title: Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti
text: # Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti
  
  Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti, Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti or Ngāi Te Whatuiāpiti is a Māori hapū (subtribe or branch) of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
  
  The hapū were descended from Te Whatuiāpiti, who was a great-grandson of Taewhā, himself a son of Rākei-hikuroa, the grandson of Kahungunu, and his second wife. Ngāi Whatuiāpiti had a fierce rivalry with Ngāi Te Upokoiri, which was descended from Taraia, a son of Rākei-hikuroa and his first wife.
  
  ## Marae and wharenui
  
  ### Central Hawke's Bay District
  
  The hapū is associated with three marae (meeting grounds) and wharenui (meeting houses) in Central Hawke's Bay District:
  
  * Mataweka marae and Nohomaiterangi wharenui on Tapairu Road at Waipawa
  * Pukehou marae and Keke Haunga wharenui on State Highway 2 at Pukehou
  * Te Whatuiāpiti marae and Te Whatuiāpiti wharenui on Te Aute Trust Road in the Pātangata area and north-east of Ōtāne
  
  ### Hastings District
  
  The hapū is associated with two marae (meeting grounds) and wharenui (meeting houses) in Hastings District:
  
  * Kahurānaki marae and wharenui on State Highway 2 at Te Hauke
  * Korongatā marae and Nukanoa wharenui on Maraekakaho Road at Bridge Pā
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Hine-i-paketia, a tribal leader and land seller
  * Te Hapuku, a tribal leader, farmer and assessor
  * Te Pareihe, a tribal leader
  * Hori Tupaea, a tribal leader and farmer
  