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Kōrero: Canterbury region

Rehua marae

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Rehua marae

Ngāi Tahu is the major South Island tribe, but from the 1950s Māori from North Island tribes moved to Christchurch for work. A trade training hostel developed into the main urban marae, Rehua. When Queen Elizabeth II visited Christchurch in 2002, she was welcomed by Ngāi Tahu at Rehua marae.

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by Ashley Curtis

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John Wilson, Canterbury region – Social institutions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10369/rehua-marae (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.