Karitane

Home to our local iwi, Kati Huirapa ki Puketeraki, Puketeraki Marae overlooks Huriawa Peninsula and is available for groups who want to enjoy a marae experience. The Marae regularly hosts university and polytechnic hui as well as many other events.

520 Apes Road, Karitane, 9471

As written by Matapura Ellison of Kati Huirapa ki Puketeraki, when the book, 'Te Poho Kanikani o Huirapa - The Dancing Hall of Huirapa' was released in 2001, the year that Huirapa Hall, the original whare runaka was restored and re-opened as Puketeraki Marae. From the 1920s to the present day, the whare runaka was a place for music, singing and dancing, food and fun of the days when the Puke Hall was used for everything from Maori Land Court sittings and public meetings, silent films, women's group parties and school concerts, to Girl Guides, Boy Scouts, table tennis and roller skating. The Hall was the glue that bound a close community together. Now, Puketeraki Marae is a place where both whanau and whanui gather to experience that specialness such a site offers.