Our Marae
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Our Marae is situated at 26 Māori Road, RD 10, Waimate. Waihao marae is located between Oamaru and Timaru, in the township of Morven. The primary hapu is Te Runanga o Waihao of Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe and Ngāi Tahu. Waihao connects ancestrally to the waka Uruao, Araiteuru and Tākitimu, and the awa Waihao.
Opening of the Centennial Hall Morven
Click on the links below to read an extract from South Canturbury newspapers reporting on the opening of the Centennial Hall and other major events
Te Waiata o Te Mahinga kai
Nā: Kelly Davis Te Maire
Anei anō ngā kōrero
A taua mā a pōua mā
I te kaupapa
I whārikitia e rātou
Mō ngā taonga e
O te mahinga kai
Kei whea rā ngā kōkopu
Ngā kokopara e
Inaka wai kakahi mā
Ngā hao ngā waikura
Kaeo kana kana e (x2)
Ki te awa tapu o Waihao
I tipu ai ēnei kai
Me te oranga o ngā whanaunga hapū
Kura kura Kāi Tahu e (x3)
Translation
Here is another of the stories of
Our Taua and our Poua
Of the issue they have laid out before us
Of that most precious thing
Our ability to gather food
Where now are the kokopu, the kokopara
The whitebait, freshwater mussels, the hao eel,
Freshwater crayfish, Kaeo, and Lampreys
In the Sacred river of Waihao
These foods were nurtured
For the health of our families our Hapu
Kai Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha