Pakipaki

Pakipaki is a village and rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

It is located at the intersection of State Highway 2 and State Highway 50A, south-west of Hastings and Havelock North.

Houngarea meeting house near Pakipaki in the 1930s
Mihiroa meeting house at Ngati Mihiroa Marae

The community has three Ngāti Kahungunu marae:

  • Houngarea Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of Ngāti Ngarengare, Ngāti Papatuamāro, Ngāti Tamaterā and Ngāti Te Rehunga.
  • Mihiroa Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of Ngāti Mihiroa.
  • Taraia Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of Ngāti Hōtoa and Ngāti Taraia.[1][2]

Education

Te Kura o Pakipaki is a co-educational state primary school,[3] with a roll of 33 as of March 2020.[4][5]

References
  1. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  2. "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  3. "Te Kura o Pakipaki Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  4. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. "Te Kura o Pakipaki Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.


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