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Maketu
Maketu, New Zealand
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Holes, Hobbits, Hongis, Hangis and Hakas
This is a top pick! ... driving along the Bay of Plenty, through the kiwi fruit orchards of Te Puke (pronounced Te Pookie) to the small fishing village of Maketu where we were to spend the night experiencing some culture at a Maori home. We met our host, Uncle Boy, and were ...
Getting cultural
This is a top pick! ... of his missions in life is to promote better integration and understanding between Europeans and Maoris. We arrived in the village of Maketu and went on a little drive around, being told about the history of the place (one of the original 7 canoes ...
A Cultural Experiment
... Once we were all back on the bus we made our way back across the Waikato to a place on the coast of the Bay of Plenty- Maketu. The reason Stray brought you to Maketu was so that you could have a cultural experience, you didn’t get a choice about it, ...
Day 205
... that excitement has made us almost two hours late for our stop for the evening at ‘Uncle Boy’s.’ He lives at Maketu, and is descended from the original Polynesians who arrived there 800 years ago. Pretty cool. We get to stay on his ...
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