www.tepuia.com
Phone: (07) 348-9047  or  0800 837-842 (within New Zealand)
reservations@tepuia.com

The New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute was created by Act of Parliament in 1960 - as a Registered Charity (not-for-profit) - to foster the preservation and development of traditional Maori handcraft skills.  In 2007, the Institute changed its operating name to Te Puia – meaning connections to the past, and a path to the future.

Today, Te Puia offers tourists and visitors a very special and authentic opportunity to sense and feel Maori history and living culture!  The name Te Puia encapsulates the bubbling and effervescent nature of the geothermal valley of its location in Rotorua, including bubbling mud pools, spectacular geysers, hot springs and boiling thermal pools.

Visitors will also enjoy the village of Pikirangi, and learn of Māori legends that have been passed down through time and generations. To help preserve the traditions of old, the people of Te Puia are the ‘kaitiaki’ (guardians) of Māori culture, and it remains home to the national schools of carving, weaving and pounamu (greenstone found only in New Zealand). At those schools you can watch and interact with master carvers, weavers and their students.  Read more about the Te Puia experience.

Hemo Road
Rotorua

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