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Pūkaki marae is situated in Mangere off Massey Road down a long driveway and near the crater-edge named Te Pukaki Tapu o Poutukeka. The principal hapu is Te Ākitai of the Waiohua iwi, which affiliate with the Waikato-Tainui confederation, and trace descent from the Tainui waka.
Pūkaki marae is ancestrally associated with the maunga Maungakiekie and Taupiri, and with the Waikato River and the Manukau Harbour.
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12963
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English