# Rehua Marae the city’s marae · 79 Springfield Road, St Albans https://www.chch.live/marae/rehua ## The record - Wharenui: Te Whatu Manawa Māoritanga o Rehua - Wharekai: Te Hemo i te Raki - It serves: the city's urban Māori community — under the korowai of mana whenua Ngāi Tūāhuriri - Iwi / affiliation: Ngāi Tahu, pan-tribal - District: Christchurch City - Point: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.51701&lon=172.63119) - Register entry in this archive: https://www.chch.live/place/224 The city's urban marae — grown from a Methodist mission hostel for young Māori coming to Christchurch under the 1950s trade training scheme. Its whare tīpuna opened in December 1960 — the first fully carved wharenui raised in the South Island in over a century — and the district plan's register entry for it sits in this archive. ## The marae’s own kōrero - [the marae's own site](https://rehuamarae.co.nz/) - [the archive's register entry](https://www.chch.live/place/224) - [Māori Maps](https://maorimaps.com/en/marae/rehua) - [Ti Kōuka Whenua — Christchurch City Libraries](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ti-kouka-whenua/rehua-marae/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehua_marae) ## In the archive - Documents naming it: https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Rehua%20Marae%22 - The suburb it stands in: https://www.chch.live/saint-albans ## 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. - [Springfield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1296-springfield-reserve), 53 m to its edge - [Abberley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1453-abberley-park), Botanic · 286 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. - Papanui Rd near Clare Rd, 417 m · routes 1, 95 ## The register nearby Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point, proximity, not a claim of place. - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/306), 102D Springfield Road - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/54), 66 Derby Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/55), 74 Derby Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/190), 45 Ranfurly Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/189), 41 Ranfurly Street ## The reports nearby 763 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9046275), 481 Durham Street North, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9031986), 39 Derby Street, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9028408), 61 Springfield Road, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9014438), 462 Durham Street North, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9006164), 483 Durham St North, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8998955), 39 Derby Street, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8977062), 53 Derby Street, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8975973), 2 Bristol Street, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8974367), 62 Holly Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8967767), 36A Clare Road, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8949010), 116E Springfield Road, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8949000), 1 Eversleigh Street, St Albans, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51701&lon=172.63119 ## Sources - [Rehua Marae — official site](https://rehuamarae.co.nz/) - [Rehua Marae — Christchurch City Libraries Ti Kōuka Whenua](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ti-kouka-whenua/rehua-marae/) - [Te Whatu Manawa Maoritanga o Rehua and Setting — district plan schedule 499](https://www.chch.live/place/224) ## Questions, answered briefly **Where is Rehua Marae?** 79 Springfield Road, [St Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans), Christchurch, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.51701,172.63119,17). **What is the wharenui at Rehua Marae?** Te Whatu Manawa Māoritanga o Rehua, the wharekai is Te Hemo i te Raki, as the directories the marae speaks through state it. **Which iwi and hapū is Rehua Marae affiliated with?** Iwi: Ngāi Tahu, pan-tribal. **What kind of marae is Rehua Marae?** the city’s marae, it serves the city's urban Māori community — under the korowai of mana whenua Ngāi Tūāhuriri. It stands in Christchurch City. --- 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