Story: Te Whānau-ā-Apanui

Te Kaha marae

Tūkākī was the son of Apanui Ringamutu and Kahukuramihiata. The meeting house is named after Tūkākī.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: F-1090-1/4

by John Dobrée Pascoe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Roka Paora, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui – Ancestors, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/531/te-kaha-marae (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Roka Paora, published 4 March 2009, updated 10 February 2015.

Comments

Nobby Wihare ahau Ko Kirimatoa Kerei Toku Mama
04 April 2018

Kia Ora Te Whanau Can you please let me no what Tukaki Marae Kaitiaki is please. Mauri Ora

Marcia Pakura
13 July 2014

Kia ora I am looking for a purakau or pakiwaitara from Te Whanau a Apanui with a whakatauki or a whakakatauki that comes from these purakau or pakiwaitara PLEASE can anyone help me.