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Ōwhata

Ōwhata marae is located at Hinemoa Point on Lake Rotorua. The primary hapū are Ngāti Te Roro-o-te-rangi, Ngāti Hei, Ngāti Korouateka and Ngāti Tukutahi of Ngāti Whakaue.

The whare tupuna is called Tūtānekai and the wharekai is Hinemoa. The marae connects ancestrally to Te Arawa waka.

It is from here that Hinemoa heard the kōauau of Tūtānekai drifting across the lake as she sat on the rock Iri-irikapua. She then swam through the night across to Mokoia Island to be with Tūtānekai.

Murirangaranga: Link to information on the Auckland War Memorial Museum site

Waiariki highlighted on a map of Aotearoa

Address

1 Iri-Irikapua Parade Hinemoa Point, Ōwhata Rotorua Bay of Plenty 3010

Contact Type

Booking

Key information

Rōhe
Te Arawa
Community Trust
Bay Trust
Awa
Waingaehe
Wharekai
Hinemoa
Roto
Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe
Whare
Tūtanekai

Contacts

Name
Niriaha Pirika
Type
Secretary

Other marae in the rohe