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Ko Te Rā Matiti (Wharekaho)

Ko Te Rā Matiti marae (arā ko Wharekaho) kei Wharekaho (Simpsons Beach) ki te raki o Whitianga. No Ngāti Hei o ngā iwi o te Hauraki. I heke mai te a Ngāti Hei no te tupuna Hei, i tae mai i runga i te waka Te Arawa, ā, ka tau te iwi i reira.

Kei te marae ko te tupuna whare ko Ko Te Rā Matiti, e noho iho ana i te pā tawhito i tihi o te tūmū. Na tēnei pā i pōwhiritia mai i a Kapene Kuki, te kaimātai huaota Joseph Banks, me te kaiurungi Tupaia. Tō Ngāti Hei, ko te pōwhiri tuatahi tēnei mo ngā iwi Pākehā.

Ko te ingoa whānui o te takutai nei ko Te Whitianga a Kupe. Mai Kupe he hononga tawhito a Ngāti Hei ki tua o te Moana nui a Kiwa ki te motu Rai’atea (Rangiatea) i Tahiti. Na, ka tapaina te ingoa Taputapuatea ki tētahi awa o te wahi, ko tenei tētahi o nga wāhi torutoru o Aotearoa e mau ana te ingoa tapu no Te Moana nui a Kiwa.

Waikato - Maniapoto highlighted on a map of Aotearoa

Address

14 Wharekaho Rd Simpsons Beach Whitianga 3592

Key information

Rōhe
Te Arawa
Community Trust
Trust Waikato
Maunga
Te Moehau o Tamatekapua
Whare
Ko Te Rā Matiti

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