Tūrangawaewae Marae is located in the town of Ngāruawāhia in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. A very significant marae, it is the headquarters for the Māori King Movement and the official residence and reception centre of the head of the Kīngitanga, the current Māori King, Tūheitia Paki.
Mahinarangi meeting house
Doors of Mahinarangi
Turongo House
Ceremonial gates at Tūrangawaewae
Ngāruawāhia is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers, adjacent to the Hakarimata Range. Ngāruawāhia is in the Hamilton Urban Area, the fourth largest urban area in New Zealand. The location was once considered as a potential capital of New Zealand.
Waikato River passing through Ngāruawāhia
One of the few surviving examples of Ngāruawāhia's previous name is the old Newcastle Butchery building, c. 1921
A gun turret of the paddle-steamer gunboat Pioneer, now mounted near the Waikato River
Mangarata Reservoir, Hakarimata