ABOUT
US
The Whirinaki Rainforest Experiences programme is
operated by WRE under a Department of Conservation concession.
We’ve been operating
in the Whirinaki rainforest since 1994, offering walks and other
guided experiences to international visitors and Kiwis alike
continuously since that time. Our guiding staff are all Maori, whose
whakapapa (ancestry) is traced to the iwi (tribes) of the Central
North Island region. As such, you will be receiving a truly
authentic indigenous cultural experience.
Many of the myths and
legends told by our guides are those learned from their parents and
grandparents, in the manner of the old tribal tradition, being
passed from generation to generation. We offer you a Walk with a
Story. And it’s one which is told by the tangata whenua (the
original people of the
land), not by
those who have found their way into this mountainous
country only in more recent times.
CONTACT US
P O Box 1491 Taupo Aotearoa New
Zealand
Telephone +64 7 377 2363
Freefone within New Zealand -
0800 TO WALK (0800 86 9255)
E-mail: xrds@xtra.co.nz
Website:www.whirinaki.com
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| Our values are the core values of Maoridom
- Manaakitanga (hospitality), Kaitiakitanga (guardianship)
and Te Tangata (people first and foremost).
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