Te Rarawa

Te Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island.

RÅ«nanga and marae

Te Rarawa has 23 foundation marae:

• Korou Kore Marae, Ahipara, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Moroki.
• Mātihetihe Marae, Mitimiti, represents the hapÅ« of Te Tao Māui and Te Hokokeha.
• Morehu Marae, Ōhaki Marae and Taiao Marae, Whāngāpe Harbour, represent the hapÅ« of Te Uri o Tai.
• MotutÄ« Marae, Hokianga Harbour, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Te Maara, Te Kaitutae, Ngāī Tamatea, Te Waiariki, and Ngāti Muri Kāhara.
• Ngāti Manawa Marae, Panguru, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Manawa, Waiāriki and Te Kaitutae.
• Ōwhata Marae, Ōwhata Harbour, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Torotoroa, Tahukai and Te Popoto.
• Ngāi TÅ«poto Marae, Motukaraka, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāi TÅ«poto and Ngāti Here.
• Rangikohu Marae, Ōwhata Harbour, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Kuri rāua ko Ngāti Wairupe and Te Aupōuri.
• Roma Marae, Ahipara, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Waiora, Ngāti Pākahi, Te Patukirikiri, and Parewhero.
• Tauteihiihi Marae and Pikipāria Marae, Kohukohu, and Pāteoro Marae, Te Karae, represent the hapÅ« of Ihutai.
• Te Arohanui Marae, Mangataipa, represents Kohatutaka.
• Te Kotahitanga Marae, Whāngāpe Harbour, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Haua.
• Te Uri o Hina Marae and Te Rarawa Marae, Pukepoto, represent the hapÅ« of Ngāti Te Ao, Tahāwai, and Te Uri o Hina.
• Waihou Marae, Hokianga Harbour, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Te Reinga.
• Wainui Marae, Ahipara, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Moetonga and Te Rokekā.
• Waiparera Marae, Rangi Point, represents the hapÅ« of Patutoka.
• Waipuna Marae, Panguru, represents the hapÅ« of Te Kaitutae and Waiāriki.
• Whakamaharatanga Marae, Manukau district, represents the hapÅ« of Ngāti Hine and PatupÄ«naki.

Each marae elects a representative who acts on their behalf on the RÅ«nanga. The main role of the RÅ«nanga is to receive, hold, manage, and administer funds for the benefit of all iwi members, to ensure communication between all marae and the RÅ«nanga, and to hold the CEO accountable

Media

Te Reo Irirangi o Te Hiku o Te Ika, an iwi radio station, serves Te Rarawa and other Muriwhenua tribes of the Far North. It broadcasts a main station on , an urban contemporary station Sunshine FM on and a youth-oriented station Tai FM.

Notable people

• Hector Busby, navigator and waka (canoe or ship) builder
• Dame Whina Cooper, woman of mana, kuia, teacher, storekeeper and community leader
• Dr Jenny Te Paa Daniel, public theologian and the first lay woman appointed to head an Anglican theological college in the Anglican Communion
• Makarena Dudley, psychologist, lecturer at the University of Auckland and dementia researcher
• Ralph Hotere, artist from Mitimiti
• Josh Ioane, rugby player for The All Blacks, and Highlanders
• Māmari Stephens, Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington, compiled the first Māori legal dictionary
• Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia, Māori suffragist
• Ānaru Iehu Ngāwaka, leader and Anglican clergyman
• Ngahuia Piripi, television and film actress
• Ngā-kahu-whero, Te Rarawa founding mother and a ruling chief
• Dr. Papaarangi Mary-Jane Reid, Professor and Head of Department of Māori Health at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland
• Haimona "Simon" Snowden, respected kaumātua, orator and waiata composer
• Ngāwini Yates, a storekeeper, businesswoman and farmer in the later part of the 19th century
• Grace Roffé, Wellington Free Ambulance Senior Emergency Medical Dispatcher and single mother of 10 orphan babies.

References

External links

• Te Rarawa website