Story: Marlborough places

Takahanga marae

Takahanga marae

Snow cloaks Takahanga marae, immediately above Kaikōura township. With its handsome modern meeting house, which opened in 1992, the marae is an important centre for Ngāi Tahu on the Kaikōura coast.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Marlborough places - Kaikōura coast', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/31878/takahanga-marae (accessed 26 April 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 18 Jun 2015