The tour of the fort starts with the Mäori presence in the area, over 500 years ago and takes you through to the 1950s.
This museum has particular emphasis on old appliances, machinery, communication systems, together with regional history including indigenous logging, armed constabulary, Tarawera eruption and 1920's village.
The corporate site of the New Zealand Maori Tourism Council, the national authority for Maori Regional Tourism Organisations throughout NZ.
Visit a reproduction of an 18th century Maori fishing village built in the traditional way using native materials.
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