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The ranking score percentage is used to compare and sort experiences in ranking tables. It is not necessarily a direct measurement of the quality of a particular experience as rated by its customers. I've found it a useful tool to allow me to find the best experiences with confidence. But I've also found it important to read the customer reviews before making any final judgements!

We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?

Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.

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Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience

Valid Reviews

210 Valid Reviews

The Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience has a total of 211 reviews. There are 210 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 210 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 44
21%
9/10 54
26%
8/10 53
25%
7/10 27
13%
6/10 9
4%
5/10 7
3%
4/10 7
3%
3/10 7
3%
2/10 2
1%
1/10 0
0%

80.05% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience valid reviews is 80.05% and is based on 210 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

189 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 210 valid reviews, the experience has 189 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 189 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 34
18%
9/10 51
27%
8/10 50
26%
7/10 27
14%
6/10 9
5%
5/10 7
4%
4/10 5
3%
3/10 5
3%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 0
0%

80.11% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience face-to-face reviews is 80.11% and is based on 189 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

81.72%

Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.

Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.

Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.

Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.

Reviewer Rating Age Relative Weight
Gaudenz Schnell 4/10 2256 days 100%
Jessica Freeland 6/10 3034 days 81%
Gretha 10/10 3037 days 96%
Bjorn Nielsen 8/10 3037 days 94%
Tome 8/10 3060 days 92%
Pat Dye 7/10 3320 days 66%
Martina Cervenkova 9/10 3358 days 68%
Rachael and Nik 8/10 3367 days 67%
Ebony Reed 10/10 3414 days 64%
Elizabeth Nash 8/10 3415 days 63%
Emma Keegan 8/10 3658 days 43%
Blandine Giusti 8/10 3678 days 41%
Damaris Mayer 7/10 3728 days 34%
Lea Darotchetche 9/10 3944 days 19%
Jean Curry 9/10 4032 days 12%
Sanne Meijer 8/10 4037 days 11%
Laura 8/10 4048 days 10%
Charlotte Casey 9/10 4050 days 11%
Joanna Mulcahy 7/10 4051 days 9%
Libby 9/10 4075 days 8%
Magdalene Zech 7/10 4103 days 5%
Marco Newald 7/10 4103 days 5%
Brian 8/10 4174 days 0%
Silvia-Marie Bront 10/10 4418 days 26%
Bonnie and David Appleby 9/10 4419 days 26%
Selina Lott 7/10 4423 days 23%
Guillot 8/10 4426 days 25%
Kyle Guffei 10/10 4442 days 26%
Jill Fischer 10/10 4447 days 26%
Sascha Warnken 10/10 4478 days 26%
Farrell Burns 10/10 4478 days 26%
Eltel 10/10 4753 days 26%
Be Groen 6/10 4776 days 20%
Steven Hill 7/10 4780 days 23%
Gillian Rowe 10/10 4794 days 26%
Sig Schrattner 10/10 4796 days 26%
Ozgla 10/10 4797 days 26%
Simon Fry 9/10 4798 days 26%
Christian Apfel 4/10 4801 days 11%
Fleur & Nils 6/10 4806 days 20%
David Blundell 10/10 4808 days 26%
Dick van Doorn 8/10 4812 days 25%
Ross Cooke 10/10 4882 days 26%
Eri & Udo Seifert 8/10 4884 days 25%
Willem & Lilian 4/10 4884 days 11%
Andreas & Sonja 9/10 4891 days 26%
JadesWorld 3/10 4905 days 6%
Guult Ryan 10/10 5136 days 26%
Clemens 8/10 5139 days 25%
Peter & Angela Brown 10/10 5140 days 26%
Dave Patterson 9/10 5141 days 26%
Fam de Kruyf 7/10 5147 days 23%
Carolin 5/10 5149 days 16%
Justin Pearce 8/10 5154 days 25%
Ronald Lippett 8/10 5155 days 25%
Nadja 9/10 5165 days 26%
Ann Thompson 9/10 5166 days 26%
F Horrex 4/10 5169 days 11%
Caroline & Jochen 9/10 5170 days 26%
Tanner 10/10 5173 days 26%
J G Groeneveld 3/10 5174 days 6%
Andreas 9/10 5177 days 26%
Michelle Booty 9/10 5177 days 26%
Rosey834 10/10 5240 days 26%
Papu 8/10 5270 days 25%
Don Keith 8/10 5502 days 25%
Silke Seemann 8/10 5506 days 25%
Tony Killingray 6/10 5518 days 20%
Klass 9/10 5529 days 26%
Daryl Taylor 8/10 5536 days 25%
Peter Ritu 10/10 5549 days 26%
Ann Grandchamp 10/10 5557 days 26%
warrenp 9/10 5590 days 26%
pthreadgood 8/10 5603 days 25%
dirkdev 9/10 5609 days 26%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 9/10 5609 days 26%
Susann Koschmeider 10/10 5609 days 26%
Christine Suess 7/10 5617 days 23%
MV Vroenhoven 7/10 5620 days 23%
Fer Bonsel 8/10 5628 days 25%
KYinNZ 3/10 5758 days 6%
Ingrid Thijssen 10/10 5819 days 26%
LowerD 8/10 5843 days 25%
Robert Wolf 6/10 5845 days 20%
Laura 8/10 5846 days 25%
SBlake 5/10 5854 days 16%
JuergenW 9/10 5856 days 26%
BernardK 9/10 5866 days 26%
david 9/10 5867 days 26%
Anna 9/10 5873 days 26%
Hayley 10/10 5873 days 26%
Abigail 9/10 5873 days 26%
Johannes Kerner 2/10 5880 days 3%
IM 8/10 5881 days 25%
AndyK 7/10 5882 days 23%
SarahK 7/10 5882 days 23%
FrancesG 5/10 5882 days 16%
MartinG 6/10 5882 days 20%
TatiamT 6/10 5882 days 20%
Tom 8/10 5883 days 25%
PellucoFrance 6/10 5883 days 20%
John 8/10 5886 days 25%
KonterR 5/10 5890 days 16%
GH_Herrebrugh 8/10 5890 days 25%
AbigailB 5/10 5894 days 16%
Yunker 9/10 5898 days 26%
Tessa 10/10 5900 days 26%
Marianne 8/10 5900 days 25%
MattEngland 7/10 5904 days 23%
Simon 10/10 5911 days 26%
Hazel 9/10 5911 days 26%
Amy 10/10 5911 days 26%
Hannah 7/10 5913 days 23%
Jasmine 10/10 5915 days 26%
Sarah 10/10 5915 days 26%
Sabrina 8/10 5917 days 25%
Annemyn 4/10 5921 days 11%
Nick & Jess 10/10 5937 days 26%
hanna_and_matt 10/10 5948 days 26%
Zachari 7/10 5953 days 23%
mehunt 9/10 5962 days 26%
Trine 9/10 5968 days 26%
Paula 9/10 5975 days 26%
Lisa 10/10 5981 days 26%
Marie 9/10 5984 days 26%
Ben 10/10 5990 days 26%
Kristina 7/10 6024 days 23%
Chris 10/10 6024 days 26%
Lara 9/10 6027 days 26%
Kay 10/10 6029 days 26%
Niamh 10/10 6036 days 26%
Annabelle 10/10 6059 days 26%
Galen 3/10 6215 days 6%
Ovin 9/10 6225 days 26%
Anna 10/10 6226 days 26%
Demo 7/10 6233 days 23%
Ted Sebastian 8/10 6233 days 25%
Jessica Jahn 8/10 6235 days 25%
Bernie 10/10 6235 days 26%
Nick 7/10 6235 days 23%
Alexandra Vogeli 9/10 6236 days 26%
Corina 3/10 6240 days 6%
Peter 8/10 6240 days 25%
Tina Daly 9/10 6241 days 26%
Peter Aston 9/10 6241 days 26%
Georgina Mulligan 6/10 6242 days 20%
Ginny 10/10 6246 days 26%
Bethany Webster 8/10 6248 days 25%
Ed 9/10 6258 days 26%
Elle 9/10 6258 days 26%
Issy 9/10 6258 days 26%
Hanna 2/10 6262 days 3%
Maree 9/10 6262 days 26%
Orlaith 7/10 6262 days 23%
Lisa 9/10 6262 days 26%
paulonline 9/10 6264 days 26%
Eric P 5/10 6268 days 16%
Melissa Steedman 10/10 6288 days 26%
Stephanie Jones 9/10 6289 days 26%
Andre Obineche 10/10 6289 days 26%
Laura Sutton 9/10 6289 days 26%
Hayley 8/10 6289 days 25%
Jeroen 9/10 6291 days 26%
Linda Mulryan 9/10 6292 days 26%
Maruja 9/10 6292 days 26%
Heike Julia 8/10 6296 days 25%
Gav 3/10 6296 days 6%
Seldam 7/10 6297 days 23%
Mel 8/10 6301 days 25%
Kay 7/10 6320 days 23%
Gerber Liselotte 8/10 6323 days 25%
Fiona 8/10 6330 days 25%
Abbey 9/10 6333 days 26%
Orla 9/10 6339 days 26%
Willemien 7/10 6341 days 23%
Vern 7/10 6451 days 23%
James 8/10 6451 days 25%
Bridgy 10/10 6539 days 26%
Caroline 8/10 6555 days 25%
Diane 8/10 6556 days 25%
Clive 8/10 6565 days 25%
Jane 8/10 6565 days 25%
Miles 9/10 6565 days 26%
Helen 8/10 6567 days 25%
Matt 7/10 6567 days 23%
Richard 8/10 6567 days 25%
Shin 7/10 6572 days 23%
Sophie 8/10 6572 days 25%
andrew julie 9/10 6573 days 26%
Nancy Bill 9/10 6573 days 26%
LauraMarini 8/10 6574 days 25%
Valerie 9/10 6576 days 26%
Mike Shirley 8/10 6577 days 25%
Fred Highsmith 9/10 6579 days 26%
Svenja 8/10 6579 days 25%
TrineLyst 7/10 6586 days 23%
Sarah 7/10 6586 days 23%
Ed 8/10 6586 days 25%
Elena Babitcheva 9/10 6596 days 26%
Maninder 8/10 6604 days 25%
Katherine 10/10 6605 days 26%
JonathanBayle 10/10 6605 days 26%
Rietveld 8/10 6607 days 25%
Suzy 8/10 6619 days 25%
LeaDeJong 4/10 6623 days 11%
Johanne 3/10 6625 days 6%
johan 5/10 6632 days 16%
ranker_410 10/10 6638 days 26%
Kylie 9/10 6640 days 26%
straw64 4/10 8162 days 11%

Adjustments

Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.

Sample Size Adjustment

No Adjustment

A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

Recent Reviews Adjustment

-3.64% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 61 days. However the Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.

In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.

The Te Pa Tu Maori Cultural Experience experience has been adjusted for 200 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.

Days Adjustment
197 -3.59%
198 -3.61%
199 -3.63%
200 -3.64%
201 -3.66%
202 -3.68%
203 -3.70%

Balancing Adjustment

3.57% Adjustment

Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.

You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled customers are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.

We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.

Final Ranking Score

82%

The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.