# Wairewa Marae

papatipu marae, mana whenua · 4345 Christchurch–Akaroa Road, Little River

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

## The record
- Wharenui: Te Makō
- Wharekai: Te Rōpūake
- It serves: Te Rūnanga o Wairewa — Ngāti Irakehu and Ngāti Makō of Ngāi Tahu
- Iwi / affiliation: Ngāi Tahu
- Hapū: Ngāti Irakehu, Ngāti Makō
- District: Christchurch City
- Reserve: Māori Reserve 887
- Point: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.76275&lon=172.79963)

Te Rūnanga o Wairewa's marae in the Ōkana valley beside Te Roto o Wairewa — four meeting houses have stood on the same footprint since 1855, every one named Makō, after the ancestor who claimed the south of the peninsula. Whare and wharekai stand paired as husband and wife: Te Makō and Te Rōpūake.

## The marae’s own kōrero
- [the rūnanga's own site](https://www.wairewamarae.co.nz/)
- [Ngāi Tahu — papatipu rūnanga](https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/ngai-tahu/papatipu-runanga/wairewa/)
- [Māori Maps](https://maorimaps.com/en/marae/wairewa)
- [Ti Kōuka Whenua — Christchurch City Libraries](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ti-kouka-whenua/wairewa-marae/)

## In the archive
- Documents naming it: https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Wairewa
- The suburb it stands in: https://www.chch.live/little-river

## 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.
- [Western Valley Streamside Esplanade](https://www.chch.live/park/1272-western-valley-streamside-esplanade), 211 m to its edge
- [Awa-Iti Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1705-awa-iti-domain), 271 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The reports nearby
1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3680437), 58 Western Valley Road, Little River 7591, New Zealand

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.76275&lon=172.79963

## Sources
- [Wairewa Marae — official site](https://www.wairewamarae.co.nz/)
- [Ngāi Tahu — Wairewa papatipu rūnanga](https://ngaitahu.maori.nz/te-runanga-o-wairewa/)
- [Wairewa Marae — Christchurch City Libraries Ti Kōuka Whenua](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/ti-kouka-whenua/wairewa-marae/)
- [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 Wairewa Marae?**

4345 Christchurch–Akaroa Road, [Little River](https://www.chch.live/little-river), Christchurch, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.76275,172.79963,17).

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

Te Makō, the wharekai is Te Rōpūake, as the directories the marae speaks through state it.

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

Iwi: Ngāi Tahu. Hapū: Ngāti Irakehu, Ngāti Makō.

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

papatipu marae, it serves Te Rūnanga o Wairewa — Ngāti Irakehu and Ngāti Makō of Ngāi Tahu. 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