Rehua Marae
Urban marae with a fully carved meeting house of tōtara, woven tukutuku panels and painted rafters.
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This guide to Rehua Marae in Christchurch follows the carved meeting house raised on a suburban street in St Albans at the end of the nineteen fifties. You'll meet the master carver Henare Toka and his wife Mere, who came south to lead it, and the young Māori apprentices the place first sheltered. It also traces the rafter patterns back to ancient rock art. Best heard from the marae gate, facing the carved gable.
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