Walk in the footsteps of Kupe
Manea: Footprints of Kupe is a 75-minute multisensory journey of guided storytelling – through art, taonga (cultural treasures), film, performance, digital interaction and the splendour of Hokianga’s natural surroundings.
Manea: Footprints of Kupe offers you a unique cultural encounter, journeying into te ao Mãori, the Mãori world. The cultural and heritage centre on the shores of the spectacular Hokianga Harbour is your first stop on this journey. Here, you will feel the warmth of our welcome as we share our stories and traditions.
The Kupe theatre
The Kupe theatre is a multi-dimensional experience, bringing the voyage of Kupe onto a larger-than-life immersive stage. A spectacular 20 minute production across five giant screens, with thrilling 4D effects, your local guides present Hokianga history and traditions on an epic scale.
Manea: Footprints of Kupe is a 75-minute multisensory journey of guided storytelling – through art, taonga (cultural treasures), film, performance, digital interaction and the splendour of Hokianga’s natural surroundings.
Who is Kupe?
Kupe, the original discoverer of Aotearoa, features in tribal traditions across Aotearoa, New Zealand. Place names in many parts of the North Island and the northern South Island record his presence and challenges and explorations.
The name Aotearoa itself is said to originate from the land’s first sighting by the great voyager’s wife.
“He ao, he ao, he aotea, he Aotearoa!”
The Manea Experience
Discover the interconnectedness of our enduring beliefs bound across space and time.
Learn about our world-famous migratory past and immerse yourself in a 4D experience of the great voyage of Kupe, as he peopled the Pacific Ocean and discovered the famous Te Ika a Maui that was named Aotearoa from afar out to sea.
Explore our ancestor’s paths paths as he travelled these waters and walked this land.
Take in at your leisure the place where Kupe made his home, and the ancestral sites where his memory is maintained.
Feel the closeness of history – meet the descendants of Kupe and understand how that history lives on …
Welcome!
The descendants of Kupe welcome you, as do the spirits of our ancestors. Enter Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe, the sacred cradle of our tribal histories.
Walk with us in the footprints of our ancestor – Kupe the intrepid, Kupe the voyager, Kupe the discoverer.
Let us share his stories with you through our culture and traditions, where Kupe once made his home. Let us take you back to the beginnings of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Welcome to Manea:
Footprints of Kupe!
For bookings and further information visit www.maneafootprints.co.nz