Aroha on Waiheke - Cultural Tours

02/12/2021

11/09/2021

It’s cool to kōrero ❤️🤙

Kiaora! It is Māori Language Week = Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2020 ❤️🖤

11/03/2021

Can’t wait to take our visitors back to Rangihoua on the weekend. See you soon team! 💚🤙

Did you know that there’s different varieties of olives? Each unique in flavour and aroma. We cultivate 7 different varieties of olives here on ; and in there’s only about 17 species but, there’s hundreds of different species of olives worldwide! 🫒

16/02/2021

Whatever happens next, the aroha will continue to spread through our art, our kōrero and and our kindness. It is what is it is .. ❤️ Big Aroha Tours Darren Rippingale Art

08/02/2021

What an epic weekend! ☀️🌀🌼❤️

02/02/2021

Just a handful of some of the special places Big Aroha Tours visited over the busy long weekend. of our beautiful Te Motu Arairoa. ❤️🤙

26/01/2021

The perfect Waiheke experience 🌀🙌 Kim and Tony flew from Gisborne to Waiheke for a surprise birthday party. They spent the weekend at Onetangi Beach Apartments and celebrated their friend’s birthday out at . They had some time out on the water watching the America’s Cup. Clearly they had a fabulous weekend! Big Aroha Tours came on board to shuttle them around throughout the weekend. Waiheke Wings 🤙❤️

23/01/2021

Thank you Sarah from for sharing your knowledge today. Your kōrero about olive trees and olive oil is always so interesting

14/01/2021

Ahipao make the loveliest coffees. The perfect start or end to your day

14/01/2021

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10/01/2021

This lovely group appreciated the cultural narrative of our whanau day out . Hearing the stories of our ancestors..Scout

09/01/2021

Reminding people that we have a new website now!
www.bigarohatours.co.nz 🤙
Other FB page-Big Aroha Tours 🤙
Same phone numbers:
0800127642 🤙
Darren 0275138298 🤙
Jane 0276662640 🤙

Kia pai to ra!
Have a great day!

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Haere Mai & Welcome to Big Aroha Waiheke Island Tours and Shuttles. We offer authentic Wine, Shuttle and Cultural Art Tours.

07/01/2021

Big day out with Big Aroha Tours! Sightseeing, visiting our fabulous vineyards and lunch at Charlie’s! ❤️ ❤️

01/01/2021

We’re all about whanau Big Aroha Tours . Hema and her whanau had the best New Year’s Day visiting Waiheke, enjoying the lovely beaches and playgrounds with her Whanau. Connect with us and we’ll show you a good time!

01/01/2021

It’s been a busy start to 2021. Great to be able to share to aroha with fellow Aucklanders. We’re all about whanau at Big Aroha Tours Happy New Year everyone!

31/12/2020

30/12/2020

I wonder what 2021 has in store for us?

The Kiwi Island earned a spot on the publication's "forever favourites".

28/12/2020

Check out our new updated website-
www.bigarohatours.co.nz

Haere Mai & Welcome to Big Aroha Waiheke Island Tours and Shuttles. We offer authentic Wine, Shuttle and Cultural Art Tours for every occasion. Waiheke Island, in Aotearoa New Zealand, is renowned for its natural beauty, beaches, wineries, international restaurants, luxury accommodation and its gift...

23/12/2020

The Aroha Waka is parking up the wheels for a few days. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. See you next week! 🎄❤️

15/12/2020

Another stunning day in paradise ☀️

14/12/2020

Go overseas by foot and we will pick you up on the other side!

11/12/2020

If the ferries get too packed just take a helicopter! 🤣👍The Aroha Taxi will still be waiting! #

10/12/2020

Nice Christmas gift right there 👌

10/12/2020

He’s up!

08/12/2020

How stunning is Onetangi this evening! and stunning ❤️❤️❤️ 🌿

06/12/2020

From downtown Auckland to this, all within an hour! Vineyards minutes away too!

For a Taxi, shuttle or tour information call 0275138298 Darren
0276662640 Jane

04/12/2020

The perfect place for a wee breather ❤️🙌

03/12/2020

Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua
As people disappear from sight, the land remains
This whakatauki speaks to the importance and permanence of land. While people come and go, the land remains. As humans we rely on the land. We must think long-term and see the big picture to ensure the sustainability of the land.

28/11/2020

❤️ Lunch at Mudbrick
❤️ A wine taste at Obsidian
❤️ A beer and hot chips at Charlie’s
❤️ Taking in some beautiful sights

Just a few Waiheke highlights for Liz and co today.

27/11/2020

The Aroha waka couldn’t resist a visit to the Parry Kauri Park in Warkworth yesterday. The two giant kauri trees have been standing proud for over 700 years. They are spectacular.

The museum right next door gives an insight into the lives and pursuits of our pioneering families. From the past to the present, the museum has a magnificent display depicting the Mahurangi district in it’s colonial days.

25/11/2020

We call ourselves Big Aroha because of our love for our whenua, it’s people and it’s history. The memories and the connections too. This week the Aroha waka has returned to one of our extra special places, Houhora.

History has it, this was the first part of New Zealand that the early explorer Kupe saw, but he thought it was a whale, according to Māori legend, hence it’s name Tohoraha (whale). Houhora was a Māori base settlement in the early 14th century. Snapper, seals, dolphins, moa and other birds were food sources.

James Cook named the mountain Mt Camel, on the north head of Houhora Harbour, on 10 December 1769. He described it in his log as "a high mountain or hill standing upon a desert shore."

Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei. Seek the treasure that you value most dearly, if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain.

Looking forward to getting back to Waiheke soon for another action packed weekend!

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20/11/2020

You know it’s the start of the weekend when you see this sight

19/11/2020

Thursday vibes with these three 💜💜💜☀️