Te Pā Tū 5.00pm Event (May 2025 onwards)

Winners of both the Tourism Excellence Award (Small – Medium Business) and Visitor Experience Award at the New Zealand Tourism Awards 2024.

Te Pā Tū offers 3.5 hour evening experiences that change with each season of the maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar.

Feast on song, drama, tradition, and divine seasonal kai (cuisine) within our forest Pā (village) - its towering Tawa trees, blazing bonfires, and forest-formed amphitheatre. Traditional hāngi joins seasonal Māori delicacies prepared with fusion cooking techniques.Cultural knowledge unique to each season is shared through rituals, songs, stories across the evening as is local, seasonal kai (food) - plentiful and delicious. Kai horotai (indigenous canapes) are followed by a torch lit walk to a lavish 4-course Māori fusion feast.

Tū Te Ihi – Winter Matariki Celebration:

Tū Te Ihi references the energy and passion stirred by the Matariki cluster and the promise they herald. Tū Te Ihi celebrates a moment in the earth’s cycle when the stars of Matariki (Pleiades) draw our attention. Matariki conjures our ancestors as we recall their legacy, and reflect on the year that has been.

Tū Te Rā – Summer Harvest Celebration:

Tū Te Rā is a summer celebration, aligned with the maramataka – the Māori lunar calendar. This is a time when the sun expresses optimal energy, the days are longer, and light nourishes the natural world. Tū Te Rā celebrates the abundant harvest of this season, and explores concepts, rituals, and stories of ancient Māori warfare and peace in a feast of culture and cuisine.

Inclusions:

• 3.5 hours of performance, entertainment, and kai hākari (feasting) 
• Forest canapes
• Complimentary chef choice aperitif 
• Three course Māori-fusion feast
• Complimentary return transport from central Rotorua

Please note:

• TE PĀ TŪ is a cashless site, accepting all major credit and debit cards for additional bar purchases.
• Children welcome
• Wheelchair and child buggy accessible.
• Special dietary options available. However, given the nature of our Māori kai (food) & seasonal menu, we are unable to cater to all dietary needs. While we can meet gluten free requirements, we are not a coeliac approved kitchen. We can cater to vegetarian requests but are unable to cater to vegan requirements.