Ngāti Hau ki Whakapara

Eru and Te Tawaka were forward thinking people and wanted to make sure they provided for their children and their descendents. The land for the Whakapara Marae was set aside as a Māori Reserve in 1913 and in 1966 it was gazetted as a Marae reserve.

Trustees were appointed from the descendents of Eru and Te Tawaka to administer the marae. As well as setting up the marae reserve land was gifted for the church across the road from the marae and later by family members for the Whakapara Native School.

For many of their descendents the marae is the last link to the whenua of their tupuna; most of the whānau land has been sold to people outside the families.