Rāpaki Marae
Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa · papatipu marae, Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke — papatipu rūnanga of Ngāi Tahu
papatipu marae
The record
- Wharenui
- Wheke
- It serves
- Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke — papatipu rūnanga of Ngāi Tahu
- Iwi
- Ngāi Tahu
- Hapū
- Ngāti Wheke
- Address
- 37 Rāpaki Drive
- Street
- Rāpaki Drive
- Suburb
- Rāpaki
- District
- Christchurch City
- Reserve
- Māori Reserve 875
What the directories say
The papatipu marae of Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke, on the Whakaraupō shore the hapū has held for centuries — the bay takes its full name, Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, from the rangatira who claimed it. The carved whare tūpuna Wheke opened in November 2010, replacing a hall that had served since 1901; it stood through the earthquakes months later.
The marae’s own kōrero
The marae’s own telling belongs to its people, these doors go to their sites and the directories they speak through.
In the archive
A document a search names is a lead worth reading, not a claim the site makes.
The roll beside it
The kāinga and pā the record names nearest it, Puāri Pā (9.3 km) · Ōtautahi — Tautahi's kāinga (9.6 km).
Nearest on the roll by distance, proximity, not kinship; each marae’s own kōrero lives with its people.
The green nearby 1
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a place on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
The reports nearby
19 council reports pinned within 250 m of the place, most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 14 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Public Toilet
Water Leak
Pavement - Damaged
Water Leak
Water Leak
Water Leak
Water Leak
Parks
GraffitiGetting there
The nearest stop the Metro map carries, measured to the pin, not the door.
Questions, answered briefly
37 Rāpaki Drive, Rāpaki, Christchurch, on the map →.
Wheke, as the directories the marae speaks through state it.
Iwi: Ngāi Tahu. Hapū: Ngāti Wheke.
papatipu marae, it serves Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke — papatipu rūnanga of Ngāi Tahu. It stands in Christchurch City.
Sources: Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke — rapaki.iwi.nz · Ngāi Tahu — Rāpaki papatipu rūnanga · Te Waipounamu whare tīpuna at Rāpaki opened — Te Puni Kōkiri Kōkiri 21 · Environment Canterbury — Ngāi Tahu Papatipu Rūnanga Marae layer.
A directory, not a history: name, wharenui, affiliation and address as each rūnanga and the public directories state them. A listing is a lead, not a claim, each marae’s own kōrero lives with its people and is linked, not retold, here. Coordinates pin the marae site as the map layers and directories place it.