Orongomai marae is located in Upper Hutt, beside the railway station on the corner of Park Street and Railway Avenue. It is of the Te Atiawa confederation, and is an urban-based marae that provides for all iwi away from their ukaipo.
The whare tupuna is Kahukura. The marae connects ancestrally to the awa Te Awa Kairangi. It was built in 1976.
Date: 1975 - 1976
Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1975/1976
Description: Includes (selection only): Te Hui Whakatuwheratanga i Te Whakaahu i te Marae i Kahuranaki Te Hauke. Saturday 11th October 1975. Programme (compiled by Te Nepia) Communist Party of New Zealand statement about the Maori Land March, 1975. Maori Land March badge. "Support Maori land march" [1975] Okoki Pa; scenic and historic reserve. [1975?] Te Hoko-Whitu-a-Tu Matauenga Association. Reunion 1975 at Tunohopu Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua. Friday 21 February 1975 to Sunday 23rd February 1975. N.Z.A.C.C.E. Developing strategies in community education. Te Takinga Marae, Mourea, 4-7 September [1975]. Pamphlet/enrolment form. University of Canterbury. Department of Extension Studies. Te Reo Maori; studies in Maori language. Weekly classes, June - September 1975. 1976: New Zealand. Department of Maori Affairs. Pre-employment courses Upper Hutt Marae Community Centre Inc. "Rongomai" dedication ceremony and official opening by His Excellency Sir Denis Blundell... Governor General of New Zealand. 22 August 1976. Order of service (2 copies) Quantity: 12 programmes, fliers and pamphlets.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 250 mm.
Date: 2003-2004
From: Royal family : Papers (Te Whanau a Roera Hukiki Te Ahukaramu)
Reference: MS-Papers-8217-1
Description: Inward and some outward correspondence; identified corrrespondents entered in the Name field. Includes letter from Malcolm, Waikanae. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date: [1974-1976]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-6717-077
Description: Duplicated copy of `Orongomai', compiled by Kevin Brown, with coloured photographs of carvings inset; and copy of `Silverstream - school and community' (1974?) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date: 19 Oct 1988
From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings
Reference: OHInt-0937-0426
Description: Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT7-1400 Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). 1 event(s).
Date: 20 May 1989
From: Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika: Recordings
Reference: OHInt-0937-0392
Description: Part one, 5.10am to 5.45am Part two, 5.45am to 6.30am Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT7-1474 - OHT7-1475 Quantity: 2 7" reel(s). 1 event(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration.
Date: [ca 1863-1864], [ca 1880s-1920s], [ca 1939-1949], [ca 1986-1990]
From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection
Reference: PAColl-6056-06
Description: Collection of photographic prints and postcards primarily showing Māori people from circa 1863 to 1929. Also a small number of prints from circa 1939 to 1949, and circa 1986 to 1990. Incudes one cigarette card and three photographs of Jock McEwen, one shows him signing his book 'Rangitane'. Some subjects are named. Title supplied by Library. A full length portrait of Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury is available at Library reference 1/2-024827-F. Another portrait of Numia Keruru is available at PAColl-7273-07. Quantity: 14 b&w copy photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 colour copy photographic print(s).