Muriwai is a settlement and rural community at the southern end of
Poverty Bay
Poverty Bay ( Māori: ''Tūranganui-a-Kiwa'') is the largest of several small bays on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island to the north of Hawke Bay. It stretches for from Young Nick's Head in the southwest to Tuaheni Point in the no ...
, in the
Gisborne District
Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region (Māori: ''Te Tairāwhiti'' or ''Te Tai Rāwhiti'') is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand. It is governed by Gisborne District Council, a unitary authority (with the combined powers o ...
of New Zealand's
North Island, south of
Manutuke. The main settlement is just west of
Young Nick's Head.
runs through Muriwai on its way from
Gisborne to
Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region i ...
.
Marae
The settlement has two
marae
A ' (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan), ' (in Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the term a ...
, belonging to the
Ngāi Tāmanuhiri 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 op ...
of
Ngāi Tawehi,
Ngāti Kahutia,
Ngāti Rangitauwhiwhia,
Ngāti Rangiwaho and
Ngāti Rangiwahomatua:
Muriwai Marae and Te Poho o Tamanuhiri meeting house, and Waiari Marae and meeting house.
In October 2020, the Government committed $462,318 from the
Provincial Growth Fund
Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician. He served as a New Zealand First list MP from 2017 to 2020 and was previously a Labour list MP from 2005 to 2014.
Jones was a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Gove ...
to upgrade the marae.
Education
Muriwai School is a Year 1–8 co-educational public primary school.
In 2019, it was a
decile 2 school with a roll of 23.
References
Populated places in the Gisborne District
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