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.

Wellington’s rich and diverse Māori history is uncovered with Te Wharewaka o Pōneke Walking Tours, Waka Tours (Canoe), Cultural Education and Cultural Engagement.
An indigenous Māori cultural experience provides visitors to Wellington and New Zealand with an authentic and unique opportunity to share our stories of Te Whanganui-ā-Tara (Wellington) from a Te Ātiawa/Taranaki Whānui (tribe) perspective. Whether you want to experience a unique Māori Cultural Experience on our traditional waka or traverse the waterfront on a E-Scooter or E-bike, while learning about the streams that traverse out to Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, we offer tours like no other. If you prefer to keep your feet on the ground, look no further, book one of our cultural walking tours and discover the layers of Māori history right here in the ‘Coolest little Capital in the World’. Perhaps you want to cruise the harbour on the all new ‘Ikarere’, a state-of-the-art electric passenger ferry, to experience a commentated tour filled with waiata (song) and knowledge about the harbour, ‘ Oh do we have the experience for you’.