Pāpāwai

Iwi

Ngāti Kahungunu
Hapū
Hapū

Ngāti Kahukura-āwhitia

Ngāti Kauihi

Ngāti Moe

Ngāti Muretu

Pāteika
Waka

Takitimu
District

Takitimu

Pāpāwai marae is located about 30 km southwest of Masterton, just outside Greytown off State Highway 2. Its principal hapū include Pāteika, Ngāti Kauihi, Ngāti Kahukura-āwhitia, Ngāti Muretū and Ngāti Moe. Ngati Moe is named after an ancestress called Moe-te-ao, who was Ngāi Tara and Rangitāne.

The whare tipuna is named Hikurangi, and was part of the complex that was once home to Te Kotahitanga o Te Paremata Māori – the Māori Parliament. The original Hikurangi, erected in 1885, was 40 m long by 20 m wide. The wharekai is named Te Waipounamu, and the urupā is Rangiurunga. The marae connects ancestrally to the waka Takitimu, the maunga Tararua and the awa Ruamahanga.

Link to information on Matau - Fish hook on the Auckland War Memorial Museum site