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Rawhitiroa (Te Ahuahu)

Rawhitiroa (Te Ahuahu) marae is located between Kaikohe and Okaihau off State Highway 1. It is accessible via an old farm track that is near another related marae named Parawhenua. Te Ahuahu marae takes its name from the old pa atop a nearby maunga named Te Ahuahu. The principal hapu are Ngāti Hineira, Te Popoto, Te Kapotai and Te Uri Taniwha of the Ngāpuhi confederation. 

The very old wharenui is called Rawhitiroa, which is sometimes used interchangably with Te Ahuahu to distinguish this marae from the pa. Te Ahuahu marae also connects to the nearby maunga named Pukenui, to the Waitangi River, and to Lake Omapere.

Te Tai Tokerau highlighted on a map of Aotearoa

Address

444 State Highway 1, Te Ahuahu Ohaewai Kaikohe Northland 0475

Key information

Rōhe
Te Tai Tokerau
Community Trust
ASB Community Trust
Awa
Waitangi
Maunga
Pukenui
Moana
Te Mapere (Omapere)
Whare
Rawhitiroa
Urupa
Pirikotaha

Other marae in the rohe