After more than 130 years away, Mataatua Wharenui - New Zealand's only repatriated and most travelled Māori meeting house – stands once again as the unifying soul of the Ngāti Awa (one of the Maori tribes of the Bay of Plenty) New Zealand. 
Built in 1875, it travelled to Sydney, Melbourne, Victoria & Albert Museum and South Kensington Museum (London), Dunedin and Otago (South Island) before being rebuilt back in its place of origin, Whakatane, in 2011.
Mataatua is a living and breathing being and our experience provides an opportunity for intimate engagement with the people of Ngati Awa.