# The marae of Christchurch

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.

## The papatipu marae, mana whenua

- [Rāpaki Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/rapaki), wharenui Wheke · Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke — papatipu rūnanga of Ngāi Tahu · 37 Rāpaki Drive, Rāpaki
- [Ōnuku Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/onuku), wharenui Karaweko · Ōnuku Rūnanga — Ngāi Tārewa and Ngāti Irakehu of Ngāi Tahu · Ōnuku Road, The Kaik, Ōnuku
- [Wairewa Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/wairewa), wharenui Te Makō · Te Rūnanga o Wairewa — Ngāti Irakehu and Ngāti Makō of Ngāi Tahu · 4345 Christchurch–Akaroa Road, Little River
- [Koukourārata Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/koukourarata), wharenui Tūtehuarewa · Te Rūnanga o Koukourārata — Ngāi Tūhaitara, Ngāti Huikai and Ngāi Tūtehuarewa of Ngāi Tahu · 9 Puāri Road, Port Levy
- [Tuahiwi Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/tuahiwi), wharenui Maahunui II · Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga — the mana whenua of Christchurch · 219 Tuahiwi Road, Tuahiwi
- [Ngāti Moki Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/taumutu), wharenui Ngāti Moki · Te Taumutu Rūnanga — Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki of Ngāi Tahu · Pohau Road, Taumutu

## The city’s marae

- [Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/nga-hau-e-wha), wharenui Aoraki · Te Rūnanga o Ngā Maata Waka — a national marae, open to Māori of every iwi · 250 Pages Road, Aranui
- [Rehua Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/rehua), wharenui Te Whatu Manawa Māoritanga o Rehua · the city's urban Māori community — under the korowai of mana whenua Ngāi Tūāhuriri · 79 Springfield Road, St Albans

## The institutional whare

- [Te Hepara Pai Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/te-hepara-pai), wharenui Te Whakaruruhau · Te Hui Amorangi o Te Waipounamu — the Māori Anglican bishopric of the South Island · 290 Ferry Road, Phillipstown
- [Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi](https://www.chch.live/marae/te-ora-hou), wharenui Te Iho o te Ora · Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi — a kaupapa Māori youth and whānau organisation · 77 Windermere Road, Papanui
- [Te Puna Wānaka](https://www.chch.live/marae/te-puna-wanaka), wharenui Te Mātauranga Māori · Ara Institute of Canterbury — the tertiary whare on the city campus · Coventry Street, Christchurch Central City

## The kāinga and pā the record names

- **Puāri Pā**, the Waitaha settlement on the Ōtākaro bank — the oldest village the city centre covers, and later the market where Ngāi Tūāhuriri sold produce (Victoria Square and north along the river) · what stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5296&lon=172.6366
- **Ōtautahi — Tautahi's kāinga**, the seasonal camp of the chief the city is named for — Tautahi, son of Huikai of Koukourārata — on the Avon Loop (the Avon Loop, near Oxford Terrace and Barbadoes Street) · what stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.525&lon=172.642
- **Waipapa — Pilgrims Corner**, the Māori reserve gazetted in 1858 at Little Hagley Park — the resting place on the old trail; in the 1970s its claim was settled in exchange for the Pages Road land that became Ngā Hau e Whā (Little Hagley Park, Harper Avenue) · what stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.528&lon=172.619
- **Kaiapohia — Kaiapoi Pā**, the great fortified capital of Ngāi Tahu — Tūrākautahi's pā, sacked by Te Rauparaha in 1832 after a siege of months; its fall is why the rūnanga moved to Tuahiwi (north of the Waimakariri, near Waikuku) · what stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.3985&lon=172.6563
- **Ōnawe Pā**, the Ngāi Tahu fortress on the Akaroa Harbour peninsula where the defenders made their last stand against Te Rauparaha in 1832 — a wāhi tapu headland (the Ōnawe peninsula, Akaroa Harbour) · what stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.7926&lon=172.9492
- **Waikākahi Pā**, the Ngāti Māmoe pā at Birdlings Flat where Makō — the ancestor Wairewa's whare is named for — first settled (Birdlings Flat, Te Roto o Wairewa) · what stood here: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.8129&lon=172.7091

## And alongside

- **Te Rangimārie Centre**, the Catholic Māori mission centre — the first in the South Island, and the hall where the 1977 hui accepted the city's offer of the Pages Road site for Ngā Hau e Whā, 360A Gloucester Street, Linwood
- **Whakaata — Okains Bay Māori and Colonial Museum**, the carved whare raised at Okains Bay by master carver John Rua — the only carved whare on the peninsula's eastern bays, held by the museum rather than a rūnanga, 1146 Okains Bay Road, Kawatea / Okains Bay

## Questions, answered briefly

**How many marae are there in Christchurch?**

11 on this roll, 6 papatipu marae, 5 urban and institutional whare, plus 6 kāinga and pā sites the district plan schedules.

**Which are Christchurch’s papatipu marae?**

[Rāpaki Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/rapaki) (Rāpaki), [Ōnuku Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/onuku) (Ōnuku), [Wairewa Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/wairewa) (Little River), [Koukourārata Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/koukourarata) (Port Levy), [Tuahiwi Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/tuahiwi) (Tuahiwi), [Ngāti Moki Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/taumutu) (Taumutu), the kāinga of the papatipu rūnanga, as the rūnanga’s own lists name them.

**Where does this roll come from?**

The marae and rūnanga sites each entry links, Māori Maps, Te Puni Kōkiri’s Te Kāhui Māngai directory, Ngāi Tahu’s papatipu rūnanga list, and the district plan’s schedules for the kāinga and pā sites. Something wrong is a bug, the page takes corrections.

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Data: https://www.chch.live/maraes.json · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/maraes