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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 2257 days 100%
Jessica Freeland 6/10 3035 days 81%
Gretha 10/10 3038 days 96%
Bjorn Nielsen 8/10 3038 days 94%
Tome 8/10 3061 days 92%
Pat Dye 7/10 3321 days 66%
Martina Cervenkova 9/10 3359 days 68%
Rachael and Nik 8/10 3368 days 67%
Ebony Reed 10/10 3415 days 64%
Elizabeth Nash 8/10 3416 days 63%
Emma Keegan 8/10 3659 days 43%
Blandine Giusti 8/10 3679 days 41%
Damaris Mayer 7/10 3729 days 34%
Lea Darotchetche 9/10 3945 days 19%
Jean Curry 9/10 4033 days 12%
Sanne Meijer 8/10 4038 days 11%
Laura 8/10 4049 days 10%
Charlotte Casey 9/10 4051 days 11%
Joanna Mulcahy 7/10 4052 days 9%
Libby 9/10 4076 days 8%
Magdalene Zech 7/10 4104 days 5%
Marco Newald 7/10 4104 days 5%
Brian 8/10 4175 days 0%
Silvia-Marie Bront 10/10 4419 days 26%
Bonnie and David Appleby 9/10 4420 days 26%
Selina Lott 7/10 4424 days 23%
Guillot 8/10 4427 days 25%
Kyle Guffei 10/10 4443 days 26%
Jill Fischer 10/10 4448 days 26%
Sascha Warnken 10/10 4479 days 26%
Farrell Burns 10/10 4479 days 26%
Eltel 10/10 4754 days 26%
Be Groen 6/10 4777 days 20%
Steven Hill 7/10 4781 days 23%
Gillian Rowe 10/10 4795 days 26%
Sig Schrattner 10/10 4797 days 26%
Ozgla 10/10 4798 days 26%
Simon Fry 9/10 4799 days 26%
Christian Apfel 4/10 4802 days 11%
Fleur & Nils 6/10 4807 days 20%
David Blundell 10/10 4809 days 26%
Dick van Doorn 8/10 4813 days 25%
Ross Cooke 10/10 4883 days 26%
Eri & Udo Seifert 8/10 4885 days 25%
Willem & Lilian 4/10 4885 days 11%
Andreas & Sonja 9/10 4892 days 26%
JadesWorld 3/10 4906 days 7%
Guult Ryan 10/10 5137 days 26%
Clemens 8/10 5140 days 25%
Peter & Angela Brown 10/10 5141 days 26%
Dave Patterson 9/10 5142 days 26%
Fam de Kruyf 7/10 5148 days 23%
Carolin 5/10 5150 days 16%
Justin Pearce 8/10 5155 days 25%
Ronald Lippett 8/10 5156 days 25%
Nadja 9/10 5166 days 26%
Ann Thompson 9/10 5167 days 26%
F Horrex 4/10 5170 days 11%
Caroline & Jochen 9/10 5171 days 26%
Tanner 10/10 5174 days 26%
J G Groeneveld 3/10 5175 days 7%
Andreas 9/10 5178 days 26%
Michelle Booty 9/10 5178 days 26%
Rosey834 10/10 5241 days 26%
Papu 8/10 5271 days 25%
Don Keith 8/10 5503 days 25%
Silke Seemann 8/10 5507 days 25%
Tony Killingray 6/10 5519 days 20%
Klass 9/10 5530 days 26%
Daryl Taylor 8/10 5537 days 25%
Peter Ritu 10/10 5550 days 26%
Ann Grandchamp 10/10 5558 days 26%
warrenp 9/10 5591 days 26%
pthreadgood 8/10 5604 days 25%
dirkdev 9/10 5610 days 26%
Antje & Sascha Häusler 9/10 5610 days 26%
Susann Koschmeider 10/10 5610 days 26%
Christine Suess 7/10 5618 days 23%
MV Vroenhoven 7/10 5621 days 23%
Fer Bonsel 8/10 5629 days 25%
KYinNZ 3/10 5759 days 7%
Ingrid Thijssen 10/10 5820 days 26%
LowerD 8/10 5844 days 25%
Robert Wolf 6/10 5846 days 20%
Laura 8/10 5847 days 25%
SBlake 5/10 5855 days 16%
JuergenW 9/10 5857 days 26%
BernardK 9/10 5867 days 26%
david 9/10 5868 days 26%
Anna 9/10 5875 days 26%
Hayley 10/10 5875 days 26%
Abigail 9/10 5875 days 26%
Johannes Kerner 2/10 5881 days 3%
IM 8/10 5882 days 25%
AndyK 7/10 5883 days 23%
SarahK 7/10 5883 days 23%
FrancesG 5/10 5883 days 16%
MartinG 6/10 5883 days 20%
TatiamT 6/10 5883 days 20%
Tom 8/10 5884 days 25%
PellucoFrance 6/10 5884 days 20%
John 8/10 5887 days 25%
KonterR 5/10 5891 days 16%
GH_Herrebrugh 8/10 5891 days 25%
AbigailB 5/10 5895 days 16%
Yunker 9/10 5899 days 26%
Tessa 10/10 5901 days 26%
Marianne 8/10 5901 days 25%
MattEngland 7/10 5905 days 23%
Simon 10/10 5913 days 26%
Hazel 9/10 5913 days 26%
Amy 10/10 5913 days 26%
Hannah 7/10 5914 days 23%
Jasmine 10/10 5917 days 26%
Sarah 10/10 5917 days 26%
Sabrina 8/10 5919 days 25%
Annemyn 4/10 5923 days 11%
Nick & Jess 10/10 5938 days 26%
hanna_and_matt 10/10 5950 days 26%
Zachari 7/10 5955 days 23%
mehunt 9/10 5963 days 26%
Trine 9/10 5969 days 26%
Paula 9/10 5976 days 26%
Lisa 10/10 5982 days 26%
Marie 9/10 5985 days 26%
Ben 10/10 5991 days 26%
Kristina 7/10 6025 days 23%
Chris 10/10 6026 days 26%
Lara 9/10 6028 days 26%
Kay 10/10 6030 days 26%
Niamh 10/10 6037 days 26%
Annabelle 10/10 6060 days 26%
Galen 3/10 6216 days 7%
Ovin 9/10 6226 days 26%
Anna 10/10 6227 days 26%
Demo 7/10 6234 days 23%
Ted Sebastian 8/10 6234 days 25%
Jessica Jahn 8/10 6236 days 25%
Bernie 10/10 6236 days 26%
Nick 7/10 6236 days 23%
Alexandra Vogeli 9/10 6237 days 26%
Corina 3/10 6241 days 7%
Peter 8/10 6241 days 25%
Tina Daly 9/10 6242 days 26%
Peter Aston 9/10 6242 days 26%
Georgina Mulligan 6/10 6243 days 20%
Ginny 10/10 6247 days 26%
Bethany Webster 8/10 6249 days 25%
Ed 9/10 6259 days 26%
Elle 9/10 6259 days 26%
Issy 9/10 6259 days 26%
Hanna 2/10 6263 days 3%
Maree 9/10 6263 days 26%
Orlaith 7/10 6263 days 23%
Lisa 9/10 6263 days 26%
paulonline 9/10 6265 days 26%
Eric P 5/10 6269 days 16%
Melissa Steedman 10/10 6289 days 26%
Stephanie Jones 9/10 6290 days 26%
Andre Obineche 10/10 6290 days 26%
Laura Sutton 9/10 6290 days 26%
Hayley 8/10 6290 days 25%
Jeroen 9/10 6292 days 26%
Linda Mulryan 9/10 6293 days 26%
Maruja 9/10 6293 days 26%
Heike Julia 8/10 6297 days 25%
Gav 3/10 6297 days 7%
Seldam 7/10 6298 days 23%
Mel 8/10 6302 days 25%
Kay 7/10 6321 days 23%
Gerber Liselotte 8/10 6324 days 25%
Fiona 8/10 6331 days 25%
Abbey 9/10 6334 days 26%
Orla 9/10 6340 days 26%
Willemien 7/10 6342 days 23%
Vern 7/10 6452 days 23%
James 8/10 6452 days 25%
Bridgy 10/10 6540 days 26%
Caroline 8/10 6556 days 25%
Diane 8/10 6557 days 25%
Clive 8/10 6566 days 25%
Jane 8/10 6566 days 25%
Miles 9/10 6566 days 26%
Helen 8/10 6568 days 25%
Matt 7/10 6568 days 23%
Richard 8/10 6568 days 25%
Shin 7/10 6573 days 23%
Sophie 8/10 6573 days 25%
andrew julie 9/10 6574 days 26%
Nancy Bill 9/10 6574 days 26%
LauraMarini 8/10 6575 days 25%
Valerie 9/10 6577 days 26%
Mike Shirley 8/10 6578 days 25%
Fred Highsmith 9/10 6580 days 26%
Svenja 8/10 6580 days 25%
TrineLyst 7/10 6587 days 23%
Sarah 7/10 6587 days 23%
Ed 8/10 6587 days 25%
Elena Babitcheva 9/10 6597 days 26%
Maninder 8/10 6605 days 25%
Katherine 10/10 6606 days 26%
JonathanBayle 10/10 6606 days 26%
Rietveld 8/10 6608 days 25%
Suzy 8/10 6620 days 25%
LeaDeJong 4/10 6624 days 11%
Johanne 3/10 6626 days 7%
johan 5/10 6633 days 16%
ranker_410 10/10 6639 days 26%
Kylie 9/10 6641 days 26%
straw64 4/10 8163 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

-3.63% Adjustment

There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 62 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 -3.57%
198 -3.59%
199 -3.61%
200 -3.63%
201 -3.64%
202 -3.66%
203 -3.68%

Balancing Adjustment

3.56% 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.