Mitai Maori Village
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Mitai is a solid pick for a Maori cultural evening in Rotorua. The haka, the waka warriors arriving by river, the glow worm walk through the bush and the hangi dinner all come together in a way that covers a lot of ground in one night. The hangi in particular gets consistent praise across hundreds of travellers. It's genuinely good kai.
The honest trade-off is that it can feel touristic, especially in peak season when the numbers swell. A few reviewers flagged the price as steep, but most landed on the side of it being worth it. If crowds bother you, low season is the smarter move. There's a 10% saving via promo code RANKERS, which softens the cost a little and helps keep us going too.
I'd treat this as entertainment and cultural education rolled into one, rather than expecting a deep anthropological dive. On that front, it delivers well. The guides bring good humour and the performances are engaging. A decent Rotorua evening out, all things considered.
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Mitai Maori Village
The Mitai Family endeavour to bring you the most authentic Maori Cultural experience in NZ today.
OPENING HOURS: Daily from 5.30 - 9.30pm
COST: $116.00 per person
The Mitai family is proud to have created a sacred and spiritual place that offers you an authentic indigenous cultural experience like no other. The evening is guaranteed to leave you enthralled by the fascinating Maori Culture.
Your evening begins with a pick up from your Rotorua accommodation providing you with a warm and personalized meet and greet from one of our beautiful Maori Maidens dressed in the traditional attire, providing you with the opportunity to take a photograph and to embrace the hospitality of our Maori people. Upon arrival to our Mitai Maori Village you will learn the basic guidelines of entering such a sacred place. Select a Chief to represent those visiting our village, representation of your group is considered to be honorable high ranking status in Maoridom.
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North Island ▷ Rotorua Region ▷ Rotorua |
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Daily, with a dinner experience typically from 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM, and a separate lunch experience also available. |
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Use discount code RANKERS with Mitai Maori Village and 10% off. |
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Mitai ...
straw64 -
Excellent Meal.
Dave -
Too expensive!
Florian Littmann -
Fun but there were bus loads of people.
Jeni -
Great food - very friendly staff.
David
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Indispensable to discover and understand the Maori culture, even if is now becoming a business.
Show was very realistic and nice to see. We recommend going in low season when less people are there. Great typical Maori dinner and walk through the forest and glowworms.
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Good educational evening, great food (hangi) and cultural performance but lots of people.
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Everyone should experience the fascinating and different culture of the Maori.
It feels really authentic and you get some awesome food.
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Good food, new information about Maori culture, good and exciting show and always with good humour.
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Good = nice/funny speaker, haka dance was a good performance, food was ok.
A little bit expensive and feel really touristy not a real Maori feeling.
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Nice cultural performance and great hangi.
Rating could be higher if it were not for the cheesy saxophone player during dinner. Good explanation of Maori culture and not too busy.
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I did this to get more information about Maori and there it is not so good.
It is very interesting to learn about their singing and dancing and the people doing it are very funny and lovely. Also the food tastes great. If you are looking for good food and entertainment go for it. But I heard that there is a better place on the West Coast of the South Island.
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The Maori people gave us a great show and very good food!
They were enthusiastic and funny! Only in my opinion, it was very touristic and very expensive for what we have got.
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Good educational evening, great food (hangi) and cultural performance but lots of people.
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Indispensable to discover and understand the Maori culture, even if is now becoming a business.
Show was very realistic and nice to see. We recommend going in low season when less people are there. Great typical Maori dinner and walk through the forest and glowworms.
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Everyone should experience the fascinating and different culture of the Maori.
It feels really authentic and you get some awesome food.
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The Maori people gave us a great show and very good food!
They were enthusiastic and funny! Only in my opinion, it was very touristic and very expensive for what we have got.
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I did this to get more information about Maori and there it is not so good.
It is very interesting to learn about their singing and dancing and the people doing it are very funny and lovely. Also the food tastes great. If you are looking for good food and entertainment go for it. But I heard that there is a better place on the West Coast of the South Island.
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Nice cultural performance and great hangi.
Rating could be higher if it were not for the cheesy saxophone player during dinner. Good explanation of Maori culture and not too busy.
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Just six points because our host was lame.
The show is nice although I like this more than the one in Te Puia. The hangi was good and there were a lot of glowworms at the sacred spring (best part of the spring).
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Good = nice/funny speaker, haka dance was a good performance, food was ok.
A little bit expensive and feel really touristy not a real Maori feeling.
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Good food, new information about Maori culture, good and exciting show and always with good humour.
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Good food, new information about Maori culture, good and exciting show and always with good humour.
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It was serviced well.
The Maori show was nice to experience and the food: traditional 'hangi' was absolutely delicious! We did the combo with Rainbow Springs park, because we wanted to see the kiwi. We saw 4 kiwi's from close up and the Tuatara. This was very special and fun.
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Awesome activities, a bit expensive, but really fun and worth it.
Interesting Maori town with great food, a nice show, even though it is a bit too 'touristland'.....
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It was great to see how Hangi kai is made (and how good it tastes!).
But good food did not balance out the very weak show and tell items. Pointless walks and half-hearted show.