Tapu Te Ranga Marae – our ahi kā
Cut into a hillside, Tapu Te Ranga Marae stands proudly. A living urban Marae founded by Bruce Stewart and his whānau (family).
This Wellington tāonga (treasure) is open and shared with people from ngā hau e whā (people from the four winds). The Marae is a place of gathering, learning and community. She is a strong social, artistic, cultural and environmental statement of living Māori in today's world.
Named after Island Bay’s coastal Island, the heritage-listed site is perched on 50 acres of land in New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington.
The marae is the world’s largest, tallest, greenest and fully wooden house on wooden piles built of recycled materials. The building consists of eleven stories covering 38,000 square feet and reaching 131 feet high.
Manuhiri (visitors) from right across the world have been touched by the openness and warmth of Tapu Te Ranga Marae, a living marae that keeps it's ahi kā (home fires) burning as a beacon for the people.
Ko Tawatawa te Maunga
Ko ngā waka o ngā hau e whā Ngā Waka
Ko te Manawa Karioi te Puna
Ko Ūkaipo nō Mahinārangi me Pare Waaka ngā Whare Tīpuna
Ko Hirini te tangata
Ko Tapu Te Ranga te Marae
About Us
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About Us
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About Us
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Our Story, our Vision
Cut into a hillside, Tapu Te Ranga Marae stands proudly. A living urban Marae founded by Bruce Stewart and his whānau (family).
This Wellington tāonga (treasure) is open and shared with people from ngā hau e whā (people from the four winds). The Marae is a place of gathering, learning and community. She is a strong social, artistic, cultural and environmental statement of living Māori in today's world.
Named after Island Bay’s coastal Island, the heritage-listed site is perched on 50 acres of land in New Zealand’s capital city of Wellington.
The marae is the world’s largest, tallest, greenest and fully wooden house on wooden piles built of recycled materials. The building consists of eleven stories covering 38,000 square feet and reaching 131 feet high.
Manuhiri (visitors) from right across the world have been touched by the openness and warmth of Tapu Te Ranga Marae, a living marae that keeps it's ahi kā (home fires) burning as a beacon for the people.