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Te Whare o Toroa (Wairaka) marae is one of four Ngāti Awa marae located in Whakatāne. The primary hapū is Ngāti Hokopū.
The whare tipuna, Wairaka, was built in 1912; the whare kai is Tamatea ki te Huatahi. Te Whare o Toroa connects ancestrally to the waka Mataatua.
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