Te pito whenua kei mua tonu o te wharenui, o te tipuna whare, o te whare rūnanga rānei, e hui ai te iwi. Te pito whenua o tētahi whānau, o tētahi hapū, kei reira e tū ana tō rātou whare tupuna, tētahi wharekai, me ētahi atu whare e whakahaeretia ai ā rātou kaupapa nui.*
*He Pātaka Kupu (wh.406).
The piece of land in front of the ancestral meeting house where gatherings are conducted. The piece of land belonging to a family or sub-tribe, along with associated buildings such as their ancestral house, dining hall and other buildings, where their important occasions are conducted.
Hokihoki ai ia ki tōna marae i te raki, ki ngā kaupapa a tōna iwi.
He tangata tū marae a Kapua, he wahapū, he mātau ki ngā kōrero tuku iho a tōna iwi.
Ko te marae ātea te whaitua o Tūmatauenga, nō Rongo-marae-roa te wharenui.