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Koukourorata Takahanga Tuahiwi Waiwera
Puari Marae
Koukourarata
The hall was built in 1924/1925 and named Tūtehuarewa after an ancestress. It is rare for a woman’s name to be bestowed upon a whare tipuna as this is customarily a male privilege (female ancestors are traditionally honoured in the naming of whare kai). Eighty years later, the people of Koukourarata continued their tradition of ‘erring from tradition’ when the time came to name their new whare kai…
Ko Te Ahu Pātiki te mauka
Ko Koukourārata te awa
Ko Takitimu rāua ko Makawhiu kā waka
Ko Kāi Tahu whānui te iwi
Ko Kāi Tutehuarewa, ko Kāi Te Tuahuriri, ko Kāi Tarewa, ko Kāti Huikai, ko Kāti Irakehu, ko Kāi Tuhaitara kā hapū.
Ko Puāri pā te marae
Ko Tutehuarewa te whare
In 2004 a whare kai was added to the marae buildings at Puari. Built adjoining Tūtehuarewa, the whare kai, with its expansive windows, boasts a wide view of the peaceful waters of Koukourarata. At an official ceremony on the 3rd April, 2004, the building was named Te Pātaka o Huikai (The storehouse of Huikai) after the ancestor Huikai.
Ko Kaikoura
Ko Tapuwae o Uenuku te Mauka
Ko Waiau te awa
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Ngāi Tahu te Iwi
Ko Ngāti Kuri te hapū
Ko Takahanga te marae
Ko Maru Kaitatea te whare
ko Te Poha o Tohu Raumati te wharekai
Takahanga Marae
Kaikoura
The decade-long war between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Toa began with a Ngāti Toa attack on Kaikōura in 1827–28. Ngāi Tahu were defeated at Kaikōura in the battle called Niho Maaka, and suffered other setbacks further south, but Ngāti Toa never succeeded in taking possession of Ngāi Tahu territory. Takahanga pa was sacked by Te Rauparaha, but today the marae is an important centre of Ngāi Tahu life, with a handsome modern meeting house. Its carvings fuse traditional and contemporary concepts, materials and techniques.
Cave, entranceway to the Kati Kura marae at Kaikoura, comprises 5000 white limestone peebles, collected with community assistance from the coast and woven into a helix. Built around a wooden former and then erected into position by crane, the 'skin' of peebles is attached to the stone arcs at each end. Many important events have taken place at this marae, including the final signing of land settlements between representatives of Kai Tahu and the government after 200 years of grievances and injustices since colonisation. The late Upoko Wiremu Solomon and his wife Reo led the revitalisation of the marae and its buildings for the community
Te Tuahiwi
Te Tuahiwi is the pā that is behind the famous Kāi Tahu pā, Kaiapoi. Kaiapoi was the original pā that was built by Tūrākautahi, the son of Tūahuriri. At Kaiapoi, the sweetest food was the kauru, it was made from the Ti kouka tree. Te Tuahiwi is the name of the marae. Its river is the Waimakariri, and the mountain that stands behind the pā is Maukatere. The most famous hapū of Te Tuahiwi is Kāi Tūhaitara.
Waiwera
(Little River)
The name Wairewa means the “water that is raised up” and it is the name of the lake there. Kāti Irakehu is the hapū and Manaia is the chief. The lake is full of tuna, and it is at the mouth of this lake that the great tuna heke (migration) happens in summer. The mountain that stands there is Te ūpoko o Tahumatā, and the river is Ōkana, the whare is called Makō and the wharekai is named after his wife Te Ropuake.
About 2008 a new whare was built
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