New Zealand experiences not to be missed
For generations, Maori people living in the district of Te Tairawhiti North Island, New Zealand preserved the spirit and traditions of our magnificent culture.
Expect to be emotionally stirred when you take part in the spiritual, and highly professional experience that is Waka Toa.
Waka Toa Tours
TOUR 1: 2.5 hours
Experience our history, our whakapapa, our story with our tour guide and maori culture performers.
Price: Adults $131 Children $72 (5-15 years of age)
Refreshments and a light snack comprising local kai provided
Group size: 5-30
(Ask about our exclusive group tour price - 1-8 people)
TOUR 2: 1.5 hours
Experience our history, our whakapapa, our story with your own personal tour guide.
Price: Adults $144 Children $78 (5-15 years of age)
Group size: 1-5
TOUR 3: 3-3.5 hours
The very best is bought to you to provide you our history, our whakapapa, our story with your own personal tour guide and maori cultural performers. New Zealand's finest maori kai prepared and served by our Chef as Waka Toa entertain you. Local award winning wines and beautifully locally hand crafted taonga (maori jewellery) add that breath of essence to a breathtaking experience.
Price: Available on enquiry
Group size: 1-5
TOUR 4: 2 hours
Manaaki at it's very best. Travel the coastline on and off shore with your own personal tour guide. Our history, our whakapapa, our story of our arrival to Turanganui a Kiwa and the first meeting between Captain James Cook and local Maori.
Price: Adults $170
Group size: 2-5 (larger groups can also be arranged)
(This tour is also available with a maori cultural performance and/or kai moana, price available on enquiry).
Gisborne Tour Sites
Historical Pa Site
High on a 600 year old Maori look out overlooking the iconic Nicks Head and Pacific Ocean, a group of performers share their stories, rituals, as ancient sounds echoing across Gisborne's (Turanganui a Kiwa) fertile flats at dusk.
Waka Toa welcomes guests in a true cross-cultural sharing and recreate the history of the site through traditional Maori techniques woven together with modern drama, music and humour.
Waka Toa's uplifting messages of hope, destiny, new beginnings and prosperity to the nations ensure hardly a dry eye on the hill. And as the sun sets and cultures mingle over sustenance, lives have been changed forever and as you look out to the Pacific another story begins to unfold.
The Great Migration
Turanganui a Kiwa (the standing place of Kiwa). Named after our Tipuna Kiwa who sailed to Aotearoa during the great migration.
Voyage to Aotearoa
In 1769, Captain James Cook arrived in Turanganui a Kiwa aboard the Endeavour. Relive history of this historical event as you view the iconic landscapes that form another part of our whakapapa.
Fitness level: Average to good
Degree of difficulty: Medium to moderate
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