Great day out - We had a fantastic day out here, great guide, very knowledgeable. Huge museum with lots of information and history. Good paced tour

Lived it! - The Mission House was beautiful spiritually and aesthetically. Really interesting to see, read and hear the accurate story.

Don’t miss this! - CC was an excellent tour guide. Her knowledge and the way she communicated it was amazing, thank you. I was expecting a more traditional cultural performance but the 5 young performers were obviously very talented yet did it in a fun and interactive manner. Very enjoyable and I recommend it to everyone.

Amazing Tour Guide - Our family took the guided tour and our tour guide was absolutely amazing…Ceci (sorry if I misspelled). Her tour was so informative plus engaging and entertaining. The whole family including our preteens learned a lot and felt inspire to learn more. Thank you!

Great visit so informative .. our guide Cece was excellent - Excellent experience with a wonderful guide Cece who was so knowledgeable and made the visit fun. The cultural show was great.

Wonderful experience with our amazingly knowledgeable guide - I thought I would learn a little about the Māori culture and see some commercialized dances. Instead, we were treated to a cultural experience with only 5 performers, all with beautiful, strong voices. The performances by these highly talented individuals felt very authentic and personal. The performance was followed by an incredible tour. Our guide Cici was not only knowledgeable about the history of New Zealand, it was obvious she had a deep understanding of the Māori people and their interactions with the foreigners who came to New Zealand. It felt as though we were being led and taught by our favorite college professor. She found out where we were from and then told us how people from our part of the world first came to New Zealand and their roles both positive and negative in New Zealand’s history. I learned so much from her witty narrative! Having experienced other tour guides on our trip to New Zealand, I was nervous I would have a difficult time hearing or understanding what was being said. First, comfortable earphones we passed out, then Cici made sure we could hear and understand her. By the end of the tour, every one in our group was commenting on how they had never had such a great tour guide who imparted so much knowledge in a fun and interesting manner. This experience is a must do when you are near the Bay of Islands! You will leave with a much greater understanding of New Zealand’s past and present.

FABULOUS TOUR GUIDE. Informed, personable and funny. - CC has been a FABULOUS tour guide!!!!! She is widely informed and humorous in her delivery!! She was extremely personable and able to engage with people of such a wide variety of countries!! What a delight as well were her language skills to those in us in her group. I’ve been on this tour several times before as we’ve hosted guests to NZ, but never before with such a well-informed and entertaining guide. Kia ora.

Every visitor to NZ should try to go - We had felt that $60 entry was steep but read reviews and decided to go. We are so glad we did as it was excellent, a model which could be copied. We had been in some very good free museums so did not resent paying this one time. All tourists should make an effort to learn about the history of the countries they visit and compare it to their own. Our tips would be to go when it opens and is quiet. Book the 1000 guided tour which leads to the excellent cultural show. I volunteered to be the chief - great fun and guarantees a front row seat! If you can, go for the second day, go early again and see everything crowd free.

Enlightening - Our tour guide Sisi (Amanda) was absolutely amazing! Endless knowledge and fun to listen to! During excursion was not a dull moment with Sisi.

Excellent experience - The experience was even better than I imagined. It was my first time to visit Waitangi. The Grounds are extensive with many things to see. When we arrived, there was a tour about to begin that was included in admission. We got to see a family-friendly cultural performance then a walking tour on the grounds. The museum was extensive and we ran out of time but the admission is for two days so we returned the next day to finish the museum. The gift shop was interesting too. The staff members were all very helpful and the views from the grounds are lovely.