Tikapa

[1] On the road heading toward the coast of Tikapa, is a small hilltop cemetery called Taumata.

He was a Spanish whaler who in the early part of the 19th century was persuaded to stay in the Waiapu Valley by tribal chiefs.

However, Sir Āpirana Ngata offered to place the school further inward the valley towards Waiomatatini, where it was built and remained there until it closed in the 1970s.

[4] It includes the late 19th century Pōkai meeting house, the Pohatu dining room and Hinekopeka Urupa cemetery.

[5] In October 2020, the Government committed $113,765 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae, creating an estimate 5.5 jobs.