Rewa's Village

Rewa's Village is a reproduction of a pre-European Maori kainga or village. Built in 1969, Rewa's Village has all the features of a true kainga, including a marae area, chief's whare (house), kauta (cooking shelter), whata (bench where food was placed), tall whata, weapons store, pataka (raised food store), enclosure for the tohunga (a wise person who advised the community on just about everything), rahui (a post marking tapu or out of bounds limits), whare made of bark, waka tiwai (fishing canoe), bird snare, hangi pit (ground oven), genuine historic canoes, family enclosure, rua (storage area ) for kumara (sweet potato) and a paepae haumati (the basic toilet system which was flushed twice daily by the tide). An audio visual presentation details its chief, Hongi Hika's era.

Rewa, after whom the village is named, was the second most powerful man in the tribe after Hongi Hika.