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Pikitanga (Punaruku)

Pikitanga Pā (otherwise referred to as Pikitanga marae) is located about 6 km northwest of Te Araroa on Te Araroa Road. Its principal hapū is Te Kauwhakatuakina of Ngāti Porou iwi.

The wharenui is called Te Pikitanga o Kauwhakatuakina. The marae connects ancestrally to Horouta waka, the maunga Pukeamaru, and the awa Punaruku.

Te Tai Rawhiti highlighted on a map of Aotearoa

Address

4813 Te Araroa Road Punaruku Hicks Bay Gisborne 4087

Key information

Rōhe
Te Tairāwhiti
Whare
Te Pikitanga o Kauwhakatuakina
Awa
Punaruku

Other marae in the rohe