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Ngai Tawake

Ngāi Tawake marae is 10 minutes drive southwest of Kaikohe. It represents the Ngāi Tawake ki te Waoku (forest) hapu of Ngāi Tawake located at Mataraua. 

The other two hapu of Ngāi Tawake are named Ngāi Tawake ki te Tuawhenua (ancestral lands) and are based at Waimate; while Ngāi Tawake ki te Takutai moana once controlled the coastal lands between Takou Bay and the maunga named Rakaumangamanga. 

The wharekai is Te Hononga o Te Aroha.

Te Tai Tokerau highlighted on a map of Aotearoa

Address

1235 Mataraua Road Mataraua Northland

Key information

Rōhe
Te Tai Tokerau
Community Trust
ASB Community Trust
Maunga
Rakaumangamanga
Wharekai
Te Hononga o Te Aroha
Whare
Ngāi Tawake

Other marae in the rohe