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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.