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NZx2ndMay: Tipuna Tours

Monday, May 2, 2011
posted by malcolm

Naumai

Well here’s something that might send shivers down your spine?

For the past 5 years I have been lucky enough to join Tipuna Tours http://tipunatours.com/ as they guide us through Whangara Marae (the magical setting for the  Whale Rider film). This is the sort of experience that many international visitors lap up -but sadly not enough New Zealanders.

A chance to be welcomed onto the marae, become spellbound by the carvings/paintings and their stories in two distinctive houses, to listen to the shared knowledge of both Anne and Uncle Hone, and to share kai with the local people are experiences not to be missed.

Quintessentially 100@ Pure You!

Ka kite ano

Malcolm