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A marae at Kaitotehe, near Taupiri mountain, Waikato district, 1844.It was associated with Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, a chief who became the first Māori king.. In Māori society, the marae is a place where the culture can be celebrated, where the Māori language can be spoken, where intertribal obligations can be met, where customs can be explored and debated, where family occasions such as ...
Like the related institutions of old Polynesia, the marae is a wāhi tapu, a 'sacred place' which carries great cultural meaning. In Māori usage, the marae ātea (often shortened to marae) is the open space in front of the wharenui (meeting house; literally "large building").
Tāne-nui-ā-rangi, the wharenui at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland Inside Tāne-nui-ā-rangi A modern wharenui at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. A wharenui ([ˈɸaɾɛnʉ.i]; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a marae.
Te Puea Memorial Marae is a marae located in Māngere Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand.Opened in 1965, it was the first urban marae in Auckland, built for all Māori instead of a specific iwi, but in particular as a community centre for local urban Māori communities around Onehunga and Māngere, and for the Waikato Tainui iwi.
The Marae of Ngāti Kaipoho And Ngāti Aweawe today is called Manutuke marae which is situated on the Manutuke 1, C, E4 blocks. [3] There are two meeting houses situated on Manutuke Marae Te Poho o Rukupo, and Te Poho o Epeha [ 1 ] The marae received a makeover in a 2006 episode of the Māori Television reality TV show Marae DIY.
Detail of marae protocols, called "tikanga" or "kawa ", [166] vary by iwi but in all cases locals and visitors have to respect certain rules especially during the rituals of encounter. When a group of people come to stay on a marae, they are considered manuhiri (guests) while the hosts of the marae are known as tangata whenua ("people of the ...
Koha is an example of the reciprocity which is a common feature of much Māori tradition, and often involves the giving of gifts by visitors (manuhiri) to a host marae. Traditionally this has often taken the form of food although taonga (treasured possessions) are also sometimes offered as koha, and in modern times money. [1]
waikatotainui.com /marae /tuurangawaewae / Tūrangawaewae ( Māori: [tʉːɾaŋawaewae] ) is a marae and a royal residence in Ngāruawāhia , Waikato , New Zealand. It is the official residence of the Māori monarch and the administrative headquarters of the Kīngitanga movement.