{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox building | name = Mangahanea Marae | native_name = Mangahanea Marae | native_name_lang = mi | image = Hinetapora_Wharenui_at_Mangahanea_Marae.jpg | caption = The meeting house at Mangahanea Marae | location = Ruatoria, New Zealand | address = Tuparoa Rd, Ruatoria 4082 | coordinates = {{coord|-37.888114|178.344057}} | inauguration_date = 1896<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naumaiplace.com/site/mangahanea/home/page/1244/profile/|title=Mangahanea Marae Profile – Mangahanea Marae|website=Naumaiplace.com|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref> | building_type = Marae | website = {{url|http://www.ngatiporou.com/nati-life/ngati-porou-marae/mangahanea-marae}} }}
'''Mangahanea Marae''' is a marae (traditional Māori meeting house) located in the East Coast township of Ruatoria in New Zealand. The marae is the within the land catchment of the descendants of Māori tribes Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Uepohatu,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ngati-porou |title=Ngāti Porou – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |website=Teara.govt.nz |date= |accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ngati-porou/page-3 |title=3. – Ngāti Porou – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |website=Teara.govt.nz |date= |accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> through the marriage of Hinetapora and Te Rangikaputua.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/east-coast-places/page-2 |title=2. – East Coast places – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |website=Teara.govt.nz |date= |accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> Their descendants are connected to a number of subtribes (hapū): Uepohatu, Te Aitangā o Materoa, Hauiti, Ruataupare and Te Whānau o Umuariki.
Work commenced on the ancestral house (Whare Tipuna, the main meeting house of the marae) carvings and interior panels during the 1880s and the house was formally opened in 1896. The unique carving and tukutuku adorned dining hall (wharekai) named Rutu Tawhiorangi, was built and opened in the late 1930s. The land under the marae was made a Māori Reserve under the Native Purposes Act 1937<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/npa19372gv1937n34287/ |title=Native Purposes Act 1937 (2 GEO VI 1937 No 34) |website=Nzlii.org |date= |accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> (later renamed the Maori Purposes Act 1937<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1937/0034/latest/whole.html|title=Maori Purposes Act 1937 No 34 (as at 25 October 1956), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation|website=Legislation.govt.nz|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref>) on 29 October 1947.
The marae was the site of an iconic Herbs album launch party in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thespinoff.co.nz/featured/25-02-2016/books-the-crazy-time-herbs-brought-peace-love-and-kfc-to-ruatoria-during-the-rasta-troubles/|title=The crazy time Herbs brought peace, love and KFC to Ruatoria during the Rasta Troubles|date=25 February 2016|website=Thespinoff.co.nz|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/herbs/stories/herbs-in-ruatoria-1987|title=Herbs in Ruatoria, 1987 – Story – AudioCulture|website=Audioculture.co.nz|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-power-of-music-te-kaha-o-te-waiata-1988|title=The Power of Music (Te Kaha o Te Waiata) – Short Film – NZ On Screen|website=Nzonscreen.com|accessdate=25 November 2016}}</ref>
In October 2020, the Government committed $5,756,639 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 28 other Ngāti Porou marae. The funding was expected to create 205 jobs.<ref name="maraepgf">{{cite web |title=Marae Announcements |url=https://www.growregions.govt.nz/assets/funding-announcements/marae-announcements.xlsx |website=growregions.govt.nz |publisher=Provincial Growth Fund |format=Excel |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.naumaiplace.com/site/mangahanea/home/page/1244/profile/ Managahanea Marae] (official website)
{{Gisborne District}} {{New Zealand marae}}
Category:Marae in New Zealand Category:Gisborne District Category:1896 establishments in New Zealand