Marae

Ahikiwi marae is located in the Kaihu Valley. This marae belongs to the Ngāti Hinga hapu of Ngāti Whātua from Northern Wairoa.

The wharenui is Te Aranga Mai o te Whakapono. Ahikiwi marae connects to the maunga named Tutamoe, to the Kaihu River, and its moana is called Ripiro.

Address

202 Ahikiwi Rd, Kaihū, Northland 0373

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Kāpehu marae is near the Northern Wairoa River boundary of Ngāti Whātua. It is located on Sills Road at Mititai, Arapohue.

The wharenui is named Tāringaroa. Kāpehu marae is linked to the maunga named Tokatoka and to the Northern Wairoa River. It can be accessed off State Highway 12 between Dargaville and Ruawai.

Address

Northland, Off Sills Rd, Mititai, Arapohue

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Naumai marae is located in Ruawai. It belongs to the iwi of Te Uri o Hau within the confederation of Ngati Whatua. This Ngāti Whātua cluster of tribes trace their descent from the waka named Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi.

The wharenui is named Ngā Uri o te Kotahitanga, the wharekai is Miriana and the urupa is Kāpehu. Naumai marae connects to the maunga Tokatoka and to the Wairoa River, which flows into the Kaipara Harbour.

Address

4936 State Highway 12, Naumai, Northland 0592

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Ōtūrei marae is located south of the northern Kaipara township of Dargaville. The wharenui is named Rangimārie Te Aroha, and the whare kai is called Atarangi.

The marae belongs to the iwi named Te Uri o Hau within the Ngāti Whatua confederation

Address

11 Oturei Settlement Road, Aratapu, Dargaville, Northland 0371

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Kō Tokatoka te Maunga
Kō Wairoa te Awa
Kō Kaipara te Moana
Kō Māmari te Waka
Kō Ruanui-ā-Tane te Rangatira
Kō Ngāti Whātua te Iwi
Kō Te Uri-ō-Hau te Hapū
Kō Te Ōrikena te Wharenui
Kō Ngā Anahera te Wharekai
Kō Rīpia te Marae

Situated in the ancestral lands of Ngāti Whātua, in the hapū of Te Uri-ō-Hau, and overlooking the banks of the Wairoa River, Rīpia Marae is the whānau marae that has been greeted for generations by its maunga often signifying a call to whānau they are home when Tokatoka is in sight.

Address

1627 Pouto Road, Te Kopuru, Kaipara, Northland 0391

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Taita marae is located in Mamaranui, Dargaville. It belongs to Ngāti Whātua of northern Wairoa.

The name of the wharenui is Kia Mahara Koutou.

Address

1968 State Highway 12, Kaihu, Mamaranui, Northland 0373

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Tama Te Uaua marae is located in Kaihu. The wharenui is also named Tama Te Uaua.

It belongs to the iwi Te Roroa of Ngāti Whātua.

Address

5 Kaihu Wood Rd, Kaihu, Northland 0379

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Te Houhanga a Rongo marae is located on the northern outskirts of Dargaville. It belongs to the hapū Te Kuihi and Te Whānau a Parore of the iwi Te Roroa o Ngāti Whātua. Significant ancestors of Te Houhanga a Rongo marae are Tirarau, Parore Te Awha and Waata Te Ahu.

The wharenui is called Rahiri and was built in 1914 while the wharekai is named Pouwaata.

Address

85 Station Road, Dargaville, Northland

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Korokota marae is located in Titoki. This marae belongs to the Te Parawhau hapu of Ngāpuhi. The wharenui is named Tikitiki o Rangi and the wharekai is Te Rau Awhina.

Address

496 Tokiri Rd, Tītoki, Northland 0172

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Tangiterōria marae is located in the township of Tangiterōria. It belongs to Te Parawhau hapū, affiliating to both the Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua iwi.

The name of the wharenui is Tirarau, and the wharekai is Pihirau. The marae connects to the maunga Tangihua and to the Wairoa River.

Address

95 Pukehuia Road, Tangiterōria, Kaipara, Northland 0381

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Waihaua marae is located in Tinopai, Matakohe. It belongs to the iwi of Te Uri o Hau of Ngāti Whātua.

The wharenui is named Kirihipi. Waihaua marae connects to the Kaipara Harbour.

Address

449 Arapaoa Road, Tinopai, Matakohe, Northland 0593

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Ngā Tai Whakarongorua (Tinopai) marae is located at the northern Kaipara settlement of Tinopai. It belongs to the iwi of Te Uri o Hau within the wider confederation of Ngāti Whatua.

Its descendants link directly back to the waka Mahuhukiterangi. The wharenui is known by the same name; Ngā Tai Whakarongorua.

Address

37 Chadwick Rd, Tinopai, Northland 0593

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Ōmaha marae is located in Leigh. Its principal iwi is Ngāti Wai.

The wharenui is called Te Kiri and the wharekai is Hine Hauturu. The marae connects ancestrally to the waka Moe Kakara, the maunga Tamahunga and the awa Pakiri.

Address

Ōmaha Block Access Road / Cape Rodney Access Road, Leigh, Northland 0985

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Ōruawharo marae is located 22km north west of Wellsford, on the corner of Oruawharo School Road. This Ngāti Whatua marae is associated with the tribal grouping of Te Uri o Hau, hapū include Ngāti Mauku, Ngāti Kauae, Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Tāhinga and Ngāi Tāhuhu.

The wharenui is called Rangimārie, the wharekai is named Te Pohara and the whare karakia is known as Nuhaka. The marae connects with the mountain named Puke Karoro.

Address

959 Oruawharo Road, Oruawharo, Wellsford, Northland 0975

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Otamatea marae is located near the end of Tanoa Road in Tanoa, Maungaturoto, Whakapirau. Otamatea belongs to the iwi Te Uri o Hau, with connections to Ngāti Whātua.

The wharenui is named Aotearoa.

Address

97 Tanoa Road, Whakapirau, Maungaturoto, Northland 0583

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Parirau marae is located in Matakohe and belongs to the iwi named Te Uri o Hau of Ngati Whatua. Its wharenui is called Te Whare Mārama.

The iwi traces their descent from the waka called Mahuhukiterangi. Parirau marae connects to the maunga named Tokatoka and to the Kaipara Harbour.

Address

87 Tana Rd, Matakohe, Northland 0594

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Rāwhitiroa marae is located just prior to Tinopai township on the northern Kaipara. Its wharenui is also named Rāwhitiroa.

Rāwhitiroa marae belongs to the iwi of Te Uri o Hau, which is part of the Ngāti Whātua confederation.

Te Kōwhai marae is found on Te Kōwhai Road in Matakohe. It belongs to the iwi known as Te Uri o Hau of Ngāti Whātua.

The wharenui is also called Te Kōwhai.

Address

864 Te Kowhai Road, Matakohe, Northland 0591

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Waikāretu (Pōuto) marae is located in Te Kopuru. The primary hapū for the marae is Te Uri o Hau of Ngāti Whātua. The descendants of Waikāretu (Pōuto) marae identify Hakiputatomuri as their key tupuna.

The marae connects ancestrally to the maunga Muarangi, to the Kaipara Harbour and to the Wairoa River.

Address

6424 Pouto Rd, Pouto Point, Northland 0391

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Te Pounga marae is situated in Kaiwaka in the eastern reaches of the Kaipara Harbour. It was built at the rear of an old homestead that housed many bishops of Aotearoa, including Bishop Bennett.

The marae belongs to Te Uri o Hau iwi of Ngāti Whātua. The marae connects with the maunga Pukekaroro and the wider Kaipara Harbour.

Address

130 Nathan Road, Oneriri, Northland 0573

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Waiotea  (Tinopai) marae, located in Te Kōwhai, can be accessed only by private road and then on foot across a beach at low tide. It belongs to the iwi Te Uri o Hau of Ngāti Whātua.

The descendants of Waiotea marae trace their lineage to the waka Aotea, and the marae connects to the Kaipara Harbour.

Address

End of Ngatoto Road and across beachfront, Tinopai, Kaipara, Northland

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Araparera (Te Aroha Pā) marae is located in the south end of the Kaipara Harbour off State Highway 16.

It belongs to Ngāti Rango of the iwi Ngāti Whātua. The wharenui is named Kia Mahara.

Address

SH 16, Araparera, Warkworth, Northland 0984

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Haranui marae is located at the base of the South Head of the Kaipara Harbour, in the area of Otakanini. The wharenui is named Ngā Tai i Turia ki te Maro Whara.

Ngāti Whātua Tuturu is the principal hapū of Haranui marae which belongs to the iwi Ngāti Whātua.

Address

64 Haranui Rd, Parakai, Helensville, Auckland 0874

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Puatahi Marae is located at the northern end of the Kaipara Coast Highway (16) close to the settlement of Glorit, and the town of Warkworth.

It belongs to the iwi Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara.

Address

3485 Kaipara Coast Highway, Glorit, Auckland 0984

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Reweti marae is located on State Highway 16 at Reweti, five minutes drive north of Waimauku. The wharenui is named Whiti Te Ra. A principal hapu of Reweti is Te Taoū, which belongs to the Ngāti Whātua confederation.

Reweti marae ancestrally identifies to the waka of Mahuhukiterangi and is connected to the nearby maunga Tauwhare and to Kaipara Harbour.

Address

1283 State Highway 16, Reweti, Waimauku, Auckland 0883

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Kakanui marae is located on the Kaipara Coast Highway 16 in Kakanui. The wharenui is named Te Kia Ora.

Ngāti Rango is the principal hapū of Kakanui marae and belongs to the iwi Ngāti Whātua. Kakanui marae is connected to the maunga named Tuhirangi and to the Kakanui River.

Address

2269-2271 Kaipara Coast Hwy, Kakanui, Auckland 0984

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Ōrākei marae is centrally located in Auckland on Kitemoana St, Orakei, above Okahu Bay off Tamaki Drive. The three hapū named Nga Oho, Te Taou and Te Uringutu collectively refered to as Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei.

In 1991 Orakei marae was returned to Ngāti Whātua after its Okahu Bay predecessor had been confiscated in the 1950s. The wharenui is named Tumutumuwhenua, the wharekai is named Te Puru o Tamaki, after the previous whare at Ōkahu Bay. Orakei marae is ancestrally linked to the maunga Maungakiekie and Maungawhau, as well as to Tamaki River and Waitemata Harbour. Mahuhu-ki-te-rangi is the associated waka.

Address

59A Kitemoana St, Orakei, Auckland 1071

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