Waihou Marae is located at Waihou, North Hokianga. There are seven hapū that whakapapa and link to this marae. They are Ngati Te Reinga, Te Waekoi, Te Uri o te Aho, Parewhero, Whanau Moko, Te Waiariki and Ngati Moroki.
The ancestral and sacred mountains majestically standing in the Warawara forest are Te Reinga, Tauwhare, Panguru, Pukepoto, Pukekowhai, Te Rautaute, Puketotara, Mauwhika, Whikiti and Te Kohi. It is these mountains that link the seven hapu to Waihou-nui-a-rua marae.
The ancestral and sacred mountains majestically standing in the Warawara forest are Te Reinga, Tauwhare, Panguru, Pukepoto, Pukekowhai, Te Rautaute, Puketotara, Mauwhika, Whikiti and Te Kohi. It is these mountains that link the seven hapu to Waihou-nui-a-rua marae.
He Waiata: Waimirirangi He Mana Wahine
Kia hiwa rā
Kia hiwa rā Waimirirangi he mana wahine Tōtara haemata o ngā uri e Te Rēinga maunga Te Rēinga tangata Te Rēinga hapū Ko Waihou te ūkaipō Kei reira rā Te Waiariki, Te Uri o Te Aho Te Waekoi e Whānau Moko, Parewhero, me Ngāti Moroki Waimirirangi te kuini o tātou katoa Waimirirangi te kuini o tātou katoa |
Be alert
Be aware Waimirirangi, a woman of nobel lineage Like the canopy of the totara, the highest of her descendents Te Rēinga is the mountian Te Rēinga is the tupuna Ngāti Te Rēinga, the people Waihou is the bosom of our people Also residing there are Te Waiāriki, Te Uri o Te Aho, Te Waekoi, Te Whānau Moko, Parewhero and Ngāti Moroki Waimirirangi, is our queen |
