Oākura (Okorotua)

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New Zealand
39° 6' 46.98" S, 173° 57' 30.15" E
NZ

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Oākura marae (also known as Okorotua) is located in Oākura, at the mouth of the Oākura River. Its principal hapū are Ngāti Tairi and Ngā Mahanga (or Ngā Mahanga a Tairi) of the Taranaki iwi.

The wharenui is named Moana Kaurai; it replaced another named Te Mata Pu-o-te-wheke-Oākura. The marae connects ancestrally to the waka Kurahaupo. 

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