Matai Aranui
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Iwi
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Hapū
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Waka
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District
Te Tai Tokerau
Matai Aranui marae is one of three marae in the Whirinaki area, the others being Mōria and Pā Te Aroha. The whare tupuna (itself called Matai Aranui) was built in 1876 by a French Canadian, Jack Flesher, who married the sister of a local chief (descendants of this union are still in the area).
Originally designed as a community hall, it commenced use as an ancestral house in 1880s. The hapu named Ngāti Te Pou, Ngāti Parenga, Ngāti Kerewheti, Ngāti Tuapango, Ngāti Te Hikutu, Ngāti Kairewa and Ngāti Whanauwhereo all affiliate to Matai Aranui and align to the wider Ngāpuhi confederation.
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Address
49 Wikaira Rd, Whirinaki,
Kaikohe
Northland
Po Box 37, Omapere 0444
Key information
- Rōhe
- Te Tai Tokerau
- Community Trust
- ASB Community Trust
- Maunga
- Ramaroa
- Whare
- Matai Aranui (1875)
- Urupa
- Anapapatara
- Hui: Tikanga / Kawa
- Paeke
- Tangi: Tikanga / Kawa
- Paeke
Contacts
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- Jesamine Wikaira
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- Secretary
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- Irene Hancy, Agnes Rogers, Kapumi Rawiri, Monica Harawira, Eddie Wikaira, Paula Hohua, Helene Leaf, Tom Selwyn, Jesamine Wikaira, Diane Beazley
- Type
- Trustee
