List of marae in the Gisborne District explained

There are about 80 marae (Māori meeting grounds) in the Gisborne District of New Zealand.[1] They include the marae of six iwi (tribes):[2] Ngāti Porou,[3] Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki,[4] Te Whānau-ā-Apanui,[5] Ngai Tamanuhiri[6] and Rongowhakaata.[7]

In October 2020, the Government committed $14,267,895 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade 59 marae in the district, with the intention of creating 393.6 jobs.[8]

Gisborne

Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and Hapū Location
Te Aitanga ā Māhaki (Ngariki) Whatatutu
Rongowhakaata (Ngāti Kaipoho) Manutuke
Te Aitanga ā Māhaki (Ngā Pōtiki, Ngāti Mātāwai, Ngāti Wahia, Te Whānau a Taupara) Mātāwai
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (Ngāi Tawehi, Ngāti Kahutia, Ngāti Rangitauwhiwhia, Ngāti Rangiwaho, Ngāti Rangiwahomatua) Muriwai
No wharenui Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Te Whānau a Kai) Ngātapa
Rongowhakaata (Ngāi Tāwhiri, Ruapani) Manutuke
Rongowhakaata (Ngāti Maru) Manutuke
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Te Whānau a Kai)
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Ngāi Tūketenui, Ngāti Wahia) Hexton
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Ngāti Wahia) Te Karaka
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (Ngāi Tawehi, Ngāti Kahutia, Ngāti Rangitauwhiwhia, Ngāti Rangiwaho, Ngāti Rangiwahomatua) Wharerata
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Te Whānau a Kai) Patutahi
No wharenui Te Aitanga ā Māhaki (Ngāi Tamatea) Whatatutu
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Te Whānau a Taupara) Te Karaka
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Ngā Pōtiki, Te Whānau a Kai) Patutahi
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Ngā Pōtiki, Te Whānau a Taupara) Te Karaka
Te Aitanga ā Māhaki (Te Whānau a Iwi)
Rongowhakaata (Ruapani, Ngāi Tāwhiri, Te Whānau a Iwi) Awapuni
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Konohi, Ngāti Oneone) Kaitī
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki (Ngariki) Whatatutu
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri (Ngāi Tawehi, Ngāti Kahutia, Ngāti Rangitauwhiwhia, Ngāti Rangiwaho, Ngāti Rangiwahomatua) Muriwai
Rongowhakaata (Ngāti Maru) Manutuke
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Konohi) Whāngārā

Tolaga Bay to Tokomaru Bay

Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and Hapū Location
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Tutekohi, Ngāti Kahukuranui, Te Aitanga a Hauiti)
Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti (Ngāti Kahukuranui) Tolaga Bay
Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Ira, Ngāti Wakarara, Ngāti Patu Whare) Anaura Bay
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Ira, Ngāti Kahukuranui) Tolaga Bay
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Ruataupare ki Tokomaru) Tokomaru Bay
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Te Rangipureora) Tolaga Bay
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Te Aotawarirangi) Tokomaru Bay
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Patu Whare, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāti Wakarara) Tolaga Bay
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Ira, Te Whānau a Ruataupare ki Tokomaru) Tokomaru Bay
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Ruataupare ki Tokomaru) Tokomaru Bay

Ruatoria and Tikitiki

Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and Hapū Location
Ngāti Porou (Te Aowera) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Tāne, Ngāti Hokopū, Ngāti Nua, Te Whānau a Hinepare, Te Whānau a Rerewa) Rangitukia
Ngāti Porou (Te Aitanga a Mate, Te Aowera) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Horowai, Te Whānau a Mahaki, Te Whānau a Uruhonea) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Putaanga, Te Whānau a Hinerupe) Tikitiki
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Rākaihoea) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Tangihaere, Te Whānau a Hinekehu) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Karuwai, Te Whānau a Karuai)
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Uepōhatu, Te Whānau a Hinetapora) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Hinetapora) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Tāne, Ngāti Hokopū, Ngāti Nua, Te Whānau a Hunaara, Te Whānau a Rerewa, Te Whānau a Takimoana) Rangitukia
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Putaanga) Tikitiki
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Karuai) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Hinerupe, Te Whānau a Rākaimataura) Tikitiki
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Rangi) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Te Aitanga a Mate, Te Whānau a Rākairoa), Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Rutaia) Makarika
Ngāti Porou (Te Aitanga a Mate) Makarika
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Tangihaere) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Hinekehu) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Hineauta, Te Whānau a Pōkai) Tikapa
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Te Uruahi, Te Whanau a Tinatoka) Tikitiki
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Tapuhi) Tikitiki
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Uepōhatu) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Uepōhatu, Te Whānau a Umuariki) Ruatōria
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Tangihaere, Te Aitanga a Mate) Whareponga

Waipiro Bay and Te Puia Springs

Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and Hapū Location
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Iritekura) Waipiro Bay
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Taharora) Waipiro Bay
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Rākairoa, Te Whānau a Te Haemata) Waipiro Bay

Te Araroa and East Cape

Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and Hapū Location
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Hinerupe) Te Araroa
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Tuere, Te Whānau a Te Aotakī, Te Whānau a Tuwhakairiora) Hicks Bay
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Tuere, Te Whānau a Hinerupe, Te Whānau a Karuai, Te Whānau a Tuwhakairiora) Te Araroa
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Hinerupe) Te Araroa
Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Hunaara) Horoera
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Tapuaeururangi), Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Tapaeururangi)
Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Kahu) Te Araroa
Ngāti Porou (Ngāi Tamakoro, Ngāti Tuere) Te Araroa

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Māori Maps . maorimaps.com . Te Potiki National Trust.
  2. Web site: Te Kāhui Māngai directory. tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  3. Web site: Nga Marae . ngatiporou.com . Ngāti Porou.
  4. Web site: Gateway to Te Aitanga a Mahaki . mahaki.com . Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki.
  5. Web site: Te Rūnganga o Te Whānau . apanui.co.nz . Te Whānau-ā-Apanui.
  6. Web site: Our Iwi . tamanuhiri.iwi.nz . Ngāi Tāmanuhiri.
  7. Web site: Ngā Marae o Rongowhakaata . rongowhakaata.iwi.nz . Rongowhakaata.
  8. Web site: Mahuta . Nanaia . 3100 jobs created through marae upgrades . beehive.govt.nz . . 9 October 2020.