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Over 2,500 Celebrate Waitangi Day At Te Puia
Friday, 6 February 2026, 4:12 pm | Te Puia
Te Puia General Manager Visitor Experience Denise Emery said it’s a whānau vibe with lots of fun on a beautiful day and the kai marketplace and stallholder taonga market was humming. More >>
Mārama Geyser Light Trail Launches At Te Puia
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 4:45 pm | Te Puia
Maisey Rika played two live sets on the launch night with Pōhutu Geyser and the rakaunui (full moon) behind her - the audience were mesmerised. More >>
Matariki Hautapu Ceremony At Te Puia This Morning
Friday, 20 June 2025, 12:20 pm | Te Puia
Te Puia New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) held a Matariki Hautapu Ceremony this morning. It showed a deep respect for ancestral practices acknowledging the past, present, and future through three key parts of the pre-dawn ceremony. More >>
Te Puia Features In Minecraft Aotearoa New Zealand World Launched Globally
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 3:35 pm | Te Puia
Six famed New Zealand locations star in the game’s design: Waitomo Caves (Waikato), Rotorua (Bay of Plenty), Kapiti Island (Wellington), Abel Tasman (Nelson/Tasman), Tekapo (Mackenzie) and Doubtful Sound (Fiordland). More >>
Te Puia Launches ‘A Place That Changes You’ Campaign In Te Reo Māori And English
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 6:43 pm | Te Puia
The ‘A place that changes you’ campaign by Augusto seeks to build on the 2021 release, by exploring the reactions manuhiri (visitors) have when experiencing moments such as seeing a pōhiri, a kiwi, a geyser erupting, speaking to a sixth-generation ... More >>
Te Puia Matariki Hautapu Ceremony And Whānau Fun Day Draw Crowds
Friday, 28 June 2024, 5:41 pm | Te Puia
Photo: Graeme Murray There have been moments of deep presence with te taiao at the Hautapu Ceremony, through to tītī tōrea, Matariki arts, crafts, games and a market at Te Puia | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute today. The day started ... More >>
Tohunga Whakairo Rākau Clive Fugill Receives New Zealand Royal Honour For Māori Art
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9:34 am | Te Puia
Tohunga Whakairo Rākau (Master Carver) Clive Fugill was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori Art at Government House on Friday, afterwards reconnecting with the whānau of Hoani Waititi Marae, 44 years after carving ... More >>
Celebrating Waitangi Day At Te Puia
Saturday, 3 February 2024, 6:55 pm | Te Puia
There’ll be a lot to experience and learn at Te Puia next Tuesday on Waitangi Day with special events including cultural experiences, traditional Māori arts and crafts demonstrations, Te Tiriti Seminars and more. Te Puia is welcoming everyone ... More >>
Te Puia Launches Kids Zone For School Holidays
Friday, 25 September 2020, 9:09 am | Te Puia
The home of one of New Zealand’s longest standing tourism attractions, Te Puia, is looking forward to sharing the beauty of nature and Māori culture with kiwi kids these school holidays. Te Puia | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute is ... More >>
Te Puia | NZ Māori Arts and Crafts Institute play key role
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 7:14 pm | Te Puia
Te Puia | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute play key role in China-New Zealand Year of Tourism closing More >>
Rotorua kapa haka perform with SIX60 ahead of All Blacks
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 2:59 pm | Te Puia
Rotorua kapa haka performers have shared the stage with top kiwi band SIX60 as part of a New Zealand showcase in the leadup to the next All Blacks Rugby World Cup game against Canada in Beppu, Japan. More >>
Tā moko studio opens at Te Puia
Thursday, 14 June 2018, 4:17 pm | Te Puia
Visitors to Te Puia | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI), in Rotorua, will be able to take away a permanent reminder of their visit with a new tā moko studio opening today >. More >>
Facebook and Te Puia unveil new AR filter at Techweek
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 3:41 pm | Te Puia
Jaws have literally dropped during Techweek this week > as the world’s first Māori-themed augmented reality (AR) face filter goes live. More >>
Significant pou unveiled as Te Puia
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 6:49 pm | Te Puia
Significant pou unveiled as Te Puia l NZMACI site developments pass milestone Weighing more than 2300kg each and standing up to 7m tall, three significant pou whakairo (carved panels) have been installed at the entrance of the New Zealand Māori Arts ... More >>
Papakura joins the party
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 1:17 pm | Te Puia
A once-famous geyser in Te Whakarewarewa Valley, dormant since 1979, literally burst into life last week, erupting continuously for around 36 hours and shooting water up to four metres in the air. And while the geyser has been intermittent since, the ... More >>
Te Puia | NZMACI honour their legacies & point to the future
Monday, 7 September 2015, 1:02 pm | Te Puia
Te Puia and the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute (‘NZMACI’) have unveiled the organisation’s new brand marks – the culmination of more than three years work to define and articulate the two legacies (cultural development and tourism) ... More >>
New Zealanders invited to visit national treasure
Friday, 5 December 2014, 12:44 pm | Te Puia
Visitors watch on as their food is lifted from a ngāwhā (natural geothermal vent) as part of Te Puia’s Steambox experience More >>
First NZ tourism attraction to gain certification
Friday, 4 July 2014, 2:39 pm | Te Puia
Rotorua’s Te Puia became the first visitor attraction in New Zealand to have staff certified in rural skills today, with its Environment Team members presented with a National Certificate in General Skills Agriculture (Level 2) – Primary Sector ... More >>
Te Puia asks community to Roar for Katy Perry!
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 5:38 pm | Te Puia
Te Puia wants to make sure Rotorua is part of the itinerary for international American pop star Katy Perry later this year – but it needs the community’s help to bring the tourism and pop icons together. More >>
Te Puia|NZMACI introduces free WiFi
Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 11:33 am | Te Puia
Te Puia|NZMACI introduces free WiFi Connecting with loved ones and sharing unique experiences is now even easier for manuhiri (visitors) to Te Puia|New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI), with the launch of a new, free WiFi service on ... More >>
