Pre-European village expands
Kanawa said. The village was built and opened in 1982 by local Maori people as a tourist attraction showing visitors something of the lifestyle of the Maori before Europeans arrived in New Zealand. A popular feature in a nearby arts and crafts building is the work of noted weavers Rangimarie Hetet and Digger Te Kanawa, who often work there at traditional Maori items like kiwi feather cloaks.
Ohaki, the replica pre-European Maori village near the Waitomo caves, is expanding. Part of a hillside of scrub has been cleared and a manuka pole stockade has been shifted from the base of the hillside to run up to a pourewa at the top. When the expansion work is finished, the hillside will feature a number of pataka and other small buildings, village spokesperson Marleina Te
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Tu Tangata, Issue 16, 1 March 1984, Page 39
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136Pre-European village expands Tu Tangata, Issue 16, 1 March 1984, Page 39
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