This is a list of marae (Māori meeting grounds) in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.
In October 2020, the Government committed $7,139,349 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade 33 marae in the region, with the intention of creating 560.5 jobs.
Ruapehu District
Marae name |
Wharenui name |
Iwi and hapū |
Location |
Hia Kaitupeka |
Hari |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Hari, Te Kanawa), Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hira) |
Taringamotu |
Kākāhi Marae |
Taumaihiorongo |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Manunui) |
Kākāhi |
Kauriki |
Te Ōhākī |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hinemihi, Ngāti Turumakina) |
Ngāpuke |
Kimihia |
No wharenui |
Ngāti Te Wera |
Taumarunui |
Te Kōura |
Te Karohirohi |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Pahere), Te Āwhitu |
Ōngarue |
Mākaranui |
No wharenui |
Ngāti Uenuku |
Raetihi |
Mana Ariki Marae |
Mana Ariki |
Ngāti Hekeāwai |
Taumarunui |
Mangamingi |
Tamakana |
Ngāti Uenuku |
Raetihi |
Marangai Marae |
No wharepuni |
Ngāti Rangi (Uenukumanawawiri) |
Raetihi |
Maungārongo |
Tikaraina Ringapoto / Ko Te Kingi o Te Maungārongo |
Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Tui-o-Nuku) |
Ohākune |
Maniaiti Marae |
Te Aroha o Ngā Mātua Tūpuna |
Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hekeāwai, Ngāti Hāua), Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hinemihi, Ngāti Manunui), Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāua, Ngāti Hekeawai) |
Manunui |
Matua Kore Marae |
Matua Kore |
Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāuaroa, Ngāti Hinewai, Ngāti Poutama) |
Manunui |
Morero |
Hauaroa |
Ngāti Hekeawai, Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāuaroa, Ngāti Reremai) |
Taumarunui |
Mō te Katoa |
Motekatoa |
Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Patutokotoko, Uenukumanawawiri, Ngāti Uenuku) |
Raetihi |
Ngā Mōkai |
Whakarongo |
Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Tongaiti) |
Ohākune |
Ngāpuwaiwaha |
Te Taurawhiri a Hinengākau |
Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāua, Ngāti Hāuaroa) |
Taumarunui |
Pāpākai |
Rākeipoho |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hikairo) |
Tongariro |
Te Peka Marae |
No wharenui |
Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hekeāwai) |
Taumarunui |
Petania |
Hinemihi |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Hinemihi, Parewaeono, Rōrā), Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hinemihi) |
Taumarunui |
Raetihi Marae |
Ko te Whakaarotahi ki te Whakapono |
Ngāti Rangi (Uenukumanawawiri, Ngāti Uenuku) |
Raetihi |
Takaputiraha |
Takaputiraha |
Ngāti Maniapoto |
Taumarunui |
Te Rena |
Hikairo |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hikairo) |
Kākāhi |
Te Rongaroa |
Ko Uehaeroa |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Raerae, Rōrā) |
Ōngarue |
Te Rukirangi Marae |
Papakainga |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Te Rukirangi) |
Ōhura |
Tirorangi |
Rangiteauria |
Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Rangihaereroa, Ngāti Rangiteauria, Ngāti Tongaiti) |
Tangiwai |
Tuhi Ariki Marae |
Tuhi Ariki |
Ngāti Rangi (Ngāi Tuhi Ariki) |
Raetihi |
Tū Whenua Marae |
Tū Whenua |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Mangu, Rewa, Tupu) |
Taumarunui |
Waimiha Marae |
Te Ihingarangi |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Te Ihingarangi) |
Waimiha |
Whānau Maria Marae |
Whānau Maria |
Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāua) |
Taumarunui |
Wharauroa |
Hikurangi |
Ngāti Maniapoto (Hinemihi, Pahere, Rangatahi), Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hinewai, Ngāti Hāua, Ngāti Wera/Tuwera), Ngāti Hinewai, Ngāti Rangatahi) |
Taumarunui |
Whanganui District
Marae name |
Wharenui name |
Hapū and iwi |
Location |
Te Aroha Marae |
Te Kotahitanga |
Ngāti Iti, Ngā Rauru (Ngāti Pūkeko, Tamareheroto) |
Kai Iwi |
Te Ao Hou Marae |
Te Puawaitanga |
Ngāti Tupoho, Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Rangi-ki-tai) |
Aramoho |
Ātene / Kakata |
Te Rangi-i-heke-iho |
Ngāti Hineoneone |
Parikino |
Hiruhārama / Patiarero |
Whiritaunoka |
Ngāti Hau |
Jerusalem |
Kai Iwi Marae |
Awhakaueroa |
Ngāti Iti, Ngā Rauru (Ngāti Pūkeko, Tamareheroto) |
Kai Iwi |
Kaiwhaiki Marae |
Te Kiritahi / Rongotepoi |
Ngā Paerangi |
Kaiwhaiki |
Kirikiriroa Marae |
Kirikiriroa |
Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Ruru) |
Pipiriki |
Koriniti / Otukopiri |
Te Waiherehere, Poutama |
Ngāti Pāmoana |
Koriniti |
Mangapapapa |
Te Oranga Wairua |
Ngāti Kaponga / Taumata Māhoe |
Parinui |
Maranganui |
Tuarua |
Ngāti Tuera |
Matahiwi |
Matahiwi / Ohotu |
Tānewai |
Ngā Poutama, Ngāti Tānewai |
Matahiwi |
Onepoto Marae |
No wharenui |
Ngāti Paku |
Parinui |
Ōtoko |
Tauakira |
Te Awa Iti |
Kakatahi |
Pakaitore Marae |
Pakaitore |
Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāua) |
Gonville |
Pākaraka |
Te Whānau Pani II and III |
Ngā Rauru (Ngāti Maika II) |
Pākaraka |
Papatupu |
No wharenui |
Ngāti Uenuku |
Parinui |
Paraweka |
Pire Kiore |
Ngāti Kurawhatia |
Pipiriki |
Parikino Marae |
Ko Wharewhiti / Te Aroha |
Ngāti Hinearo, Ngāti Tumango |
Parikino |
Parinui Pā |
Kare o Ngā Putiputi o Io |
Ngāti Rūrū |
Parinui |
Peterehema |
Upokotauaki |
Ngāti Hau |
Jerusalem |
Te Pou o Rongo |
Tūmanako |
Ngāti Ruakā, Ngāti Hine Korako |
Rānana |
Pungarehu Marae |
Maranganui Tuarua |
Ngāti Tuera |
Parikino |
Pūtiki Marae |
Te Paku o Te Rangi / Aotea |
Ngāti Tumango, Ngāti Tupoho |
Pūtiki |
Rānana / Ruakā |
Te Morehu |
Ngāti Ruakā, Ngāti Hine Korako |
Rānana |
Rākato Marae |
Rākato |
Ngāti Hine o Te Rā |
Kaiwhaiki |
Taipake Marae |
Taipake |
Ngāti Iti, Ngā Rauru (Ngāti Pūkeko, Tamareheroto) |
Kai Iwi |
Tawhata |
Te Hinau |
Ngāti Rangitengaue, Ngāti Tū, Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Rangitengaue, Ngāti Tū) |
Pipiriki |
Tieke Marae |
Te Puawaitanga o Hinekura |
Ngāti Hinekura, Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāua) |
Tieke Kāinga |
Waitahupārae Marae |
Waitahupārae |
Ngāti Patutokotoko, Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Patutokotoko) |
Matahiwi |
Whangaehu Marae |
Rangitahuahua |
Ngāti Apa |
Kaiwhaiki |
Rangitikei District
Marae name |
Wharenui name |
Iwi and Hāpu |
Location |
Kauangāroa |
Kimihia te Maramatanga |
Ngāti Apa |
Okoia |
Kuratahi |
Te Karere |
Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Rangituhia, Ngāti Parenga) |
Taihape |
Opaea |
Tumakaurangi |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Tamakōpiri) |
Taihape |
Oruamatua / Te Riu o Puanga |
Oruamatua |
Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāti Whiti) |
Moawhango |
Otāhuhu Marae |
Te Ruku a Te Kawau |
Ngāti Hauiti (Ngāti Haukaha) |
Hunterville |
Parewahawaha / Ōhinepuhiawe |
Parewahawaha |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Parewahawaha) |
Bulls |
Raketapauma |
Rangituhia |
Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Rangituhia) |
Taihape |
Rātā / Te Hou Hou / Potaka |
Hauiti |
Ngāti Hauiti (Ngāti Ruaanga, Ngāti Tamateraka) |
Hunterville |
Tamakopiri |
Tumakaurangi |
Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāti Tama) |
Taihape |
Whitikaupeka Marae |
Whitikaupeka |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Tamakōpiri), Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Whiti, Ngāti Whitikaupeka) |
Moawhango |
Winiata Marae |
Tautahi |
Ngāti Hauiti (Ngāti Hinemanu, Ngāti Te Ngahoa), Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāti Hinemanu, Ngāti Paki) |
Taihape |
Manawatu District
Marae name |
Wharenui name |
Iwi and hapū |
Location |
Aorangi Marae |
Maniaihu |
Ngāti Kauwhata (Ngāti Tahuriwakanui) |
Feilding |
Kauwhata / Kai Iwi Pā |
Kauwhata |
Ngāti Kauwhata (Ngāti Hinepare) |
Feilding |
Iwa Tekau mā Iwa |
Te Iwa |
Ngāti Kauwhata (Ngāti Turoa) |
Feilding |
Te Hiiri o Mahuta Marae |
Te Hiiri o Mahuta |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Matakore, Ngāti Rangatahi) |
Halcombe |
Motuiti |
Rakau / Paewai |
Rangitāne (Ngāti Mairehau), Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Rākau) |
Himatangi |
Paranui |
Turanga |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Te Au, Ngāti Tūranga) |
Himatangi |
Poupatatē Marae |
Poupatatē |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Pikiahuwaewae) |
Halcombe |
Taumata o Te Rā |
Manomano |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Manomano) |
Halcombe |
Tini Waitara |
Te Horo Taraipi |
Ngāti Apa |
Turakina |
Tokorangi Marae |
Te Tikanga |
Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Waewae) |
Halcombe |
Palmerston North City
Marae name |
Wharenui name |
Iwi and hapū |
Location |
Te Hotu Manawa |
Tūturu Pumau |
Rangitāne (Ngāti Kapuārangi, Ngāti Rangiaranaki, Ngāti Rangitepaia, Ngāti Hineaute, Ngāti Tauira) |
Awapuni |
Tararua District
Marae name |
Wharenui name |
Iwi and hapū |
Location |
Te Ahu a Turanga i Mua Marae |
Te Ahu a Turanga i Mua |
Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngā Hau E Whā), Rangitāne (Ngāti Te Koro, Ngāti Te Rangiwhakaewa) |
Woodville |
Kaitoki |
Kaitoki Memorial Hall |
Rangitāne (Ngāti Pakapaka, Ngāti Te Rangiwhakaewa) |
Dannevirke |
Mākirikiri |
Aotea Tuatoru |
Rangitāne (Ngāti Mutuahi, Ngāti Te Rangiwhakaewa) |
Dannevirke |
Pahiatua Marae |
Te Kohanga Whakawhaiti |
Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne (Ngāti Hāmua, Te Kapuārangi) |
Pahiatua |
Pāpāuma |
Te Aroha o Aohanga / Pāpāuma |
Rangitāne (Ngāti Mutuahi, Ngāti Pakapaka), Te Hika a Pāpāuma |
Pongaroa |
Whiti te Rā / Poherau |
Whiti te Rā Whare |
Rangitāne (Ngāti Mutuahi) |
Dannevirke |
Horowhenua District
Marae name |
Wharenui name |
Iwi and hapū |
Location |
Huia Marae |
Huia |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Huia) |
Levin |
Kawiu |
Te Huia o Raukura |
Muaūpoko |
Levin |
Kererū Marae |
Mahinārangi |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Takihiku, Ngāti Ngārongo) |
Kōputaroa |
Kikopiri Marae |
Kikopiri |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Hikitanga, Ngāti Kikopiri) |
Ōhau |
Kohuturoa |
Pāriri |
Muaūpoko |
Hōkio |
Matau Marae |
Matau |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Huia) |
Levin |
Ngātokowaru Marae |
Ngātokowaru |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Pareraukawa) |
Hōkio |
Tūkorehe |
Tūkorehe |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Tūkorehe) |
Manakau |
Whakawehi |
Poutu |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Whakatere) |
Moutoa |
Wehi Wehi |
Wehi Wehi |
Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Wehi Wehi) |
Manakau |
See also