Tamaki Maori Village
Rotorua
May 2010 Ajr
Showing posts with label Tamaki Maori Village. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tamaki Maori Village. Show all posts
Friday, September 23, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Village Life Re-Enacted
Tamaki Maori Village near Rotorua is an excellent place to see how a traditional Maori village may have looked hundreds of years ago. The night tour takes you south of the city and into the brooding darkness of a small forested site, where the Tamaki brothers have re-created a traditional village, complete with contemporary lighting and local Maori dressed as they would have been in the old days. The local people reenact the various traditional tribal roles including the arts of tattoo, weaving, song and dance and story telling.I was amused by the number of international tourists on the night I visited, who thought this was a real village and that the 'actors' always dressed this way.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Welcoming Visitors
Photo Courtesy Tamaki Maori Village, RotoruaPerforming the Haka to welcome visitors to Tamaki Maori Village
Rotorua
May 2010, AJR
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Tamaki Stories
Tamaki Heritage Village, Ferrymead. April 2009. Ajr Every time I come upon the Tamaki Heritage Village out at Ferrymead here in Christchurch, I’m surprised all over again but just how very unexpected it is – a traditional fortified Maori pa tucked into a valley below the terribly proper suburban hillsides of middleclass Christchurch. I quite like that unlikely juxtaposition. For the last two years the massive two-village, 25-acre open air theatre site has hosted visitors from all around the world for their performance of The Chronicles of Uitara, a powerful story of Maori culture and of New Zealand, told across many generations of a single family – the warrior line of Uitara. As well as being a series of published books, two of the three stories in the trilogy have now been performed as ‘live encounters – Journey of Ages in Rotorua and Lost in Our Own Land in Christchurch. Now, a new Tamaki re-enactment, developed off the back of the acclaimed Christchurch story, is to be launched as a touring product, as the Tamaki company moves into its winter schedule of limited Christchurch performance dates for the onsite version. The new mobile story will be performed across New Zealand and conference and educational opportunities – particularly in Canterbury – will be a key focus. www.maoriculture.co.nz
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Re-Creating the Old Ways
Image Supplied by Tamaki Maori Village, Rotorua. The Tamaki Maori Village just outside Rotorua is a re-created village that presents Maori life as it used to be – complete with buildings, carving, weaving, singing, dance, moko (tattooing) and traditional welcomes. Night visitors are also treated to Maori kapa haka performances and a traditional hangi meal. This photograph shows a traditional pataka or storehouse to the left of the warrior performing a traditional challenge. www.maoriculture.co.nz
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Traditional Tattoo Techniques
Image Supplied by Tamaki MaoriVillage. The Tamaki Maori Village in Rotorua is a great place to get a good understanding of traditional Maori arts, crafts and tattoo practices. Notice the two beautiful traditional mere (clubs) in the foreground - one in whalebone, one in pounamu or greenstone. www.maoriculture.co.nz
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Greetings!
Image Courtesy Tamaki Maori Village, Rotorua. 2007The Hongi
(A traditional Maori Greeting)
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Tamaki Maori Village
Rotorua
Sunday, February 22, 2009
A Cultural Experience
Image courtesy Tamaki Maori Village 2007. Maori Carving
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Tamaki Maori Village
Rotorua
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