"Tukua mai kia piri, tukua mai ki a tata. Kia eke mai ki runga i te paepae poto a Ohomairangi."
Ko Whakapoungakau te pae maunga. Ko Waingaehe te awa. Ko Te Rotoruanui-a-Kahumatamomoe te moana. Ko Te Arawa te waka. Ko Pikirangi te Marae. ko Tamatekapua te tangata. Ko Ngāti Hauora, Ngāti Te Kanawa, Ngāti Uenukukōpako ngā hapū. Ko mātou ngā tini kāwai o Uenukukōpako e!
Situated on the picturesque eastern side of Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe, Pikirangi Marae is an ancestral marae for the people of Ngāti Hauora, Ngāti Uenukukōpako, and Ngāti Te Kanawa.
Pikirangi derives its name from the ancestral histories and deep cultural connections held within this whenua, reflecting the spiritual and historical significance of the area to local iwi and hapū.
The kawa observed on our marae is Tau Ututu. Under this protocol, the tangata whenua open the speeches, alternating with the manuhiri until the final speaker, where the kawa returns to the tangata whenua.
Women do not speak during the whaikōrero on the marae ātea; however, they hold an essential role as the first voices heard through the karanga, welcoming visitors onto the marae.
Ko Ohomairangi te Whare Tupuna.
Ohomairangi is the name of the ancestral meeting house.
Ko Makuratawhiti te pātaka o te ora.
Makuratawhiti is the name of the Dining Hall.
"Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini."
Te Komiti Taratī | The Trust Comittee Members
Tiamana | Chairman
Herby Ngawhika
Kaitiaki Pūtea | Treasurer
Ma Te Kanawa
Taratī | Trustee
Rana Te Moni
Taratī | Trustee
Margaret Ransfield
Kaitono | Bookings Officer
Michelle Royal
Hekeretari | Secretary
Tarraleigh Te Moni