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Manea Footprints of Kupe is a 75-minute multisensory journey of guided storytelling – through art, taonga (cultural treasures), film, performance, digital interaction and the splendour of Hokianga’s natural surroundings.
Manea: Footprints of Kupe offers you a unique cultural encounter, journeying into te ao Māori, the Māori world. Our cultural and heritage centre on the shores of the spectacular Hokianga Harbour is your first stop on this journey. Here, you will feel the warmth of our welcome as we share our stories and traditions.
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Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Starts: Opononi, New Zealand
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Manea Footprints of Kupe is a 75-minute multisensory journey of guided storytelling – through art, taonga (cultural treasures), film, performance, digital interaction and the splendour of Hokianga’s natural surroundings.
Manea: Footprints of Kupe offers you a unique cultural encounter, journeying into te ao Māori, the Māori world. Our cultural and heritage centre on the shores of the spectacular Hokianga Harbour is your first stop on this journey. Here, you will feel the warmth of our welcome as we share our stories and traditions.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Manea Footprints of Kupe, 41 Twin Coast Discovery Highway Opononi, Hokianga 0473, New Zealand
Meet your guide and begin your journey in the
footsteps of Kupe. On the way to Manea, your guide will share stories of our ancestors and the ancient realms of Kupe, told through carvings and the surrounding land.
On your arrival at the Manea whare taonga (house of
treasures), our people welcome you with the timeless
cultural ceremony of pōwhiri.
You now enter the Manea theatre, where a 20-minute
4D-digital extravaganza and live performance
immerses you in a full sensory recreation of the rich
and vibrant world of the intrepid adventures of Kupe.
From the theatre, your guide will lead you outside to
absorb the full significance of the Hokianga harbour
and our story. This was not only where Kupe made his
home, but also his final departure point from this land.
You can now continue your journey of discovery at
your leisure in the Footprints of Kupe Interactive
Gallery, where digital stations reveal more details of
our ancestor’s story.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
