E whakarākei ana a Neil Tate i ngā raparapa me ngā amo mō te whakatuwheratanga o te whare nui o Te Upoko o Te Ika a Māui i Pipitea marae, i te tau 1980. Ko te marae tēnei o Ngāti Pōneke. Nō te tau 1929 ka hangaia te marae hei wāhi huihuinga mō ngā Māori i Pōneke e noho ana. Nō te tau 1937 ka huaina tōna ingoa ko Ngāti Pōneke, otirā hei wāhi karahui mā te rangatahi Māori, e tūhono anō ai ki te ahurea Māori. Nō te tau 1944 ka tukua e te Pirimia e Peter Fraser te hōro o ngā hōia Merikana ki a Ngāti Pōneke hei kāinga mō rātou. Nō te tau 1980 rā anō ka tū ia hei marae tūturu, arā, hei tautoko i ngā Māori kei ngā tāone e noho ana.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1980/1728
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