Te Takinga Wharenui

The first known records of the Te Takinga whare tupuna

are recorded in 1879, with improvements in 1902 and

1922. The original whare was located by the Church on

an ancestral site called Hohowai. In 1928, Te Takinga II

wharenui was renovated and moved to a new location.

For this reason, the term Hohowai is no longer used. The

third Te Takinga wharenui was renovated again, further

enlarged to its current size and re-opened in 1960.

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Recording about Te Takinga marae:

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Kaikōrero: Stanley Newton.

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Haare Williams presents a programme of recordings

made during a Cook Island course in leadership skills at

Te Takina Marae in Rotorua. Course members enjoyed

the hospitality of Stanley Tētēkura Newton, Te Arawa

kaumātua and the people of Mourea. Tētēkura Newton

talks about the marae and the settlement of the area

by his Ngāti Pikiao people, the building of the marae,

his war time service spent in the Cook Islands and his

frustration with New Zealand society.