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Kō Tokatoka te Maunga
Kō Wairoa te Awa
Kō Kaipara te Moana
Kō Māmari te Waka
Kō Ruanui-ā-Tane te Rangatira
Kō Ngāti Whātua te Iwi
Kō Te Uri-ō-Hau te Hapū
Kō Te Ōrikena te Wharenui
Kō Ngā Anahera te Wharekai
Kō Rīpia te Marae
Situated in the ancestral lands of Ngāti Whātua, in the hapū of Te Uri-ō-Hau, and overlooking the banks of the Wairoa River, Rīpia Marae is the whānau marae that has been greeted for generations by its maunga often signifying a call to whānau they are home when Tokatoka is in sight.
"This is our standing place, our home, our Tūrangawaewae…"
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12901
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English