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Affiliated marae

Koukourorata Takahanga Tuahiwi Waiwera

Puari Marae

Koukourarata

The hall was built in 1924/1925 and named Tūtehuarewa after an ancestress. It is rare for a woman’s name to be bestowed upon a whare tipuna as this is customarily a male privilege (female ancestors are traditionally honoured in the naming of whare kai). Eighty years later, the people of Koukourarata continued their tradition of ‘erring from tradition’ when the time came to name their new whare kai…

Ko Te Ahu Pātiki te mauka

Ko Koukourārata te awa

Ko Takitimu rāua ko Makawhiu kā waka

Ko Kāi Tahu whānui te iwi

Ko Kāi Tutehuarewa, ko Kāi Te Tuahuriri, ko Kāi Tarewa, ko Kāti Huikai, ko Kāti Irakehu, ko Kāi Tuhaitara kā hapū.

Ko Puāri pā te marae

Ko Tutehuarewa te whare

In 2004 a whare kai was added to the marae buildings at Puari. Built adjoining Tūtehuarewa, the whare kai, with its expansive windows, boasts a wide view of the peaceful waters of Koukourarata. At an official ceremony on the 3rd April, 2004, the building was named Te Pātaka o Huikai (The storehouse of Huikai) after the ancestor Huikai.

Ko Kaikoura

Ko Tapuwae o Uenuku te Mauka

Ko Waiau te awa

Ko Takitimu te waka

Ko Ngāi Tahu te Iwi

Ko Ngāti Kuri te hapū

Ko Takahanga te marae

Ko Maru Kaitatea te whare

ko Te Poha o Tohu Raumati te wharekai

Takahanga Marae

Kaikoura

The decade-long war between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Toa began with a Ngāti Toa attack on Kaikōura in 1827–28. Ngāi Tahu were defeated at Kaikōura in the battle called Niho Maaka, and suffered other setbacks further south, but Ngāti Toa never succeeded in taking possession of Ngāi Tahu territory. Takahanga pa was sacked by Te Rauparaha, but today the marae is an important centre of Ngāi Tahu life, with a handsome modern meeting house. Its carvings fuse traditional and contemporary concepts, materials and techniques.

Cave, entranceway to the Kati Kura marae at Kaikoura, comprises 5000 white limestone peebles, collected with community assistance from the coast and woven into a helix. Built around a wooden former and then erected into position by crane, the 'skin' of peebles is attached to the stone arcs at each end. Many important events have taken place at this marae, including the final signing of land settlements between representatives of Kai Tahu and the government after 200 years of grievances and injustices since colonisation. The late Upoko Wiremu Solomon and his wife Reo led the revitalisation of the marae and its buildings for the community

Te Tuahiwi

Te Tuahiwi is the pā that is behind the famous Kāi Tahu pā, Kaiapoi. Kaiapoi was the original pā that was built by Tūrākautahi, the son of Tūahuriri. At Kaiapoi, the sweetest food was the kauru, it was made from the Ti kouka tree. Te Tuahiwi is the name of the marae. Its river is the Waimakariri, and the mountain that stands behind the pā is Maukatere. The most famous hapū of Te Tuahiwi is Kāi Tūhaitara.

Waiwera

(Little River)

The name Wairewa means the “water that is raised up” and it is the name of the lake there. Kāti Irakehu is the hapū and Manaia is the chief. The lake is full of tuna, and it is at the mouth of this lake that the great tuna heke (migration) happens in summer. The mountain that stands there is Te ūpoko o Tahumatā, and the river is Ōkana, the whare is called Makō and the wharekai is named after his wife Te Ropuake.

About 2008 a new whare was built

This page last updated 14 Feb 2010

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