Our Marae
Kaupapa/Mission
Onetahua Marae
72 POHARA VALLEY ROAD • PŌHARA • TĀKAKA
‘Onetahua’ is the local name for the nearby Farewell Spit, and is translated as ‘heaped up sand’. The whare tīpuna, Te Ao Marama, was opened in 2001. Onetahua connects ancestrally to the waka Tokomaru, the maunga Parapara, the awa Pariwhakaoho, and the puna Te Waikoropupū.
Wharenui: Te Ao Marama • Wharekai: Te Whare Matika • Waka: Tainui, Tokomaru • Maunga: Parapara • Awa: Pariwhakaoho • Puna: Te Waikoropupū • Tikanga / Kawa: Taranaki • Battalion: D Company – Ngāti Walkabout • Rohe: Te Tauihu o Te Waka • Iwi / Rūnanga: Ngāti Tama ki Te Tauihu, Te Ātiawa ki Te Tauihu, Ngāti Rārua
Whakatū Marae
99 ATAWHAI DRIVE • ATAWHAI • WHAKATŪ
Whakatū Marae location was developed from a disused site of the 1960s to a beautiful site that houses; Kaakati (whare tupuna), Mauriora (whare kai), six whare kaumātua, Kopuawai Te Kōhanga Reo, Tūmatakōkiri and Rangikapua buildings that houses offices for our whānau ora services, equipment shed, and ablution blocks.
Wharenui: Kaakati • Wharekai: Mauriora • Waka: Tokomaru, Tainui, Kurahaupō • Maunga: Maungatapu • Awa: Mahitahi • Tikanga / Kawa: Tū Atu Tū Mai • Rohe: Te Tauihu o Te Waka • Iwi / Rūnanga: Ngāti Tama ki Te Tauihu, Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Āwhina Marae
133 PAH STREET • MOTUEKA
Te Āwhina Marae has always been a home for all, a place for māta waka and the wider community. Our iwi are Ngāti Rārua and Te Ātiawa o te Waka-ā-Māui and we carry strong associations to Wakatū Incorporation and Whakarewa, Te Whānau o Motueka. We are located on Pah St, Motueka, on land reserved for Māori as part of the Nelson Tenths land deals made prior to the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840. But our association with the whenua goes back long before then.
Wharenui: Turangāpeke • Wharekai: Te Whare Matika • Waka: Tainui, Tokomaru • Maunga: Pukeone, Wharepapa • Awa: Motueka • Tikanga / Kawa: Tae Nga Kawa • Rohe: Te Tauihu o Te Waka • Iwi / Rūnanga: Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama ki Te Tauihu