# Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae

the city’s marae · 250 Pages Road, Aranui

https://www.chch.live/marae/nga-hau-e-wha

## The record
- Wharenui: Aoraki
- It serves: Te Rūnanga o Ngā Maata Waka, whose national marae is open to Māori of every iwi
- Iwi / affiliation: pan-tribal
- District: Christchurch City
- Point: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.52151&lon=172.69908)

The national marae, the only one of its kind, built for Māori of every tribe living in the city. Its wharenui Aoraki opened in May 1990; after the February 2011 earthquake the marae hosted 26 recovery agencies and a sitting District Court for two years.

## The marae’s own kōrero
- [the marae's own site](https://marae.maatawaka.org.nz/)
- [Māori Maps](https://maorimaps.com/en/marae/nga-hau-e-wha)
- [Ti Kōuka Whenua, Christchurch City Libraries](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nga-hau-e-wha-national-marae/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C4%81_Hau_e_Wh%C4%81_National_Marae)
- [Wikimedia Commons photographs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ng%C4%81_Hau_e_Wh%C4%81_National_Marae)

## In the archive
- Documents naming it: https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Nga%20Hau%20e%20Wha%22
- The suburb it stands in: https://www.chch.live/aranui

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Cuthberts Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1755-cuthberts-green), Sports ground · 94 m to its edge
- [Shortland Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1630-shortland-reserve), 163 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries, measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Pages Rd near Shortland St, 212 m · route 5

## The reports nearby
65 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7999071), 144 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7343293), 168 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/7186507), 174 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7081879), 7 Lenton Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6896009), 132A Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/6459432), 159 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch, New Zealand
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/6432465), 52 Tomrich Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6019902), 145 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/5963550), 168 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/5794270), 132B Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5589278), 176 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5559476), 174 Shortland Street, Aranui, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52151&lon=172.69908

## Sources
- [Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae, Te Rūnanga o Ngā Maata Waka](https://marae.maatawaka.org.nz/)
- [Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae, Christchurch City Libraries](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nga-hau-e-wha-national-marae/)
- [Te Waipounamu: Kia Tau te Rangimārie, Te Puni Kōkiri Kōkiri 25](https://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/mo-te-puni-kokiri/kokiri-magazine/kokiri-25-2012/tewaipounamu-kia-tau-te-rangimarie)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae?**

250 Pages Road, [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui), Christchurch, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.52151,172.69908,17).

**What is the wharenui at Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae?**

Aoraki, as the directories the marae speaks through state it.

**Which iwi and hapū is Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae affiliated with?**

Iwi: pan-tribal.

**What kind of marae is Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae?**

the city’s marae, it serves Te Rūnanga o Ngā Maata Waka, whose national marae is open to Māori of every iwi. It stands in Christchurch City.

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A listing is a lead, not a claim, each marae’s own kōrero lives with its people and is linked, not retold, here.
The roll: https://www.chch.live/maraes · data: https://www.chch.live/maraes.json