Travel & Tourism

Matariki (winner of the Cultural Experience category at the 1997 NZ Tourism Awards) is a Rotorua based partnership which promotes and delivers Maori Cultural entertainment, experiences and services by way of: wero, karanga, powhiri, whaikorero, waiata, action songs, poi, stick games and haka. Matariki is contracted to the Royal Lakeside Novotel Rotorua Hotel to provide the nightly Hangi and Concert experience. Matariki also delivers the daily midday cultural performances at Te Puia under the name Te Kunenga o Rotowhio.

A truely unique Cultural, Geothermal, Health and Spa Attraction. The most active geothermal field in the Rotorua region of New Zealand where visitors can wander at their own leisure. Visitors can also experience and indulge in an authentic mud bath, relax in a sulphur spa, experience a traditional Maori massage (mirimiri), mud facial and a full mud body scrub/mask.

Cultural - VIP Golf - Casino This tourism business was established by Rotorua couple Denise and Eddie Emery. The Exclusive Golf Tours take in arguably some of the most beautiful courses in the world, and spare no expense. The local "guided" tours, offer either the discerning golfer or the hacker a local insight into the more favoured of the Bay of Plenty's more demanding challenging courses.