Rewa's Village

Rewa's Village Review

This museum re-creates a kainga (unfortified fishing village) where local Maori lived in peaceful times. In times of war they took refuge in nearby Kororipo Pa. In the village are good reproductions of the chief Hongi Hika's house, the weapons store, and the family enclosure, as well as two original canoes dug up from local swamps and original hangi stones which were heated by fire and used to cook traditional Maori feasts, found on-site. A "discoverers garden" takes you on a winding path past indigenous herbs and other plants; information is posted describing the uses of each plant.