Kia Ora! Welcome to my New Zealand pavilion concept. I am from Tennessee, but I am in love with NZ culture!
This section is set in the fictional town of Mahuta, New Zealand located on the Fiordlands.
Guests inside of Fiordland Holiday, home to a forest exhibit and Aquarium, can see several indigenous animals of the island, like Albatross, Pitoitoi, Tui, Piwakawaka (Fantail) , Kakapo, Kiwi, Pukeko, Blue Duck, Fiordland Penguin, Takahe, Brown Teal Ducks, Weka, Yellow Crown Parakeet, Little Blue Penguin, Yellowhead, NZ Falcon, Jeweled Gecko, Black And Red Coral, Hector's Dolphin, Hooke's Sea Lion, Weta, and even a skeleton of the extinct Moa bird and Haast Eagle!
Guests can also explore a Māori marae, or meeting ground. Guests can enter the Wharenui, or meeting house, which has many Māori ambassadors who explain things to guests, like the concepts of Marae, Iwi (Extended family group owning a Marae), Whānau (Family), and Māori idioms. Guests can fly authentic Māori kites, or Manu Tukutuku, sample Kūmara, or sweet potato, grown in the nearby gardens during the season of Matariki, see and hear Waiata, or Māori songs with dance, look at the Māori night sky, and see red, black, and white paper stars hanging. Guests can also view the Māori's famous ornate carvings, see the beautiful Kowhaiwhai on the Wharenui, and watch and learn some Long Poi dances. At night, a Kapa Haka dance show is held with poi, rākau, and haka dances! A restaurant is inside the meetinghouse, called Hāngi. A Hāngi is a Māori gathering with traditional foods. Guests can eat Kūmara, Kamokamo (squash), potatoes, lamb, and Puha (Sowthistle). Guests can also buy greenstone pendants in Pounamu, visit the Kowhaiwhai Gallery, view woven Tukutuku, and view a Cook Islands Tīvaevae Karakara (Piecework Quilt).
Outside of the marae, guests can see sheep on green fields, volcanoes, snowy mountains, caves with twinkling lights, a marsh, and even a large waterfall! Guests can ride through these beautiful scenes on the New Zealand Cruise, a Storybook Land Canal Boat inspired ride with no guide. Guests ride Māori Waka canoes through the mountains, fields, glowworm caves, volcanic areas, marshes, and forests of New Zealand! A special emphasis is placed on the nature of New Zealand.
Another attraction is at a small area of water representing Te Whanganui a Tara, or The Wellington Harbor. It is a boat based dark ride that tells the heartwarming tale of a taniwha named Ngāke, who formed the harbor. Ngāke, unlike most Taniwhas, cared about the humans who lived along his river. One day, the people were hungry due to failure to catch fish, Ngāke helped the people! He enchanted their fish hooks so that they always got fish, even when others didn’t. Ngāke would later help form the harbor in Wellington.
A walkthrough attraction is a replica of the Anawheku Caves!
During Matariki, the Māori new year, the section goes through a decorated overlay!
This section is set in the fictional town of Mahuta, New Zealand located on the Fiordlands.
Guests inside of Fiordland Holiday, home to a forest exhibit and Aquarium, can see several indigenous animals of the island, like Albatross, Pitoitoi, Tui, Piwakawaka (Fantail) , Kakapo, Kiwi, Pukeko, Blue Duck, Fiordland Penguin, Takahe, Brown Teal Ducks, Weka, Yellow Crown Parakeet, Little Blue Penguin, Yellowhead, NZ Falcon, Jeweled Gecko, Black And Red Coral, Hector's Dolphin, Hooke's Sea Lion, Weta, and even a skeleton of the extinct Moa bird and Haast Eagle!
Guests can also explore a Māori marae, or meeting ground. Guests can enter the Wharenui, or meeting house, which has many Māori ambassadors who explain things to guests, like the concepts of Marae, Iwi (Extended family group owning a Marae), Whānau (Family), and Māori idioms. Guests can fly authentic Māori kites, or Manu Tukutuku, sample Kūmara, or sweet potato, grown in the nearby gardens during the season of Matariki, see and hear Waiata, or Māori songs with dance, look at the Māori night sky, and see red, black, and white paper stars hanging. Guests can also view the Māori's famous ornate carvings, see the beautiful Kowhaiwhai on the Wharenui, and watch and learn some Long Poi dances. At night, a Kapa Haka dance show is held with poi, rākau, and haka dances! A restaurant is inside the meetinghouse, called Hāngi. A Hāngi is a Māori gathering with traditional foods. Guests can eat Kūmara, Kamokamo (squash), potatoes, lamb, and Puha (Sowthistle). Guests can also buy greenstone pendants in Pounamu, visit the Kowhaiwhai Gallery, view woven Tukutuku, and view a Cook Islands Tīvaevae Karakara (Piecework Quilt).
Outside of the marae, guests can see sheep on green fields, volcanoes, snowy mountains, caves with twinkling lights, a marsh, and even a large waterfall! Guests can ride through these beautiful scenes on the New Zealand Cruise, a Storybook Land Canal Boat inspired ride with no guide. Guests ride Māori Waka canoes through the mountains, fields, glowworm caves, volcanic areas, marshes, and forests of New Zealand! A special emphasis is placed on the nature of New Zealand.
Another attraction is at a small area of water representing Te Whanganui a Tara, or The Wellington Harbor. It is a boat based dark ride that tells the heartwarming tale of a taniwha named Ngāke, who formed the harbor. Ngāke, unlike most Taniwhas, cared about the humans who lived along his river. One day, the people were hungry due to failure to catch fish, Ngāke helped the people! He enchanted their fish hooks so that they always got fish, even when others didn’t. Ngāke would later help form the harbor in Wellington.
A walkthrough attraction is a replica of the Anawheku Caves!
During Matariki, the Māori new year, the section goes through a decorated overlay!
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