{"id":4287,"date":"2020-03-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2020-03-09T22:10:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T02:10:48","slug":"new-zealand-te-puia-maori-center-and-a-night-in-a-rural-maori-family-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/10\/new-zealand-te-puia-maori-center-and-a-night-in-a-rural-maori-family-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: Te Puia Maori center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We didn’t have far to go the next day, so we had an easy, 10AM start in Rotorua (see previous New Zealand posts<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piling back into the bus, we rode the short distance to the Te Puia Maori complex, featuring a “living village<\/a>;” an outstanding cultural center<\/a>; traditional schools<\/a> you can tour (e.g. watching master woodcarvers at work); and a small kiwi bird conservation center<\/a>; all built on the site of a former village that used the abundant geothermal springs and geysers<\/a> as natural defensive moats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spent the morning there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I especially enjoyed seeing the schools, where master Maori craftspeople and their apprentices worked side by side.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n