Story: Ngāti Tūwharetoa

Tāpeka meeting house

Tāpeka meeting house

Tāpeka meeting house at Waihī marae, near Tokaanu, belongs to the Ngāti Turumākina sub-tribe. It is also the meeting house of the Te Heuheu family, who are paramount chiefs of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. It was opened on 18 April 1959.

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Martin Wikaira, 'Ngāti Tūwharetoa - Warfare', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/4278/tapeka-meeting-house (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Martin Wikaira, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2017