Inside Taumata o Kupe on Te Mahurehure Marae in Point Chevalier, Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), designed by TOA Architects, is a building dedicated to the sharing of mātauranga Māori and to embodying the epic journeys of Māori ancestors across the Pacific and within Aotearoa. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
In Auckland's suburb of Point Chevalier is the award winning whare, Te Taumata o Kupe.
It's the dreamchild of Te Mahurehure Marae Chairperson Christine Panapa, a living heroine in her own right, whose ambition and execution has seen Mahurehure Marae morph from a tin shed in a grassy paddock into a large marae complex complete with state of the art buildings and dynamic spaces.
In a new Saturday Morning series, Susie and Mihi are travelling across the country to visit different marae.
Mihi caught up with Christine Panapa a few weeks ago, at the foot of an enormous glass window wall called Te Taumata o Kupe.
