Enjoy our hospitality and majestic views of the Hokianga harbour from our home studio. You may see dolphins and orca.
You draw your design (with my help if needed) & you cut, shape & file it with my guidance throughout. All this is done in our home studio overlooking the Hokianga Harbour. We start at 9am. There is no time limit. Just relax & enjoy our hospitality as you're working on your very own special bone carving.
$60 per person with lunch provided. Over lunch listen to Maori myths & legends.
James Taranaki: Tel: 09 4058 061, Txt: 021 298 8968
Email: hokiangabonecarvingstudio@gmail.com
You draw your design (with my help if needed) & you cut, shape & file it with my guidance throughout. All this is done in our home studio overlooking the Hokianga Harbour. We start at 9am. There is no time limit. Just relax & enjoy our hospitality as you're working on your very own special bone carving.
$60 per person with lunch provided. Over lunch listen to Maori myths & legends.
James Taranaki: Tel: 09 4058 061, Txt: 021 298 8968
Email: hokiangabonecarvingstudio@gmail.com
Waiotemarama Falls Lodge
Opononi, Northland, New Zealand
Opononi, Northland, New Zealand
Other Activities
© 2008 - 2010 Waiotemarama Falls Lodge Limited
Waiotemarama Falls Lodge is the Hokianga's finest accommodation experience. See the real New Zealand bush!
Activities include sandboarding, hiking, fishing, hunting, birdwatching, stargazing, horsetrekking, Maori culture experiences, art trails, the Waipoua Forest and so much more!
Activities include sandboarding, hiking, fishing, hunting, birdwatching, stargazing, horsetrekking, Maori culture experiences, art trails, the Waipoua Forest and so much more!
Quilting & Weaving
See our Home Page for current workshops in quilting, weaving, knitting and other arts and crafts.
See our Home Page for current workshops in quilting, weaving, knitting and other arts and crafts.
Hokianga Bonecarving Studio
Stargazing
The Lodge provides the perfect planetarium!
No city lights means optimal viewing of stars and planets. Guests are provided with binoculars and a sky guide.
The Lodge provides the perfect planetarium!
No city lights means optimal viewing of stars and planets. Guests are provided with binoculars and a sky guide.
Quad Bike Tours
Denis and Val Ryan offer safe yet adventurous quad bike tours over their farm just one kilometre from Horeke. The ride to the top of the hills is rewarded by fantastic views of the Hokianga Harbour. You can look down the harbour as far as the iconic golden sanddunes.
Tel: 09 4019 544
Email: wairerevalley@gmail.com
Denis and Val Ryan offer safe yet adventurous quad bike tours over their farm just one kilometre from Horeke. The ride to the top of the hills is rewarded by fantastic views of the Hokianga Harbour. You can look down the harbour as far as the iconic golden sanddunes.
Tel: 09 4019 544
Email: wairerevalley@gmail.com
Bird watching
Local contact for Ornithological Club of New Zealand. Detlef Davies: Tel: 09 4073 874
Local contact for Ornithological Club of New Zealand. Detlef Davies: Tel: 09 4073 874
Library & Games
The Lodge boasts an extensive library of fiction and non-fiction books. In the cupboard you'll find board games and cards.
The Lodge boasts an extensive library of fiction and non-fiction books. In the cupboard you'll find board games and cards.
Waka Ama
Hokianga Museum
Visit the Museum, located at the iSite. Videos, photos and displays. Helpful staff from the Historical Society.
Visit the Museum, located at the iSite. Videos, photos and displays. Helpful staff from the Historical Society.
Hokianga iSite
Located opposite the Opononi Area School in Omapere. Tel: 4058 869.
Located opposite the Opononi Area School in Omapere. Tel: 4058 869.
Hokianga Waka Ama Club
Captain: Daniel Wikaira
Captain: Daniel Wikaira
Kayaking: Whirinaki Tours
Kayak with our Maori guide down the Whirinaki River into the historic Hokianga Harbour and follow in the wake of Aotearoa's first settler Kupe. Then plant a tree to preserve this beautiful harbour.
The excursion includes local information & history from your Maori tour guide. There is an environmental theme to the tour aimed at preserving the integrity of this beautiful and historic harbour where Kupe first landed in Aotearoa. Upon your return to base you can choose to plant a flax or cabbage tree along a waterway, or other native tree selected from our tree nursery.
The journey itself can be tailored to suit an individual's or group's needs according to experience and fitness. There are single and double kayaks to choose from. Please book with us in advance as the tours are subject to tide times. Tel. 09 4058 415
Email: sandramoore49@hotmail.com
Kayak with our Maori guide down the Whirinaki River into the historic Hokianga Harbour and follow in the wake of Aotearoa's first settler Kupe. Then plant a tree to preserve this beautiful harbour.
The excursion includes local information & history from your Maori tour guide. There is an environmental theme to the tour aimed at preserving the integrity of this beautiful and historic harbour where Kupe first landed in Aotearoa. Upon your return to base you can choose to plant a flax or cabbage tree along a waterway, or other native tree selected from our tree nursery.
The journey itself can be tailored to suit an individual's or group's needs according to experience and fitness. There are single and double kayaks to choose from. Please book with us in advance as the tours are subject to tide times. Tel. 09 4058 415
Email: sandramoore49@hotmail.com
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