For Ngāti Awa the return and restoration of their grand wharenui Mātaatua after more than 100 years, is an event of enormous emotional and historical significance.

There is little that remains of the great village of Parihaka. But the buildings that stand house the stories of a great pacifist revolution.

At the heart of politics in this country, the humble wharenui in Waitangi remains a symbol of the relationship between The Crown and Tangata Whenua.

The incredible story of a whare that survived the great eruption of Tarawera in 1886 only to be to be relocated to Clandon House in England.

Te Aute College first opened its doors in 1854, we look back on the school's history and its invaluable contribution to Māori education.

The church and marae that stands in inner-city Auckland became a cultural centre for urban Māori in the 1960s.

This ornately carved wharenui stands as a testimony to the great captain of Te Arawa waka and tohunga whakairo.

On the East Cape, Hinemaharu and the stunning Raukokore Church are taonga that hold the histories of Te-Whānau-ā-Apanui. Featuring Te Kepa Stirling.

Overlooking Waihi Beach is Tāpeka, the paramount wharenui for Ngāti Tūwharetoa.

Not many marae house two wharenui, but at Te Rewarewa, on the outskirts of the Urewera, stands Te Rangimoaho & Kuramihirangi.

Te Rere i Tiria tells the story of Tūmatauenga at Moerewa, built in memory of the Māori Battalion and one of the few carved wharenui in Te Tai Tokerau.

St Paul's Memorial church stands as a monument to Christianity in the Whanganui district, and as a striking example of Mūori tukutuku, kōwhaiwhai, and carving work. and whakairo.