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Ōmaka marae

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Te Aroha o te Waipounamu, the wharenui (meeting house) on Ōmaka marae, was opened in 1985. In this 2009 video clip, Kiley Nepia describes the carvings on the maihi (bargeboards) and amo (uprights) at the front of the wharenui, the stories they tell of the migration of iwi and hapū into Marlborough and the links amongst them.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Marlborough places – Blenheim, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/31856/omaka-marae (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 17 May 2011, updated 18 June 2015.