Maori tourism fuels the north

摘要

Caspar, a ginger-haired man from the Netherlands, stands nervously in front of his fellow guests as a young Maori brave, spear in hand and stripped to the waist approaches across the grass, Rob, his Maori tour guide, stands by his side, whispering in his ear and tapping his shoulder to move forward or to stop. Suddenly an older warrior, near naked, with a full moko and tattooed buttocks, leaps from the underground shouting loudly and waving an axe and a wooden cudgel.