Otamatea Marae



 One advantage of being back in the Kaipara region last year was that I got to go on road trips so I could take photos of places I hadn't seen in the 8 years I lived here.  Otamatea Marae is in the small country town of Maungaturoto and was established around 1946 as the ancestral marae for the Ngati Whatua people.


The wharanui (meeting house) was originally the whare runanga (assembly house) at Shelly Beach which opened in 1887. It was relocated to Tanoa to sit next to the Kakaraea Church in remembrance of the 1825 battle of Te Ika a Ranganui (the Musket Wars).

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Comments

Tom said…
...a building that would look at home in Hawaii.
14 January 2021 at 06:34
Billy Blue Eyes said…
Nice looking building
14 January 2021 at 08:45
local alien said…
Whew that's a lot of long Maori place names. I had fun trying to pronounce them all.
14 January 2021 at 08:52
Iris Flavia said…
Beautiful house, oh I´d sure love to have a verandah, even if small. But weee... all those names! Difficult.
14 January 2021 at 20:21
lesh Stgermain said…
Talking about symmetry, and a beautiful sky!
15 January 2021 at 08:56
At Home In New Zealand said…
Quite a modern looking marae, with the net curtains and no carvings.
15 January 2021 at 09:05
Jim said…
Interesting info.
15 January 2021 at 09:41
NatureFootstep said…
seems to be a fine place for meetings :)
15 January 2021 at 11:41
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
I love how you are exploring your surroundings. I've been so busy with the house renovations and getting my brother moved that I haven't done that as much as I liked. You are an inspiration.
15 January 2021 at 11:58
Bill said…
Interesting history, nice composition.
16 January 2021 at 03:19
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said…
I like your picture a lot and I love that you learn and share so much about the Maori history.
17 January 2021 at 20:09
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