Footprints Waipoua

'Step into our World' and let our guides take you on a journey through nature, whilst providing a mythological and interactive interpretation of the forest.

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Beautiful. 🌏🇳🇿✨ https://t.co/eWLXOFMokZ
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"Like the Native American and Aboriginal peoples, the Maori people of NZ see themselves as one with the land and the living things that inhabit it. All living creatures are members of the same family; therefore, reciprocity of respect is essential." 🌋☀️🌳 https://t.co/pkuS7HUIMT

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"The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live." 🚪🌳🏞️ https://t.co/c7VFgScyl7 #FootprintsWaipoua #SecretsOfTheForest

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Beautiful quote from @amclothes18's Instagram page. 💚🌟 #FootprintsWaipoua #Whakamana

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One Kiwi business start-up is determined to bring the outdoors, indoors by highlighting this country's unique landscape. 📹🛰️🌳 https://t.co/reAIgvNmuH
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This will end. Life will resume again. And the forest will beckon you once more to flood you with its powerful wisdom and healing energy. The ancient giants of #Waipoua Forest are thousands of years old, patience dwells within their very nature. 🌳🌲🌴 https://t.co/c7VFgScyl7

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A beautiful read on Maori symbols which are shared across many New Zealand art forms (tattoo art and pounamu carving especially) and have symbolism or meaning that stems from their original use hundreds of years ago. 🌳📜
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Mount Maunganui artist Julie Paama-Pengelly is helping lead the resurgence of indigenous tattoos, not just here in New Zealand, but around the world. ��️ https://t.co/O8t0PGuBk5
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So much to do, to see, to plan for, when all this is over. Life will bloom once again, in all its beauty. 🌴🌲🌳 #FootprintsWaipoua #SecretsOfTheForest
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Scientists and conservationists are proposing that up to half of Earth’s land and oceans be protected for nature. Is it a necessary step or a pipe dream? 🌲🦉☀️🌳🌸🐍🌴🦋🦊 https://t.co/UnLEP82Q9N
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Meet Tāne. Our Waipoua forest guide will give you an interactive interpretation of the importance of this tree, Tāne Mahuta (The Lord of the Forest) to both the natural environment and the Maori people and reveal the forest's age-old mysteries. 🌳☀️🌲🍃 https://t.co/c7VFgScyl7

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It's crazy times. Here are some useful links to help out:

The gov't has announced a response package to COVID-19. Learn more here: https://t.co/ovOdJ8YLaJ

Check the Ministry of Health site for the most recent updates: https://t.co/hY4AZR1tyL

Stay safe, calm & strong! 💟💪☮

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Scientists argue that, done right, tree-planting works as part of the wider effort to reduce carbon. 🌱🌲🌳🌴 https://t.co/GVXyCLzNuQ
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Experience the affinity that early Maori had with the forest and the deep spiritual respect they hold for the giants still growing there. Learn of the rich bird life and other fauna of the forest and witness the transitions of life and day into night. 🌳🌲 https://t.co/c7VFgScyl7

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A special event in Takaka marked the 10th anniversary of a unique waka project linking Māori and the Dutch city of Leiden. 🛶🇳🇿 https://t.co/4L4go1XrRB
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Toitū he kāinga, whatu ngarongaro he tangata. 🌳🌏🌌

While the land remains the inhabitants are gone.

📸 NZ Geographic

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Observe one of the most ancient mysteries of life held within Tāne Mahuta. See the glory in person, bask in its beauty. Take the tour of a lifetime with https://t.co/c7VFgScyl7. A tour to suit everyone - to be remembered for a lifetime. Hear the call of the forest. 🌳🐿️🌲🦋🦎

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Let Tāne Mahuta share his ancients secrets with you in the depths of Waipoua Forest. A visit like no other, you will leave a different person to who came in. 🌳🌴🌲 Book here: https://t.co/c7VFgScyl7
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Indigenous peoples have conserved biodiversity for millennia. 📜⏳🗿
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