page_title: Te Whaiti
hierarchical_section_title: Te Whaiti
caption_attribution_description: English: Carved pataka (storehouse) at Te Whaiti. There are sheets of corrugated iron on the ground beside the pataka. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in October 1930.
context_page_description: Te Whaiti or Te Whāiti is a forested area in the Whakatane District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in the Whirinaki River Valley, near Minginui.
  The area's full Māori name, Te Whāiti-nui-a-Toi, translates as "the great canyon of Toi".
  Albert Percy Godber took photographs of Māori art and architecture in the area.
  Te Whaiti is in the rohe of both Tūhoe and Ngāti Whare. It has three marae:
  Waikotikoti Marae and Hinenuitepo meeting house is affiliated with the Tūhoe hapū of Te Karaha, Ngāti Hāmua, Warahoe, and with Ngāti Whare.
  Murumurunga Marae and Wharepakau meeting house is affiliated with both iwi.
  Waireporepo Marae is a meeting ground of Ngāti Whare; it has no meeting house.
context_section_description: Te Whaiti or Te Whāiti is a forested area in the Whakatane District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in the Whirinaki River Valley, near Minginui.
  The area's full Māori name, Te Whāiti-nui-a-Toi, translates as "the great canyon of Toi".
  Albert Percy Godber took photographs of Māori art and architecture in the area.
  Te Whaiti is in the rohe (tribal area) of both Tūhoe and Ngāti Whare. It has three marae:
  Waikotikoti Marae and Hinenuitepo meeting house is affiliated with the Tūhoe hapū of Te Karaha, Ngāti Hāmua, Warahoe, and with Ngāti Whare.
  Murumurunga Marae and Wharepakau meeting house is affiliated with both iwi.
  Waireporepo Marae is a meeting ground of Ngāti Whare; it has no meeting house.
caption: Carved pataka (storehouse) at Te Whaiti photographed in 1930
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