Nga Hau E Wha National Marae
Pan-tribal urban marae with a carved Treaty gateway and one of the country's largest meeting houses.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Ngā Hau e Whā National Marae in Christchurch follows Te Aritaua Pitama, a Ngāi Tahu teacher and one of the first Māori voices on New Zealand commercial radio, and the meeting house he asked the Government for in nineteen forty. It reaches from a radio studio in the nineteen-thirties to a carved gateway unveiled in nineteen eighty-two. Stand facing Te Amorangi, the entrance gateway, to follow the carvings as they come up.
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