Ngāti Rakaipaaka is a

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

iwi Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

'' (tribe), from the

Nūhaka Nūhaka is a small settlement in the northern Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's eastern North Island, lying on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Gisborne. The road to Māhia Peninsula turns off the highway at Nūhaka. Nūhaka has one gen ...

area of northern

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...

on New Zealand's

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. It is a one of the tribes of East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand that form

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...

Marae and wharenui

Northern Hawke's Bay

Ngāti Rakaipaaka has six ''

marae A ' (in Māori language, New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian language, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan language, Tongan), ' (in Marquesan language, Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan language, Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves reli ...

'' (meeting grounds) and ''

wharenui A wharenui (; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a ''marae''. Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called ''wikt:wh ...

'' (meeting houses) in the Nūhaka area of northern Hawke's Bay: * Kahungunu (Te Tāhinga) marae and Kahungunu wharenui on Ihaka Street * Tamakahu marae and Tamakahu wharenui on State Highway 2 * Tāne-nui-a-Rangi marae and Tāne-nui-a-Rangi wharenui on State Highway 2 * Te Kotahitanga marae and Unity Hall wharenui on Epanaia Street * Te Manutai marae and Te Manutai wharenui on State Highway 2 * Te Poho o Te Rehu (Te Rehu) marae and Te Poho o Te Rehu wharenui on Pomana Pā Road

Wairarapa

Ngāti Rakaipaaka is associated with one ''marae'' (meeting ground) and ''wharenui'' (meeting house) in the

Martinborough Martinborough ( or ) is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It is 65 kilometres east of Wellington and 35 kilometres south-west of Masterton. The town has a resident population of The town is home ...

area of

Wairarapa The Wairarapa (; ), a geographical region of New Zealand, lies in the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay Region. It is lightly populated, having several rural service t ...

: * Kohunui marae and Te Tihi o Tuhirangi wharenui on Pirinoa Road

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