Skip to content

Awatere

Awatere marae is located about 7 km south of Te Araroa on Te Araroa Road. Its principal hapū is Te Whānau a Hinerupe of Ngāti Porou iwi.

The wharenui is called Te Aotāihi; it replaced the old house, Awatere, which is now the wharekai. The marae connects ancestrally to Horouta waka, the maunga Hikurangi and awa  Whetumatarau and the Awatere.

Te Tai Rawhiti highlighted on a map of Aotearoa

Address

3595-3621 Te Araroa Road Te Araroa Gisborne 4087

Key information

Rōhe
Te Tairāwhiti
Whare
Te Aotāihi
Wharekai
Awatere
Maunga
Hikurangi
Awa
Awatere
Community Trust
Eastern & Central Community Trust

Other marae in the rohe