Karaka Café is a beautiful, modern, fully licensed 100-seater café and summer bar open 7 days a week. Brought to life by the summer sun and fresh ocean sea, we boast the tastes and aromas of traditional New Zealand cuisine. Whether you're looking for casual dining for breakfast or lunch, or a delicious selection of platters and drinks for those fabulous summer afternoons and early evenings relaxing on the terraced grassed areas on Whairepo Lagoon, Karaka Cafe is where it’s at.

Māori Arts Gallery is a Māori-owned family business situated on Wellington's beautiful waterfront. We provide a unique range of traditional & contemporary Māori arts and crafts, with gifts made of Greenstone, Paua, Flax Weaving, Wood and Bone Carving. We also have a fine range of Māori Cloaks, Traditional Māori Weapons and Wall Art. We provide a free copy of the Kaupapa (meaning or symbolic significance) of each purchase to enable you to understand and take pride in your special New Zealad gift.

Take the opportunity to experience and share in the rich culture and history of Wellington by taking a Waka (Māori Canoe) or Walking Tour. Hear stories that relate to Māori from a Te Atiawa/Taranaki Whanui (tribe) perspective on a Hidden Treasures Walking Tour. Visit the uncovered remains of two whare ponga (buildings) with exclusive access to an excavation site not open to the public. Take a Waka Tour in a working waka, on the water with our kaihoe (paddlers) and learn traditional paddling techniques, waka calls, haka and salutes.