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Taputapuātea, an ancient marae constructed of stone on Ra'iātea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia, restored in 1994. A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), malaʻe (in Tongan), meʻae (in Marquesan) or malae (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies.
Marae Taputapuatea is a large marae complex at Opoa in Taputapuatea, on the eastern coast of Raiatea.The site features a number of marae and other stone structures and was once considered the central temple and religious center of Eastern Polynesia.
Nearby, archaeological excavations have uncovered the remains of dwellings and stone tool workshops. The ceremonial site at Tainuu, on the northwest coast, is also well preserved. In addition to the imposing coral rock slabs with which the marae were delimited, petroglyphs are also preserved here. On this site, sacred to the Polynesians ...
In the Atiroʻo period (1000–1650 CE), artificial cultivation terraces were built on the slopes and simple stone buildings, such as the Marae Tapauruʻuru. The remains of rectangular houses ( fare haupape ) and those with elongated oval floor plans ( fare poteʻe ), reserved for the power elite, indicate a strictly stratified and hierarchical ...
Te Puea Memorial Marae is a marae located in Māngere Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand.Opened in 1965, it was the first urban marae in Auckland, built for all Māori instead of a specific iwi, but in particular as a community centre for local urban Māori communities around Onehunga and Māngere, and for the Waikato Tainui iwi.
During the decline, carvers focused instead on carved marae, objects such as tokotoko, or carved aspects of buildings such as churches. [4] [2] Most traditions that survived this period into the late 1800s were centred around communal whakairo schools, mostly located around Rotorua, Te Urewera, the Whanganui River and the East Coast. [2]
The canoe's fishing net and the water gourd were turned into stone at Moeraki in the South Island, where they can still be seen in the form of the Moeraki Boulders. [1]: 179 The canoe itself remained at Shag Point. [1]: 179 [2] Dunedin's pan-iwi marae, located in the suburb of Wakari, is named Araiteuru Marae [4] after the canoe.
A feature that has been put forward as evidence of pre-Polynesian settlers is the Kaimanawa Wall, which some claim is a remnant of ancient human construction that the Māori could not have built because they did not build with stone in such a way. [51] [52] The wall formation was inspected by an archaeologist and a geologist.