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The Mitai Maori Village
experience
If you only have a few days in Rotorua and would like to learn a bit more about traditional
Maori life, arts, crafts, song, dance, customs and traditions, as well as a ground-cooked hangi
dinner, be sure to book the Mitai Maori Village evening experience.
If you stay with us at Guysers Gaystay, we can
do the booking for you and have a mini van
come and pick you up from our B&B to take
you to Mitai and bring you back.
When you arrive you will be greeted by several
Maori ladies wearing traditional-looking cloaks
(I say “traditional-looking” because they are a
synthetic feather-look fabric, not real feathers,
but the overall look of costume is as our early
Maori ancestors would have dressed). The
ladies will direct you into the restaurant where
you will be assigned a table.
A few nibbles will come around for you to try
and you are welcome to go up to the bar to
purchase a drink.
The MC for the evening will begin a rather
interesting chat about Maori history and life,
as well as adding very humorous talks and
jokes about where people are from in the
audience and cleverly saying sentences in
dozens of difference languages. After this,
people are lead off in groups down to see the
spectacular sight of the Waka (canoe) being
paddled up the river by 7 warriors.
The Waka (canoe)
comes up the river.
14 Guysers Gazette
Issue 14 • Summer 2018