Waikato-King Country

Whatapaka Marae is a Poukai Marae for Tainui iwi of Manukau and Lower Waikato, where the hau kainga are Iwi members of Ngai Tai and Ngati Tamaoho. Whatapaka is one of over 120 Marae represented by the collective body of Nga Marae Topu.

The Waikato-Tainui website has been designed to give tribal members an opportunity to learn about and engage with the work of the tribe's administration authority, the Waikato Raupatu Trustee Company Ltd.rnrnAll peoples - national and international visitors, are invited to share in Waikato-Tainui culture, our distinct history, and realise our vision to grow a properous, healthy, vibrant, innovative and culturally strong iwi (tribe).

Te Runanga O Kirikiriroa provides a range of Kaupapa Maori Mental Health and Addiction Services to Hamilton and surrounding districts. Referrals can be received in person, on either a planned or crisis basis. * Rongo Atea - Alcohol & Other Drug Youth Residential Treatment Service * Pumau Ki Te Ora - Rangatahi Alcohol & Other Drug Services * Nga Whare Tuhono - Mental Health Residential Housing & Respite * Aroha Ki Te Tangata - Mental Health - Day Programme * Te Ara Pai - Dual Diagnosis - Support & Education Whanau Centred, Strength Based & Recovery Focused. * Nga Kapua O Te Ao - Crisis And Assessment Services Nga Kapua o Te Ao is the first contact point to Te Runanga O Kirikiriroa Mental Health Services Services include: Crisis and assessment services, Dual Diagnosis, Addiction, Whanau Support & education, Day Programmes, Residential Care, Youth Specialties Services: Whanau Ora * Iwi Health * Aukati Kai Paipa Business Departments * Research And Development * Policy And Planning * Corporate

Ngati Maniapoto is historically an established tribe. In these modern times Ngati Maniapoto has shown a concern for the welfare and development of their people, thus forming the Maniapoto Maaori Trust Board. The Trust Board's main mission is: "To preserve and protect the identity, integrity and interests of the Maniapoto Tribe". The Maniapoto Maaori Trust Board, in its drive towards tribal development, has maintained this mission.

Kaputuhi Pa is the cultural center for Ngati Kaputuhi, a hapu of Ngati Maniapoto.  Kaputuhi, the ancestor, traces her line of descent from Kurawari, a daughter of Raukawa.  Her husband, Taitengahue, descends from the celebrated Maniapoto.  They had three children, Maniauruahu, Parekura and Tarawehi. It was Parekura’s descendents alone who adopted the hapu title Ngāti Kaputuhi and later built a meeting house, naming it after their ancestor, Kaputuhi.