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Bookme ReviewThe Buried Village - Archaeological Site and Museum AdmissionPosted by Axel Conrad Schlegel from Germany on 21 May 2026

  • Axel Conrad Schlegel said... The town wasn't really buried. I had somehow imagined something like Pompeii, but it was just a few stones in a meadow and some wooden huts they'd set up. The information signs repeated themselves quite often, at least in parts. The experience was geared toward children, but it didn't seem interesting to them. The waterfall was probably the highlight, but the stairs leading to it were terrible and not manageable for small children or older people. The museum was incredibly interesting and dramatic, but it portrayed the colonial era in a very positive light without questioning it or presenting the Māori perspective. It also describes a multitude of personal experiences in great detail... from tourists and white people. You hear very, very little about the Māori stories. It’s a real shame and, in a way, actually not okay.

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