List of marae in Waikato

This is a list of marae (Māori meeting grounds) in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

In October 2020, the Government committed $13,896,659 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade 53 marae in the region, with the intention of creating 363 jobs.

Waikato District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Te Ākau	Te Ākau	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tāhinga, Tainui Hapū)	Te Ākau
Te Awamārahi	Te Ōhākī a Te Puea	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Āmaru, Ngāti Pou, Ngāti Tiipa)	Onewhero
Horahora Marae	Te Whare i Whakaarohia	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Naho, Ngāti Pou, Ngāti Taratikitiki)	Rangiriri
Hukanui Marae	Te Tuturu-a-Papa Kamutu	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Makirangi, Ngāti Wairere)	Gordonton
Te Iti a Hauā / Tauwhare	Hauā	Ngāti Hauā (Ngāti Te Oro, Ngāti Te Rangitaupi, Ngāti Waenganui, Ngāti Werewere), Waikato Tainui	Matangi
Aramiro	Te Kaharoa	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Tonganui), Ngāti Ruateatea, Ngāti Kuku	Raglan
Kaitumutumu	Ruateatea	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Kuiaarangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tai, Ngāti Whāwhākia)	Huntly
Te Kauri	Karaka	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Kuiaarangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tai, Ngāti Whāwhākia)	Huntly
Te Kōpua	No wharenui	Waikato Tainui (Tainui Hapū)	Raglan
Te Kotahitanga	Te Kotahitanga	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Āmaru, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Tiipa)	Te Kohanga
Mai Uenuku ki te Whenua Marae	Mai Uenuku ki te Whenua	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tamainupō)	Raglan
Makomako Marae	Rangimarie	Ngāti Paoa	Miranda
Mangatangi	Marae Kirikiri	Ngāti Tamaoho, Waikato Tainui (Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Koheriki)	Mangatangi
Matahuru Papakainga	No wharenui	Ngāpuhi (Ngāti Tuapango), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Naho)	Ohinewai
Maurea Marae	Ngā Tumutumu o Rauwhitu	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Naho, Ngāti Pou, Ngāti Taratikitiki)	Rangiriri
Mōtakotako / Taruke	Te Ōhākī a Mahuta	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi, Tainui Hapū)	Aotea Harbour
Ngā Tai e Rua Marae	Ngā Tai e Rua	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Āmaru, Ngāti Koheriki, Ngāti Tiipa)	Tuakau
Te Ōhākī	Te Ōhākī a Te Puea	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Kuiaarangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tai, Ngāti Whāwhākia)	Huntly
Ōkarea	Pokaiwhenua	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tai, Ngāti Kuiaarangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Whāwhākia)	Waerenga
Omaero Paa	Te Awaitaia	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Hourua, Ngāti Whare	Whatawhata
Ōraeroa	Whareroa	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tāhinga, Ngāti Tiipa)	Port Waikato
Te Papa o Rotu / Oneparepare	Te Papa o Rotu	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Hourua, Ngāti Whare, Ngāti Tamainupo)	Whatawhata
Te Papatapu / Te Wehi	Pare Whakarukuruku	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Aotea Harbour
Te Poho o Tanikena Marae	Te Poho o Tanikena	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tāhinga, Ngāti Taratikitiki, Tainui Hapū)	Glen Murray
Poihākena	Tainui a Whiro	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tāhinga, Tainui Hapū)	Raglan
Taniwha Marae	Me Whakatupu ki te Hua o te Rengarenga	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Kuiaarangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tai, Ngāti Whāwhākia)	Waerenga
Tauhei	Māramatutahi	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Makirangi, Ngāti Wairere)	Whitikahu
Taupiri Marae	Pani Ora, Te Puna Tangata	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Kuiaarangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tai, Ngāti Whāwhākia)	Taupiri
Tauranganui	Rangiwahitu	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Āmaru, Ngāti Tiipa)	Tuakau
Te Tihi o Moerangi	Te Tihi o Moerangi	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Aotea Harbour
Tikirahi / Tiki o te Rahi	Tikirahi	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tiipa)	Te Kōhanga
Tirohia Marae	No wharenui	Ngāti Rangi (Ngāti Hīoi)	Karioi
Tūrangawaewae	Mahinaarangi / Turongo	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Ngāruawāhia
Waahi Pa	Tāne i te Pupuke	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Kuiaarangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tai, Ngāti Whāwhākia)	Huntly
Waikare Marae	Ngāti Hine	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Naho, Ngāti Pou, Ngāti Taratikitiki)	Te Kauwhata
Waikeri-Tangirau	Reko me Ōna Rito	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Ngāruawāhia
Waimakariri Marae	Waenganui	Ngāti Hauā (Ngāti Waenganui, Ngāti Waenganui), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Hauā)	Tauwhare
Waingaro Marae	Ngā Tokotoru	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Tamainupo)	Waingaro
Weraroa Marae	Kupapa	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Tāhinga, Tainui Hapū)	Te Ākau
Wharekawa	Paoa Whanaunga	Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Whanaunga	Kaiaua

Hauraki District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Taharua	Taharua	Ngāti Tamaterā	Paeroa
Te Pai o Hauraki	Te Pai o Hauraki	Ngāti Tamaterā	Paeroa

Thames Coromandel District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Hikutaiā Marae	No wharenui	Ngāti Maru	Hikutaia
Te Mahau	Te Mahua	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Turumakina)	Waihi
Manaia Marae	Te Kou o Rehua	Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Maru	Coromandel
Matai Whetū	Te Rama o Hauraki	Ngāti Maru	Kopu
Old Coromandel Hospital	No wharenui	Te Patukirikiri	Coromandel
Oturu	Ngatau Wiwi	Ngāti Maru	Tairua
Te Paea o Hauraki	Te Paea	Ngāti Tamaterā	Kennedy Bay
Waihī Marae	Tapeka	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Turumakina)	Waihī

Waipa District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Aotearoa Marae	Hoturoa / Rangikawa	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Takihiku), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Raukawa ki Panehākua)	Wharepapa South
Kakepuku Marae	Papakainga	Ngāti Maniapoto (Kahu, Mākino, Matakore, Ngutu, Waiora)	Pokuru
Te Kōpua Marae	Ko Unu	Ngāti Maniapoto (Kahu, Unu), Waikato Tainui (Apakura, Ngāti Mahuta)	Pokuru
Maungatautari Marae	Te Manawanui	Ngāti Korokī Kahukura (Ngāti Hourua, Ngāti Ueroa), Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Mahuta), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Raukawa ki Panehākua)	Maungatautari
Mangatoatoa	Te Maru o Ihowa	Ngāti Maniapoto (Ngutu, Pare te Kawa, Parewaeono), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Ngutu, Ngāti Paretekawa)	Te Awamutu
Pārāwera Marae	Tāne-i-rangi-kapua	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Ruru, Waenganui, Werokoko), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Ruru, Ngāti Werokoko)	Parawera
Pōhara	Rangiātea	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Mahuta), Ngāti Korokī Kahukura (Ngāti Hourua), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Raukawa ki Panehākua)	Arapuni
Pūrekireki	Marutehiakina	Ngāti Maniapoto (Apakura, Hikairo), Waikato Tainui (Apakura)	Pirongia
Ōwairaka Rāwhitiroa	Takihiku	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Kiri, Ngāti Takihiku, Ngāti Whakatere, Rereahu), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Raukawa ki Panehākua)	Parawera
Waniwani Pā	No wharenui	Ngāti Korokī Kahukura (Ngāti Waihoro)	Maungatautari

Matamata-Piako District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Hinerangi Tawhaki	Hinerangi Tawhaki	Ngāti Hinerangi (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tamapango, Ngāti Tawhaki, Uri o Tangata)	Okauia
Hoe o Tainui	No wharenui	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Makirangi)	Tahuna
Kai a Te Mata	Wairere	Ngāti Hauā (Ngāti Werewere), Waikato Tainui	Morrinsville
Raungaiti	Te Oro	Ngāti Hauā (Ngāti Rangi Tawhaki, Ngāti Te Oro), Waikato Tainui	Waharoa
Rengarenga Marae	No wharenui	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Mōtai, Ngāti Te Apunga)	Te Poi
Rukumoana / The Top Pā	Werewere	Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Hauā (Ngāti Werewere),	Morrinsville
Tamapango	Tamapango	Ngāti Hinerangi (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Tamapango, Ngāti Tawhaki)	Okauia
Tangata Marae	Tangata	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Hinerangi)	Okauia
Te Ōhākī	Te Ōhākī	Ngāti Hinerangi (Ngāti Kura, Ngāti Te Riha, Ngāti Tokotoko, Ngāti Whakamaungarangi)	Okauia
Te Omeka	Tiriki Teihaua	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Kirihika)	Te Poi
Te Ūkaipō	Wehiwehi	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Kirihika, Ngāti Wehiwehi)	Te Poi
Waiti / Raungaunu	Paoa	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Makirangi), Ngāti Paoa	Tahuna

South Waikato District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Mangakāretu	Ngā Hau e Maha	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Ahuru)	Putāruru
Matiti Pā	Waotu Centennial Hall	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Maihi)	Te Waotu
Ngātira	Te Tikanga a Tāwhiao	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Ahuru), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Korokī, Ngāti Raukawa ki Panehākua)	Tokoroa
Ōngāroto	Whaita	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Whaita), Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Te Kohera)	Tokoroa
Paparāmu	Te Apunga	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Mōtai, Ngāti Te Apunga)	Tīrau
Pikitū	Huri	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Huri)	Te Waotu
Ruapeka	Rangimarie	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Tūkorehe)	Tapapa
Tāpapa Marae	No wharenui	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Tūkorehe, Rangitawhia, Te Rangi)	Tapapa
Whakaaratamaiti	Korōria	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Ahuru, Ngāti Mahana)	Putāruru

Taupo District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Hīrangi	Tūwharetoa i te Aupōuri Marae	Ngāti Tūrangitukua, Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Tūrangitukua)	Tūrangi
Korohē	Rereao	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hine)	Tūrangi
Te Kōura	Te Karohirohi	Rereahu (Ngāti Pahere, Ngāti Urunumia)	Te Kōura
Maroanui Marae	Maroanui	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hinerau)	Ohakuri
Miringa te Kakara	Te Whetū Marama o Ngā Tau o Hinawa	Maniapoto (Rereahu)	Mangakino
Mōkai Marae	Pakake Taiari	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hā, Ngāti Moekino, Ngāti Parekāwa, Ngāti Tarakaiahi, Ngāti Te Kohera, Ngāti Wairangi), Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Hā, Ngāti Moekino, Ngāti Parekāwa, Ngāti Tarakaiahi, Ngāti Te Kohera, Waikato, Ngāti Whaita, Pouākani	Mōkai
Nukuhau Marae	Rauhoto	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Rauhoto, Ngāti Te Urunga)	Nukuhau
Ōruanui Marae	Te Kapa o te Rangiita	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Te Rangiita, Te Kapa o Te Rangiita)	Oruanui
Otūkou Marae	Okahukura	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hikairo)	Otukou
Pouākani Marae	Tamatea Pokai Whenua	Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa	Mangakino
Poukura	Parekawa	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Parekāwa)	Kuratau
Pūkawa Marae	Manunui a Ruakapanga	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Manunui)	Pūkawa
Te Rangiita Marae	Te Rangiita	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Ruingarangi)	Nukuhau
Rongomai Marae	Rongomai	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Rongomai)	Tūrangi
Tokaanu Marae	Puhaorangi	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Kurauia)	Tokaanu
Waihāhā Marae	Haukapuanui	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hā, Ngāti Tarakaiahi, Ngāti Wheoro), Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Hā)	Waihāhā
Waipahīhī Marae	Kurapoto	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hinerau, Ngāti Hineure)	Waipahihi
Waitahanui Marae	Pākira	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Hinerau, Ngāti Tutemohuta)	Waitahanui
Waitahanui Bridge	No wharenui	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Tutetawhā)	Waitahanui
Waitetoko Marae	Te Kapua Whakapipi	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Te Rangiita)	Waitetoko
Whanganui Marae	Whanganui	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Te Maunga)	Waihāhā

Otorohanga District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Hīona	Haona Kaha, Te Awananui	Maniapoto (Pourahui), Waikato Tainui (Apakura)	Puketotara
Kahotea	Whatihua	Maniapoto (Apakura, Hinetū, Matakore, Pare te Kawa), Waikato Tainui (Apakura)	Ōtorohanga
Maketū Marae	Auau ki te Rangi	Maniapoto (Apakura, Hikairo), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Kāwhia
Mōkai Kainga	Ko Te Mōkai	Maniapoto (Apakura, (Hikairo), Waikato Tainui (Apakura)	Kāwhia
Mokoroa	Ngā Roimata	Maniapoto (Ngati Kiriwai)	Kāwhia
Ōkapu	Te Kotahitanga o Ngāti Te Weehi	Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Kāwhia
Otewa Pā	Ko Te Hokingamai ki te Nehenehenui	Maniapoto (Matakore, Ngutu, Parewaeono, Rereahu, Te Kanawa, Urunumia)	Otewa
Rākaunui	Moanakahakore	Maniapoto (Kerapa, Takiari, Te Waha), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Ngutu, Ngāti Paretekawa)	Hauturu
Rereamanu	Te Kawau Kaki Maro	Maniapoto (Huiao, Te Kanawa)	Ōtorohanga
Tārewānga Marae	Te Rau a te Moa	Maniapoto (Pare te Kawa, Rungaterangi, Urunumia, Tārewānga)	Ōtorohanga
Te Keeti	Parewaeono	Maniapoto (Ngutu, Parewaeono, Urunumia)	Ōtorohanga
Te Kotahitanga	Te Kotahitanga	Maniapoto (Pourahi, Urunumia)	Ōtorohanga
Te Māhoe	No buildings	Maniapoto (Peehi, Te Kanawa, Te Urupare, Uekaha)	Kāwhia
Te Whakaaro Kotahi	No wharenui in use	Maniapoto (Te Kanawa)	Te Kawa
Turitea Marae	No buildings	Maniapoto (Pourahui)	Ōtorohanga
Waipapa Marae	Ngā Tai Whakarongorua, Takuhiahia	Maniapoto (Hikairo), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Hikairo, Ngāti Puhiawe)	Kāwhia
Whakamārama	Te Rangimoeakau	Ngāti Raukawa (Ngāti Puehutore)	Waikeria

Waitomo District

Marae name	Wharenui name	Iwi and hapū	Location
Te Ahoroa	Tapairu	Maniapoto (Pare, Rereahu), Rereahu (Ngāti Paretapoko)	Rangitoto
Āruka	Tahaaroa	Maniapoto (Hikairo), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Tahāroa
Te Hape	Te Kaha Tuatini	Maniapoto (Matakore, Ngutu, Pare, Raukawa, Rereahu, Te Ihingarangi)	Benneydale
Kaputuhi	Kaputuhi	Maniapoto (Matakore, Pare te Kawa, Peehi, Rōrā)	Waitomo
Te Kauae	Te Kauae o Niu Tereni	Maniapoto (Huiao, Kinohaku, Peehi, Te Kanawa)	Waitomo
Te Kawau Papakainga	Waiopapa	Maniapoto (Ngāti Rākei, Rōrā, Rungaterangi)	Mōkau
Te Kōraha	Te Ōhākī	Maniapoto (Hikairo), Waikato Tainui (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Te Weehi)	Tahāroa
Te Korapatu	Te Korapatu	Maniapoto (Peehi, Te Kanawa)	Waitomo
Te Kumi	Te Korapatu	Maniapoto (Peehi, Rōrā)	Te Kūiti
Mangapeehi	Rereahu	Maniapoto (Matakore, Ngutu, Pare, Raukawa, Rereahu, Te Ihingarangi), Rereahu (Ngāti Ngutu, Ngāti Pikiahu, Ngāti Te Peehi, Ngāti Waewae, Ngāti Whakatere)	Benneydale
Mangarama	Rongorongo	Maniapoto (Apakura)	Te Mapara
Maniaroa Marae	Maniaroa	Maniapoto (Ngāti Rākei, Rungaterangi, Waiora)	Awakino
Marokopa Marae	Miromiro i te Pō	Maniapoto (Kinohaku, Te Kanawa, Peehi)	Marokopa
Mōkau Kohunui	Ko Tama Tāne	Maniapoto (Apakura, Kinohaku, Waiora)	Piopio
Mōtītī	Ko te Hungaiti / Hapainga	Maniapoto (Kinohaku, Putaitemuri, Tauhunu)	Te Kūiti
Napinapi	Parekahoki	Maniapoto (Matakore, Pare te Kawa)	Piopio
Te Paemate	Te Paemate	Maniapoto (Paemate)	Piopio
Te Piruru Papakainga	Te Pukenui o Taonui	Maniapoto (Rōrā)	Te Kūiti
Pohatuiri	No wharenui	Maniapoto (Uekaha)	Waitomo
Tāne Hopuwai	Tāne Hopuwai	Maniapoto (Apakura)	Te Kūiti
Te Tokanganui a Noho	Te Tokanganui a Noho	Maniapoto (Rōrā)	Te Kūiti
Tokikapu	Matua a Iwi	Maniapoto (Ruapuha, Te Kanawa, Uekaha)	Waitomo
Tomotuki	Parekatini	Maniapoto (Apakura, Parekaitini, Rōrā)	Te Kūiti
Oparure	Waipatoto, Waipatoto Tuarua	Maniapoto (Kinohaku)	Oparure

See also

• Lists of marae in New Zealand
• List of schools in Waikato