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Tūrangawaewae (Māori: [tʉːɾaŋawaewae]) is a marae and a royal residence in Ngāruawāhia, Waikato, New Zealand.It is the official residence of the Māori monarch and the administrative headquarters of the Kīngitanga movement.
Ngāruawāhia is the home of the rugby league team Turangawaewae RLC, which is named after the marae opposite the clubrooms. The club currently holds the record for the first team to win consecutive titles in the annual Waicoa Bay Premiers Competition, consisting of all teams in the Waikato, Coast and Bay Of Plenty regions.
This is a list of marae (Māori meeting grounds) in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In October 2020, the Government committed $29,614,993 through the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade 77 marae in the region, with the intention of creating 648 jobs.
Tuheitia will lie in state at Turangawaewae Marae, headquarters of the Kiingitanga, for five days before being taken to his final resting place on the sacred burial site of Mount Taupiri.
Local media reported he would now be taken to his home meeting place, Turangawaewae marae, and his tangihanga, or funeral rites, are expected to last at least five days. (Reporting by Lucy Craymer ...
The week before Tuheitia’s death, thousands traveled to Turangawaewae Marae, the Māori King Movement headquarters in the town of Ngāruawāhia, for annual celebrations of the king’s ascension ...
The official residence of the Māori king and the meeting house at Turangawaewae marae in Ngāruawāhia are Turongo House and Mahinarangi meeting house, named in honour of the couple. The names were suggested by Sir Āpirana Ngata , to commemorate the links between Tainui and Ngāti Porou , which had supplied funding and carvers for the ...
The korupe (carving over the window frame) at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia showing the Tainui canoe with its captain Hoturoa.Above the canoe is Te Hoe-o-Tainui, a famous paddle, the kete (basket) given to Whakaotirangi by a tohunga of Hawaiki, the bird Parakaraka (front) who was able to see in the dark, and another bird who warned of approaching daylight. [1]