# List of marae in the Bay of Plenty region

This is a list of marae (Māori meeting grounds) in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.
In October 2020, the Government committed $29,614,993 through the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade 77 marae in the region, with the intention of creating 648 jobs.

## Western Bay of Plenty District

| Marae name | Wharenui name | Iwi and hapū | Location |
| Te Awhe o te Rangi Marae | Te Awhe o te Rangi | Ngāti Mākino (Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Te Awhe), Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Pikiao) | Maketū |
| Haraki Marae | Haraki | Ngāti Rangiwewehi (Ngāti Rangiwewehi ki Tai), Waitaha | Te Puke |
| Kutaroa Marae | Tauaiti | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāti Tauaiti) | Matakana Island |
| Makahae / Te Kahika | Makahae | Tapuika (Ngāti Tuheke) | Te Puke |
| Manoeka | Hei | Waitaha | Te Puke |
| Te Matai / Ngāti Kurī | Tapuika | Tapuika (Ngāti Kurī) | Rangiuru |
| Moko / Ngāti Moko | Mokotangatakotahi | Tapuika (Ngāti Moko) | Te Puke |
| Oponui Marae | Wharenui dismantled | Ngāi Te Rangi (Te Ngare) | Rangiwaea Island |
| Opureora Marae | Tuwhiwhia | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāi Tuwhiwhia, Ngāti Tauaiti) | Matakana Island |
| Ōtamarākau Marae | Waitahanui a Hei | Ngāti Mākino (Ngāti Mākino, Ngāti Te Awhe) | Ōtamarākau |
| Otāwhiwhi Marae | Tamaoho | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāi Tauwhao) | Bowentown |
| Paparoa Marae | Werahiko | Ngāti Ranginui (Pirirākau) | Te Puna |
| Poutūterangi | Takurua | Ngāti Ranginui (Pirirākau) | Te Puna |
| Te Paamu | Tia | Tapuika (Ngāti Marukukere) | Rangiuru |
| Te Rangihouhiri / Oruarahi | Te Rangihouhiri | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāi Tamawhariua) | Matakana Island |
| Rangiwaea Marae | Te Haka a Te Tupere | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāi Tauwhao) | Rangiwaea Island |
| Te Rere a Tukahia Marae | Tamawhariua | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāi Tamawhariua) | Katikati |
| Tawakepito | Tawakepito | Tapuika (Ngāti Tuheke) | Te Puke |
| Tawhitinui Marae | Kahi | Ngāti Ranginui (Pirirākau) | Whakamarama |
| Tokerau | Pikiao | Ngāti Pikiao | Pongakawa |
| Tuapiro Marae | Ngā Kurī a Wharei | Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāti Te Wai) | Katikati |
| Tūhourangi Marae | Tūhourangi | Tūhourangi | Rangiuru |
| Tutereinga Marae | Tutereinga | Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāti Taka, Pirirākau) | Te Puna |
| Whakaue / Tapiti | Whakaue Kaipapa | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketū) | Maketū |

## Tauranga City

| Marae name | Wharenui name | Iwi and hapū | Location |
| Hairini Marae | Ranginui | Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāi Te Ahi) | Hairini |
| Hangarau / Peterehema | Hangarau | Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāti Hangarau) | Bethlehem |
| Hungahungatoroa / Whakahinga | Tāpuiti | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāi Tukairangi) | Matapihi |
| Huria | Tamatea Pokaiwhenua | Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāi Tamarawaho) | Judea |
| Mangatawa or Tamapahore Marae | Tamapahore | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngā Pōtiki) | Papamoa |
| Opopoti | Wairakewa | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāti He) | Maungatapu |
| Te Wairoa Marae | Kahu Tapu | Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Pango, Ngāti Rangi) | Bethlehem |
| Tahuwhakatiki / Romai | Rongomainohorangi | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngā Pōtiki) | Welcome Bay |
| Waikari Marae | Tapukino | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāti Tapu) | Matapihi |
| Waimapu / Ruahine | Te Kaupapa o Tawhito | Ngāti Ranginui (Ngāti Ruahine) | Hairini |
| Whareroa Marae | Rauru ki Tahi | Ngāi Te Rangi (Ngāti Kuku, Ngāi Tukairangi) | Mount Maunganui |

## Mōtītī Island

| Marae name | Wharenui name | Iwi and hapū | Location |
| Te Hinga o te Ra or Te Karioi | Te Hinga o te Ra | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Maumoana, Ngāti Makerewai, Ngāti Takahanga) | Mōtītī Island |
| Te Rua Kopiha Marae | Tamatea ki te Huatahi | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Maumoana, Ngāti Makerewai, Ngāti Takahanga) | Mōtītī Island |

## Rotorua Lakes District

| Marae name | Wharenui name | Iwi and Hapū | Location |
| Apumoana | Apumoana o te Ao Kohatu | Tūhourangi (Hurunga Te Rangi, Ngāti Kahupoko, Ngāti Taeotu, Ngāti Tumatawera) | Lynmore |
| Te Awawherowhero | No wharenui | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Rautao) | Ngongotahā |
| Hinemihi Marae | Hinemihi | Tūhourangi (Ngāti Hinemihi, Ngāti Tuohonoa), Ngāti Tarāwhai (Ngāti Hinemihi) | Ngāpuna |
| Te Huingawaka Marae | Te Huingawaka | Tūhoe (Ngāti Kaingaroa, Nga Tipuna O Te Motu) | Kaingaroa Forest |
| Mataarae Marae | Mataarae | Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa (Ngāti Mataarae, Ngāti Whaoa) | Reporoa |
| Mataatua Marae | Aroha a te Arawa | Tūhoe | Utuhina |
| Ngāpuna / Hurunga o te Rangi | Hurunga o Te Rangi | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Hurunga Te Rangi, Ngāti Taeotu), Tūhourangi (Hurunga Te Rangi, Ngāti Kahu Upoko) | Ngāpuna |
| Kearoa Marae | Kearoa | Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuarā | Horohoro |
| Koutu / Karenga | Tumahaurangi | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Karenga) | Koutu |
| Te Kuirau / Utuhina | Te Roro o Te Rangi | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti te Roro o te Rangi) | Ōhinemutu |
| Ōhākī Marae | Tahumatua | Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa (Ngāti Tahu) | Reporoa |
| Ōwhata / Hinemoa | Tūtanekai | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Korouateka, Ngāti te Roro o te Rangi) | Ōwhata |
| Te Pākira | Wahiao | Tūhourangi (Ngāti Puta, Ngāti Uruhina, Ngāti Wahiao, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Taoi) | Whakarewarewa |
| Te Papaiouru | Tamatekapua | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Hurunga Te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkaki, Ngāti Taeotu, Ngāti Te Rangiwaho, Ngāti te Roro o te Rangi, Ngāti Tūnohopū) | Ōhinemutu |
| Para te Hoata / Tūnohopū | Tūnohopū | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Tūnohopū, Ngāti Whakaue) | Ōhinemutu |
| Parawai | Whatumairangi | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Tuteaiti, Te Whatumairangi), Te Ure o Uenukukōpako (Ngāti Te Ngākau, Ngāti Tura) | Ngongotahā |
| Pikirangi | Ohomairangi | Te Ure o Uenukukōpako (Ngāti Hauora) | Rotokawa |
| Pounamunui | Houmaitawhiti | Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Hinekura) | Okere Falls |
| Punawhakareia | Uenuku mai Rarotonga | Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Te Rangiunuora) | Rotoiti Forest |
| Rongomaipapa | Maruahangaroa | Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuarā | Horohoro |
| Ruamatā | Uenukukōpako | Te Ure o Uenukukōpako (Ngati Te Kanawa) | Rotokawa |
| Ruato / Ngā Pūmanawa | Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru | Ngāti Rongomai | Rotoiti Forest |
| Taharangi | Maruahangaroa | Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuarā, Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Taharangi) | Koutu |
| Tāheke / Opatia | Rangitihi | Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Hinerangi) | Okere Falls |
| Te Takinga | Te Takinga | Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Te Takinga) | Okere Falls |
| Tapuaekura a Hatupatu Marae | Tapuaekura a Hatupatu | Ngāti Rongomai | Rotoiti Forest |
| Tapuaeharuru | Uruika | Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Kawiti, Ngāti Tamateatutahi) | Rotoiti Forest |
| Tārukenga | Te Ngākau | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Te Ngakau, Ngāti Tura), Te Ure o Uenukukōpako (Ngāti Te Ngākau, Ngāti Tura) | Ngongotahā |
| Tarimano | Tawakeheimoa | Ngāti Rangiwewehi (Ngāti Rangiwewehi ki Uta) | Ngongotahā |
| Taupari | Paruaharanui | Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Paruaharanui) | Mourea |
| Taurua | Te Rangiunuora | Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Te Rangiunuora) | Rotoiti Forest |
| Te Toke | Te Rama | Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa (Ngāti Te Rama, Ngāti Whaoa) | Reporoa |
| Waiatuhi | Kahumatamomoe | Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Kahumatamomoe, Ngāti Paruaharanui, Ngāti Te Takinga) | Mourea |
| Te Waiiti | Hinekura | Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao (Ngāti Hinekura) | Rotoiti Forest |
| Waikite | Tiki | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Whakaue) | Ōhinemutu |
| Waikōhatu | Tarāwhai | Ngāti Tarāwhai (Ngāti Rangitakaroro) | Rotoiti Forest |
| Waikuta | Rangitunaeke | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Rangitunaeke) | Ngongotahā |
| Waimahana / Marapounamu | Rahurahu | Ngāti Tahu - Ngāti Whaoa (Ngāti Rahurahu) | Reporoa |
| Waiohewa | Rangiwhakaekeau | Ngāti Rangiteaorere | Tikitere |
| Waitetī / Weriweri | Ngāraranui | Ngāti Whakaue (Ngāti Ngāraranui), Te Ure o Uenukukōpako (Ngāti Ngāraranui) | Ngongotahā |

## Kawerau District

| Marae name | Wharenui name | Iwi and Hapū | Location |
| Tohia o te Rangi | Waitaha Ariki Kore | Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāi Tamarangi) | Kawerau |

## Whakatane District

| Marae name | Wharenui name | Iwi and Hapū | Location |
| Hahuru Marae | Hahuru | Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Irawharo, Ngāi Tamarangi, Ngāti Peehi, Ngāti Poutomuri, Ngāti Umutahi, Te Aotahi) | Onepu |
| Te Hokowhitu a Tū ki te Rāhui Marae | Te Hokowhitu a Tūmatauenga | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Wharepaia, Ngāti Hokopū - Te Hokowhitu a Tu Ki Te Rāhui) | Whakatāne |
| Iramoko Marae | Te Paetata | Ngāti Awa (Te Tāwera) | Matatā |
| Kākānui (Tīpapa) | Kākahu Tāpiki | Tūhoe (Kākahu Tāpiki) | Ruatāhuna |
| Kokohinau / Tuhimata | O Ruataupare | Ngāti Awa (Te Pahipoto) | Te Teko |
| Te Māpou Marae | Rongotangiawa | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Hāmua) | Te Teko |
| Mātaatua Marae | Te Whai-a-te-Motu | Tūhoe (Te Urewera) | Ruatāhuna |
| Matahi Marae | Te Huinga ō te Kura | Tūhoe (Ngāi Tamatuhirae) | Matahi |
| Maungapōhatu / Te Māpou | Tane-nui-a-rangi | Tūhoe (Tamakaimoana) | Maungapohatu |
| Moewhare / Karangaranga | Moewhare | Ngāti Manawa (Moewhare) | Murupara |
| Murumurunga Marae | Wharepakau | Tūhoe (Ngāti Whare), Ngāti Whare | Te Whāiti |
| Ngāhina Marae | Tāwhaki | Tūhoe (Ngāti Tāwhaki) | Rūātoki |
| Ngāti Umutahi Marae | Umutahi | Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāti Iramoko, Ngāti Umutahi, Te Tāwera) | Matatā |
| Ōhāua or Ōhāua te Rangi | Te Poho-o-Pōtiki | Tūhoe (Ngāti Rongo) | Ruatāhuna |
| Ōhotu Marae | Tūhoe Pōtiki | Tūhoe (Te Whānau Pani) | Rūātoki |
| Omuriwaka Marae | Te Tātua o Hape ki Tūārangi | Tūhoe (Ngāi Tamatuhirae) | Matahi |
| Ōniao | Tūwharetoa | Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Ngāi Tamarangi, Ngāti Umutahi, Ngāti Manuwhare) | Matatā |
| Ōpūtao Marae | Te Ngāwari | Tūhoe (Ngāti Tāwhaki) | Ruatāhuna |
| Ōtekura Marae | Te Ōhāki | Tūhoe (Tamakaimoana) | Ruatāhuna |
| Ōtenuku Marae | Tahatu o Te Ao | Tūhoe (Ngāti Kōura) | Rūātoki |
| Ōwhakatoro or Te Mauku | Ta Apirana Turupa Ngata | Tūhoe (Ngāti Rongo) | Tāwera |
| Painoaiho Marae | Ruatapu | Ngāti Manawa (Ngāti Koro) | Murupara |
| Paneteure or Kaiti Marae | Hui te Rangiora | Tūhoe (Ngāti Rongo) | Rūātoki |
| Papakāinga Marae | Kōura-kino | Tūhoe (Ngāti Kōura) | Rūātoki |
| Pāpueru Marae | Te Whatu o Te Kanohi | Tūhoe (Ngāti Tāwhaki) | Ruatāhuna |
| Piripari Marae | Tamaikaimoana | Tūhoe (Tamakaimoana, Ngāi Tātua) | Waimana |
| Pouahinau Marae | Tūranga Pikitoi | Tūhoe (Tūranga Pikitoi) | Waimana |
| Puawairua Marae | Puawairua | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Hikakino) | Pāroa |
| Pūkeko Marae | Pūkeko | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Pūkeko) | Poroporo |
| Rāhiri Marae | Rāhiri ō te Rangi | Tūhoe (Ngāti Rere) | Waimana |
| Rangataua Marae | Rangataua | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Rangataua) | Poroporo |
| Te Rangihouhiri II Marae | Te Rangihouhiri II | Ngāti Awa (Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri II) | Whakatāne |
| Rangimarie Marae | Rarawhati | Ngāti Awa (Te Whānau o Tariao Tapuke) | Poroporo |
| Rangitahi Marae | Apahapaitaketake | Ngāti Manawa (Ngāti Hui) | Murupara |
| Rangitihi Marae | Rangiaohia | Ngāti Rangitihi | Matatā |
| Rāroa Marae | Te Poho ō Tānemoeahi | Tūhoe (Ko Tamaruarangi) | Waimana |
| Rewarewa Marae | Te Rangimoaho, Kuramihirangi | Tūhoe (Te Māhurehure) | Rūātoki |
| Rewatu Marae | Ueimua | Ngāti Awa (Ngāi Tamapare) | Poroporo |
| Ruaihona Marae | Ruaihona | Ngāti Awa (Ngāi Tamaoki) | Te Teko |
| Taiwhakaea Marae | Taiwhakaea II | Ngāti Awa (Ngāi Taiwhakaea II) | Coastlands |
| Tanatana Marae | Te Poho ō Tuhoe | Tūhoe (Ngāti Rere) | Waimana |
| Tātāhoata Marae | Te Tapuae | Tūhoe (Ngāi Te Riu) | Ruatāhuna |
| Tataiāhape Marae | Takutai ō Terangi | Tūhoe (Ngāti Raka) | Waimana |
| Tauanui Marae | Te Poho ō Tamatea | Tūhoe (Whakatāne Hapū) | Waimana |
| Tauarau Marae | Rongokarae | Tūhoe (Ngāti Rongo) | Rūātoki |
| Tāwhana Marae | Ngā Tau E Maha | Tūhoe (Ngā Maihi) | Waimana |
| Tīpapa Marae | Tangiharuru | Ngāti Manawa (Ngāi Tokowaru) | Murupara |
| Tokitareke / Warahoe | Te Puna o Te Orohi | Ngāti Awa (Warahoe) | Whakatāne |
| Toroa / Pupuaruhe | Toroa | Ngāti Awa (Te Patuwai) | Whakatāne |
| Te Tōtara Marae | Te Puhi o Mātaatua | Tūhoe (Te Urewera) | Rūātoki |
| Tuapō Marae | Te Ao Hou | Tūhoe (Tamakaimoana) | Matahi |
| Tuariki Marae | Tuariki | Ngāti Awa (Tuariki) | Te Teko |
| Tūteao Marae | Tūteao | Ngāti Awa (Ngā Maihi) | Te Teko |
| Uiraroa Marae | Uiraroa | Ngāti Awa (Ngāi Tamawera) | Te Teko |
| Te Umuroa Marae | Te Poho-o-Parahaki | Tūhoe (Ngāti Manunui) | Ruatāhuna |
| Uwhiārae Marae | Te Paena | Tūhoe (Ngāi Te Paena) | Ruatāhuna |
| Te Wai-iti Marae | Te Poho o Kurī Kino | Tūhoe (Ngāti Kurī Kino) | Ruatāhuna |
| Waikirikiri Marae | Toi-kai-rakau | Tūhoe (Hāmua, Ngāti Mura) | Rūātoki |
| Waikotikoti Marae | Hinenuitepo | Tūhoe (Te Karaha, Ngāti Hāmua, Warahoe), Ngāti Whare | Te Whāiti |
| Waiōhau Marae | Tama ki Hikurangi | Tūhoe (Ngāti Haka, Patuheuheu) | Waiōhau |
| Waireporepo Marae | No wharenui | Ngāti Whare | Te Whāiti |
| Whakarae Marae | Toi te Huatahi | Tūhoe (Whakatāne Hapū, Ngāi Tama) | Matahi |
| Te Whare o Toroa Marae | Wairaka | Ngāti Awa (Ngāti Wharepaia, Ngāti Hokopū - Te Whare o Toroa) | Whakatāne |

## Opotiki District

| Marae name | Wharenui name | Iwi and Hapū | Location |
| Te Kaha Marae | Tūkākī | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Te Ēhutu) | Te Kaha |
| Kutarere Marae | Te Poho o Tamaterangi | Tūhoe (Tūranga Pikitoi), Whakatōhea (Te Ūpokorehe) | Kutarere |
| Maraenui Marae | Te Iwarau | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Hikarukutai) | Hāwai |
| Maromahue Marae | Te Poho o Kahungunu | Whakatōhea (Te Ūpokorehe) | Ōpōtiki |
| Te Maru o Hinemaka Marae | Pararaki | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Pararaki) | Raukokore |
| Maungaroa Marae | Kaiaio | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Kaiaio) | Te Kaha |
| Ōmāio Marae | Rongomaihuatahi | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Nuku) | Omāio |
| Opape Marae | Muriwai | Whakatōhea (Ngāi Tamahaua / Ngāi Tama) | Opape |
| Ōpeke / Opekerau / Waioeka | Irapuaia | Whakatōhea (Ngāti Irapuaia / Ngāti Ira) | Waioweka |
| Ōtūwhare Marae | Te Poho o Rūtāia | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Rutaia) | Omāio |
| Pāhāōa Marae | Kahurautao | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Kahurautao) | Te Kaha |
| Te Rere Marae | Te Iringa | Whakatōhea (Ngāti Ngahere) | Ōpōtiki |
| Roimata Marae | Te Ao Marama | Whakatōhea (Te Ūpokorehe) | Kutarere |
| Rongopopoia or Te Kahikatea | Rongopopoia | Tūhoe (Upokorehe) | Ōpōtiki |
| Torere Marae | Torerenui a Rua | Ngāitai | Tōrere |
| Tunapahore Marae | Haraawaka | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Haraawaka) | Hāwai |
| Waiaua Marae | Ruamoko | Whakatōhea (Ngāti Patumoana / Ngāti Patu) | Waiaua |
| Waiōrore Marae | Toihau | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Toihau / Hinetekahu) | Te Kaha |
| Wairūrū Marae | Hinemahuru or Mihi Kotukutuko | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Maruhaeremuri) | Raukokore |
| Whangaparāōa Marae | Kauaetangohia or Te Putahou | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Kauaetangohia) | Cape Runaway |
| Whitianga Marae | Tūtawake | Te Whānau-ā-Apanui (Te Whānau a Tutawake) | Omāio |