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Te Pou o Tainui (Tainui)

Te Pou o Tainui marae (also referred to simply as Tainui marae) is located about 3 km northwest of Otaki township towards Otaki Beach. Its principal hapū is Ngāti Kapumanawawhiti of the Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga confederation. 

The whare tupuna is named Kapumanawawhiti. The marae connects ancestrally to the waka Tainui, the maunga Tararua and the awa Otaki.

Te Tai Hauāuru highlighted on a map of Aotearoa

Address

20 Convent Road Otaki Wellington 5512

Key information

Rōhe
Te Tai Hauāuru
Community Trust
Community Trust of Wellington
Awa
Ōtaki
Maunga
Tararua
Whare
Kapumanawawhiti

Other marae in the rohe