Whakarongotai Marae – te reo
2 te Ara o Marae, Waikanae
I 1850, i hangaia tētehi wharenui i raro i te whakahau a Wi Tako Ngatata-i-te-rangi, rangatira o Ngāti Tawhirikura, Ngāti Kura me Ngāti Hāmua, hapū o Te Āti Awa. Ko Puku Mahi Tamariki te ingoa. I whakatūria tūturungia i Tuku Rākau kei te rori o Te Moana me Greenaway i Waikanae.
I 1886 i tōia te wharenui ki te wāhi e tū nei ia ināianei. I pēneingia, kia pātata ai ki te hapori e piki haere ana te tokomaha, ā, e noho huihui ana ki te raina rerewhenua me te piriti. He mea tiki atu he Māori nō ngā iwi o te rohe hei kaimahi, ā, hei hāpai i te whakahoutanga.
I waenganui i ngā tau 1970 me 1980 te wharenui i whakahoungia ai, arā, i whakapaingia te papa, i whakatūngia hoki he whare hou. I 1984, i whakatūngia ki te papa tētehi pou whakarae wahine e mau ana i tētehi manu mā, he rangimārie te tohu. Ko Te Puna o te Aroha te ingoa o te whakairo nei, “Foundation of Love”. I tāraingia i Taumarunui, he kauri te rākau, I tāpaengia e ngā uri o William Jenkins me tana hoa wahine a Paeroke, ā, i 1840 nāna hoki i whakatū tētehi Bush Inn i Te Uruhi, i te taha moana o Paraparaumu.
I ēnei rā, he wāhi whakawhāiti te marae i ngā mahi Māori o te tāone, ā-tikanga, ā-ahurea, ā-ōhanga, ā-tōrangapū hoki.
Group of Māori women at Waikanae, 1908
Waikanae Wharenui, with building in progress, 1979
The Whakarongotai meeting house and the dining room under construction in 1979. Pictured are Ani Parata and Pehi Parata. Hp 172, Bruce MacMillan Collection, Kāpiti Coast District Libraries. (1)
Whakarongotai Marae, 2 Marae Lane 1962
