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Wairewa marae is situated in the Ōkana valley on the eastern side of Te Roto o Wairewa (Lake Wairewa), past Little River on the road from Christchurch to Akaroa. Hau kāinga hapū of Wairewa are Ngāti Irakehu and Ngāti Makō.
The whare tūpuna is named Te Makō and the wharekai is Te Rōpūake. It connects ancestrally to the waka Uruao, the moana Akaroa and the maunga Te Upoko o Tahumatā. The current Te Makō opened with a dawn ceremony and celebrations on 1 November 2008. It stands in the place of three previous whare.
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