By Ma’u Henua Communications Department. Last July, nearly a thousand people—including local community members, guests, and tourists—gathered at Haŋa Rau Bay on Rapa Nui, to witness the sixth annual of He Tomo Iŋa o te ‘Ariki ki Haŋa Rau, a commemoration that recreates the arrival of ‘Ariki Hotu Matu’a to
Following a record-breaking 2025 for visitor numbers, Ma’u Henua has updated the Rapa Nui National Park Public use plan with a measure that will take effect on October 1st. Ma’u Henua Indigenous Community has set a maximum of fifteen tourists that an accredited Rapa Nui guide or host can lead
Los Muto’i Caring for our heritage Ma´u Henua is an indigenous community that has nearly 2100 members. One of its major achievements is having created around 300 jobs for its members who guard our heritage and attend to, protect and help the visitors in the many archaeological sites on Rapa
Ma’u Henua informs Visitor Statistics for the Rapa Nui National Park in 2017 / 2018. The number of visitors to the National Park is measured by the number of entry tickets sold. This measurement covers the period from January of 2017 through December of 2018. The most important information that
Declaration of Perpetual Memory Agreat debate has opened up on the absence of History as a subject within the required curriculum for the new program of studies for the 3rd and 4th secondary levels, as recently announced by the Chilean National Council for Education. It is understood that Memory and
Agricultural Experiments at Vaitea Farm The Rapa Nui’s Experimental Coffee Kape Café, At the beginning of 2018 in the Department of Natural Resources of the Ma’u Henua Community began developing experimental plantings of plants that are endemic or have been introduced over time. The goal is to generate a bank
Agreement between the Ibero-American Institute of Berlin and the Ma’u Henua Indigenous Community for the Preservation of Archival Registries of Rapa Nui In March, the Ma’u Henua Indigenous Community signed an agreement with the Ibero-American Institute (IAI) in Berlin (Germany), which will allow the German institution to digitalize documents which
Success and challenge within a unique native experience Ma’u Henua is the native Rapanui community organization that is in charge of the National Park and the heritage of Rapa Nui. In 2017, the Chilean government, under the presidency of Michelle Bachelet, turned the responsibility for this over to the president-elect
A Moai for La Serena Since the beginning of January, four Rapanui sculptors have been carving a moai (statue) for the city of La Serena. This is a work in limestone, more than 3 meters (almost 10 feet) high, sculpted by Pepe Tuki, Pau Hereveri, Jonny Tucki and Tony Hucke.
