Waihōpai

Contact Details

Representative:
Odele Stehlin
Address:

408 Tramway Road
Tisbury
Invercargill 9812

Postal Address:

PO Box 7017
South Invercargill
Invercargill 9844

Phone:
03 216 9074

About

Ko Tākitimu te maunga
Ko Oreti te awa
Ko Murihiku te marae
Ko Te Rakitauneke te whare tupuna
Ko Hine o te Iwi te wharekai

Waihōpai Rūnaka is based in Southland with Murihiku Marae situated in Invercargill.

The wharekai, Hine o te Iwi, was the first building on the site when it opened in June 1983. The wharenui, Te Rakitauneke, opened in February 1990. Murihiku connects ancestrally to nga waka Uruao me Takitimu, maunga Takitimu and the Te Moana Ara a Kiwa.

Te Tonga o te Whetu, which is the office block, was the first building on the marae complex.