Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Kāhui Maru,
Te Iwi o Maruwharanui
Located within the natural flora and fauna of Tarata, adjacent to the shimmering hue of the Waitara river, is a marae local Iwi call Te Upoko o te Whenua.
Akin to the Ngāti Maru Iwi, the marae has over a generation become the foundation of many whānau, most of whom have partaken in the development of what it stands for today, “a place we can all call home”.
Te Pūaotanga o Maru i te Atatū – Crown Apology
On Saturday 29 October 2022 at Te Upoko o te Whenua, Ngāti Maru received an apology from the Crown for its historic breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and 16 titles of land returned under the Treaty settlement. Uri came from far and wide to mark this momentous occasion, which will forever be commemorated as Te Pūaotanga o Maru i te Atatū – the reawakening and re-emergence of Ngāti Maru.
