Mihi whakatau | Whakawhānaunga | Introduction speech about Te Āti Awa people | Traditional Waka knowledge | Health and Safety | Waka drills | Learn basic commands and chants, haka and salutes, in preparation for your once in a lifetime memorable waka experience paddling on one of the traditionally carved waka | Aboard the waka | Practice the art of waka | Connect to the environment in Te Whanganui a Tara | Listen to stories while on the water | Poroaki Experience a traditional Māori welcome at the start of the tour and be introduced to our custom practices woven throughout the tour. Waka tours are weather dependent. If the weather forecast is unsuitable leading to concerns about passenger safety, we will liaise with you to move the tour to another day. Where an alternate date is not available, an on-land waka tour can be conducted. Passengers will learn all the techniques, waka chants, salutes and calls as if they were going to go out on the waka – they just won’t get wet! The on-land waka tour includes an extended Māori Cultural Walking Tour taking in cultural sites and points of interest and cultural significance along Wellington’s picturesque Waterfront.