The Hapu
The Hapu
The Hapu
The Trust
The eponymous ancestor of Te Uri o Hau is Haumoewaarangi. From the marriage of Haumoewaarangi with Waihekeao came seven offspring; Makawe, Mauku, Whiti, Weka, Ruinga, Rongo and Hakiputatomuri. From Hakiputatomuri came many descendants known to this day as Te Uri o Hau.
Some of the important elements of Te Uri o Hau history as passed down through the generations were included in a waiata which was sung by Te Uri o Hau at the Waitangi Tribunal hearings for Kaipara Stage One in 1997 and 1998.
Haumoewaarangi te Tupuna kei runga
Nana ka puta Hakiputatomuri
Nana it tapa ana uri whakaheke
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Mangawhai Taporapora Kaipara whakarere wahine
He whakatauiki o nga Tupuna
Mai i Hawaiiki nui ki te awa o Kaipara
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Tena e nga Uri Hapainga ki runga
Nga whakatauki o nga Tupuna
Mai i Hawaiiki nui ki te awa o Kaipara
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Ko nga Uri o Hau e
Aue e rere ra
Aue Aue e rere ra
E te manu ki tona tauranga e
Hi aue Hi
The oral history of Te Uri o Hau records that Ngati Whatua (of whom Te Uri o Hau is part) and the Crown had a special relationship which was recognised in two distinctive ways. First, by their entering into a separate treaty written on a sheepskin parchment which is known as ‘Kirihipi Te Tiriti o Ngati Whatua’. Secondly, in the presentation by the Crown of a bust of Queen Victoria which is sited in a place of importance at Aotearoa marae, Otamatea to this day.
Te Uri o Hau consists of 14 marae situated throughout the northern Kaipara region.
The Hapu
1. Naumai
Email: naumaimarae@gmail.com
Contact person: Maree Langdon (secretary)
Marae Location: 4936 State Highway 12, Ruawai
2. Ngatai Whakarongorua
Email: ngataiwhakarongoruamarae@gmail.com
Contact person: Tania Moriarty (secretary)
Marae Location: 33 Chadwick Road, Tinopai
Online: https://maorimaps.com/marae/ng%C4%81-tai-whakarongorua-tinopai
3. Oruawharo
Email: reicon44@gmail.com
Contact person: Elizabeth Connelly (secretary)
Marae Location: 2 Oruawharo School Roads, Wellsford
4. Otamatea
Email: otamateamaraetrustees@gmail.com
Contact person: : Vic Kurupo (secretary)
Marae Location: 89 Tanoa Road, Maungaturoto
5. Oturei
Email: jay9t2e@icloud.com
Contact person: Janeen Te Tuhi (secretary)
Marae Location: 19 Oturei Settlement Road, Dargaville
6. Parirau
Email: secretary.parirau.marae@gmail.com
Contact person: Colin Murphy (secretary)
Marae Location: 87 Tana Road, Matakohe
7. Rawhitiroa
Email: brianandstella@xtra.co.nz
Contact person: Stella Dornbusch (secretary)
Marae Location: 91 Karakanui Road, Tinopai
8. Ripia
Email: secretary.ripia@gmail.com
Contact person: Louisa Kīngi (secretary)
Marae Location: 1627 Pouto Road, Te Kopuru
9. Te Kowhai
Email: tekowhaimaraetrust@gmail.com
Contact person: Meghan Wright (secretary)
Marae Location: 864 Te Kowhai Road, Matakohe
10. Te Pounga
Email: jeanette.nathan@tehaoranga.co.nz
Contact person: Jeanette Nathan (secretary)
Marae Location: 130 Nathan Road, Kaiwaka
11. Waihaua
Email: waihauamarae1@gmail.com
Contact person: Ngaire Panapa (secretary)
Marae Location: 449 Arapaoa Road, Tinopai
12. Waikaretu
Email: jakeoleen@bigpond.com
Contact person: Jakeoleen Carroll (secretary)
Marae Location: Pouto Road, Waikaretu
Online: https://maorimaps.com/marae/waik%C4%81retu-p%C5%8Duto
13. Waiohou
Email: laviniamday@gmail.com
Contact person: Lavinia Day (secretary)
Marae Location: Tinopai Peninsula
Online: Not currently on Maori Maps
14. Waiotea
Email: mirumikaera@gmail.co.nz
Contact person: Mikaera Miru
Marae Location: End of Ngatoto Road and across beachfront
