Ōnuku

Ōnuku marae is located 5 km beyond Akaroa township. It is home to the hapū of Ngāi Tarewa and Ngāti Irakēhu of the iwi Ngāi Tahu. The whare tūpuna is named Karaweko and was opened on 5 February 1997. The wharekai was built in 1990 and bears the name Amiria Puhirere. Ōnuku connects ancestrally to the waka Takitimu, the moana Akaroa and the maunga Ōteauheke.

The foundation stone for Te Whare Karakia o Ōnuku was laid in 1876, and the church officially opened in 1878 as the first non-denominational church in New Zealand. Ōnuku is a place of historical significance as the first of the three locations in the South Island where Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed.