Hapu & Marae

Ngai Tamahaua

Kō Tarakeha te maunga
Kō Opepe te awa
Kō Opape te marae
Kō Muriwai te whare tipuna
Kō Tapairu te wharekai
Kō Ngai Tamahaua te hapū

Ngai Tamahaua are located on the eastern boundary of Whakatōhea at Opape, about 15km east of Ōpōtiki. Opape beach is a popular launching site for recreational fishers throughout the district.

Ngāti Ruatākena

Kō Mākeo te maunga                                                Website:     www.communities.co.nz/ngatirua
Kō Waiaua te awa
Kō Omarumutu te marae
Kō Tutāmure te whare tipuna
Kō Hine-i-Kauia te whare kai
Kō Ngati Ruatakena te hapū

Ngāti Ruatākena is located on the eastern boundaries of Whakatōhea at Omarumutu.  Home to one of Te Whakatōhea's prominent tipuna Tutāmure.

Ngāti Ngāhere

Kō Maungarangi te maunga
Kō Otara te awa
Kō Terere te marae
Kō Te Iringa te whare tipuna
Kō Whiripare te wharekai
Kō Ngati Ngāhere te hapū

Ngāti Irapuaia

Kō Mātiti te maunga
Kō Waioweka te awa
Kō Ngati Īrapuaia te hapū
Kō Ōpeke te marae
Kō Irapuaia te whare tipuna
Kō Te Kurapare te whare kai
Kō Ngāti Irapuaia te hapū

Ngāti Irapuaia are located at the entrance to the Waioweka Gorge. Their tribal lands extend into the gorge interior which is a rich source of traditional kai including wild pig, deer, kereru and trout.

Ngāti Patumoana

Kō Mākeo te maunga
Kō Waiaua te awa
Kō Waiaua te marae
Kō Ruamoko te whare tipuna
Kō Te Puritanga te whare kai
Kō Ngāti Pautmoana te hapū

Originally located at Paerata, Ngāti Patumoana were relocated to the base of the Pakihi valley after the Whakatōhea land confiscations. The hapū derives its name from an event where their ancestor, Hineiahua was pursued and killed by a Ngā Puhi war party at the mouth of the Waiotahe River mouth - hence the name Ngāti Patumoana.

Upokorehe

Roimata

Kō Hiwarau te maunga                                                 Website:  www.naumaiplace.com/site/roimata
Kō Te Karaka te awa
Kō Tairongo te moana
Kō Roimata te marae
Kō te Ao Marama te whare tipuna
Kō Te umutao Noa a Tairongo te wharekai
Kō Upokorehe te hapū

Located on the shores of the Ohiwa harbour, Roimata marae is the western most marae in the rohe of Whakatōhea.                                                                      

Kutarere

Kō Tirotirowhitu te maunga
Kō Kutarere te awa
Kō Kutarere te marae
Kō Te-Poho-o-Tamaterangi te whare tipuna
Kō Ani-i-waho te wharekai
Kō Upokorehe te hapū

Kutarere sits on the western boundary of Whaktōhea. One of three marae within Upokorehe, Kutarere is nestled within close proximity to the Ohiwa Harbour and the Waiotahe and Waimana Valleys.

 Maromahue

Kō Pukenui-o-raho te maunga
Kō Waiotahe te awa
Kō Maromahue te marae
Kō Te Poho o Kahungunui te whare tipuna
Kō Pouwharekura te wharekai
Kō Ngai Tamatea te hapū

Located at the mouth of the Waiotahe Valley, Maromahue marae sits within the traditional passageway that Tūhoe used to access the Ohiwa harbour from Te Uruwera.