New Zealand writers fuse Mâori culture and legend into works written in English.

Janet Frame (b 1924) is New Zealand’s best-known contemporary novelist and short story writer and has been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The legend of Te Houtaewa is relived every year by Northern Mâori Tribes.

Matahiwi Marae is one of the oldest established marae of Ngati Hawea in Hawke’s Bay. It was set up originally as a neutral meeting area for the prominent chiefs around the area.