HAUKĀINGA
Ko Ruahine te maunga
Ko Manawatū te awa
Ko Kurahaupō te waka
Ko Rangitāne te iwi
Ko Te Rangiwhakaewa te tangata
Ko Ngāti Mutuahi rāua ko Ngāti Pakapaka ngā hapū
Ko Aotea te wharenui
Ko Mākirikiri te marae
KURAHAUPŌ WAKA
Whatonga was one of the three chiefs of the Kurahaupō waka which landed at Nukutaurua on the Māhia peninsula. It is from Whātonga’s grandson Rangitāne that the iwi descend.
Following a stay on the Māhia Peninsula, Whātonga and his people migrated south and settled near Cape Kidnappers. Here he settled with his people where he built a house which he named ‘Heretaunga’. The ancestor Rangitāne was born here, his descendants eventually moving south to establish themselves in the Tamaki nui-ā-Rua, Manawatū, Wairarapa, Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Wairau regions.
Photo: Aotea (tuarua) Wharenui at Tahoraiti
KO AOTEA TE WHARENUI
The original Aotea whare (Aotea tuatahi) was built by our eponymous ancestor Te Rangiwhakaewa in the early 17th century and stood at Tawakeroa near Tahoraiti south of Dannevirke. The second Aotea whare, built by Te Kere and opened in 1883, stood at Tahoraiti, and in the early 1960’s the decision was made to dismantle Aotea Tuarua and to build a new whare at Mākirikiri.
Photo: Aotea (tuatoru) Wharenui at Mākirikiri
When the decision to acquire land for a new marae was made, the Komiti whakahaere, then known as the Ruahine Tribal Executive Committee, acquired land from our whānaunga who were of Ngāti Pakapaka and Ngāti Mutuahi descent. This has brought in a number of related families who have in turn embraced the marae. Although we don’t keep data on numbers that affiliate to the Ngāti Mutuahi or Ngāti Pakapaka a conservative estimate is four or five thousand people who affiliate to and identify with Mākirikiri Marae.
KO PĀEKE TE KAWA
Ko te kawa whaikōrero ki te marae o Mākirikiri, ko te pāeke.
Whakapā mai
23 Mākirikiri Road, Dannevirke 4930
Waea mai
+64 (27) 472 3924
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