Travel Blog Photos from Maketu (133)
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![]() | Maketu, New Zealand |
... 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 ...
... 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 which ...
Today we all spent the night at Uncle Boy's Marae (Maori meeting place). Upon arrival Uncle Boy greeted us in the traditional way where you shake hands and touch noses. I was one of the first to greet him and had only just woken up and really wasn't ...
... it is sheared off. Apparently, this must be done every 3 mo or the poor bunnies will over heat. We then drove to Maketu and stayed the night in a marae, a Maori meeting house called Uncle Boy's. We had a hangi - a traditional Maori feast which ...
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