Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Tamaki cultural show, Rotorua



Although I'm still not feeling well, I'm leaving Rotorua tomorrow so it may be my last chance to experience a Maori cultural evening. I'm told the Maori influence is not as prominent on the South Island.

A bus arrives to pick me and the rest of the hostel up it seems. We drive us to the Tamaki office where we're re-distributed to three other buses each with a Maori name. The village is 30 minutes outside Rotorua and on the way we're briefed on what to expect and told not to laugh at or mimic the Maori warriors. Although the crowd is mainly young I'm not sure this is necessary.

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