Burleigh is a suburb in inner Blenheim, in the

Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

region of the South Island of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. Ōmaka Marae is located in Burleigh. It is a '' marae'' (meeting ground) for the Tarakaipa ''

hapū In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally opera ...

'' (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō and includes Te Aroha o te Waipounamu '' wharenui'' (meeting house).

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Suburbs of Blenheim, New Zealand Populated places in the Marlborough Region {{Marlborough-geo-stub