# Tuahiwi Marae

papatipu marae, mana whenua · 219 Tuahiwi Road, Tuahiwi

https://www.chch.live/marae/tuahiwi

## The record
- Wharenui: Maahunui II
- Wharekai: Te Ao Mārama
- It serves: Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga, the mana whenua of Christchurch
- Iwi / affiliation: Ngāi Tahu
- Hapū: Ngāi Tūāhuriri
- District: Waimakariri District (just over the city boundary)
- Reserve: Māori Reserve 873
- Point: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.33285&lon=172.64219)

Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri's marae just north of the city boundary. Ngāi Tūāhuriri are the mana whenua of Christchurch itself, gathered here after Kaiapoi Pā fell in 1832. The current whare Maahunui II opened in 2012 on the site of the ancestral house Tū-te-kawa; the marae hosted the Waitangi Tribunal hearings of the Ngāi Tahu claim.

## The marae’s own kōrero
- [Ngāi Tahu, papatipu rūnanga](https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/ngai-tahu/papatipu-runanga/ngai-tuahuriri/)
- [Māori Maps](https://maorimaps.com/en/marae/tuahiwi)
- [Tuahiwi on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuahiwi,_New_Zealand)

## In the archive
- Documents naming it: https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Tuahiwi

## 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.
- [Tuahiwi Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/144-tuahiwi-reserve), 195 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.33285&lon=172.64219

## Sources
- [Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūāhuriri papatipu rūnanga](https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/ngai-tahu/papatipu-runanga/ngai-tuahuriri/)
- [Maahunui II: a gift to future generations, Te Karaka](https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/opportunities-and-resources/publications/te-karaka/maahunui-ii-a-gift-to-future-generations/)
- [Environment Canterbury, Ngāi Tahu Papatipu Rūnanga Marae layer](https://gis.ecan.govt.nz/arcgis/rest/services/Public/NgaiTahu/MapServer/74)

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Tuahiwi Marae?**

219 Tuahiwi Road, Tuahiwi, Christchurch, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.33285,172.64219,17).

**What is the wharenui at Tuahiwi Marae?**

Maahunui II, the wharekai is Te Ao Mārama, as the directories the marae speaks through state it.

**Which iwi and hapū is Tuahiwi Marae affiliated with?**

Iwi: Ngāi Tahu. Hapū: Ngāi Tūāhuriri.

**What kind of marae is Tuahiwi Marae?**

papatipu marae, it serves Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga, the mana whenua of Christchurch. It stands in Waimakariri District (just over the city boundary).

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