Contact
Phone: 07 322 9399
Marae bookings: bookings@tuarki.com or 073229399
Physical Address: 322 Galatea Road, Te Teko.
Tuariki Marae Comitee:
Meri Hepi - Chairperson / Te Runanga o Ngatia Awa Representative
Mereana August - Secretary
Hana Chace - Treasurer
Loretta Hepi - Deputy Chairperson / Kitchen
Jack Peri - Kaumatua
Nau Mai, Haere Mai
Welcome to the hapu of Te Tawera Ki Tuariki
Ko Putauaki te maunga
Ko Rangitaiki te awa
Ko Tuariki te marae
Ko Tuariki te hapu
Ko Tuariki te rangatira
Ko Te Wairereahiahi te wharekai
Ko Waiparapara te papa whenua
Ko Mataatua me Te Arawa nga waka tupuna
Ko Ngati Awa te iwi
Ko Te Wairereahiahi te wharekai
Ko Waiparapara te papa whenua
Ko Mataatua meTe Arawa nga waka tupuna
Ko Ngati Awa te iwi
Tuariki is a hapu of Te Tawera. This ancestor was born at Maketu
between Parawai and Pukemaire. When he came out of his mother’s womb
his father said, "My son standing like an Ariki". Hence his name Tuariki.
Ihenga was his father and Hinetekakara was his mother.
Tuariki and children of Tanepawhero married into the Mataatua people and the
Te Arawa people. It was his son Tuwahiawa and his descendants that married
into the Ngati Umutahi hapu. Through this union emerged the hapu known as
Te Tawera ki Tuariki which became known as a hapu of Te Tawera.
On 20th October 1991 it was decided under the guidance of the late
kaumatua Kakaho Te Ua and Arapeta Te Rire that the name of Tuariki
be retained for the Marae In 1993 the marae of Tuariki and its
people were registered under the name of Ngati Tuariki, despite this
Tuariki is still a hapu of Tawera through their connections to Iramoko, Hahuru
and Umutahi marae.