Ngaruawaahiano north island 1.5 hours south of Auckland
Ngaruawahia
The Maori word for house is "whare."
The Maori word for house is "whare."
Ngaruawahia
Waikato
Turangawaewae in Ngaruawahia, Waikato.
A maori meeting house can be as big as 8 meters by 10 meters.
'Whare' is Maori for 'house'.
Whare.
it is a sacred hall in the marae in which special maori events are held.
It is Maori for house or home.
The meeting house is the Wharenui (literally, big house) it is on the marae, the maori sacred place, also on the marae, is the Wharekai (eating house) and many other buildings and carvings. you must be formally welcomed on to a marae.