About us

Waihōpai Rūnaka Inc. is based in Southland with Murihiku Marae situated in Invercargill.

The wharekai, Hine o te Iwi, was the first building on the site when it opened in June 1983. The wharenui, Te Rakitauneke, opened in February 1990. Murihiku connects ancestrally to nga waka Uruao me Takitimu, maunga Takitimu and the Te Moana Ara a Kiwa.

Find out more about us on Facebook.

Contact usMurihiku Marae

Postal Address: PO Box 7017, South City, Invercargill
Phone: (03) 216 9074
Email:

In this section

Latest news

What Murihiku learned from past transformations

Article by Louisa Steyl, re-published from Stuff. Imagine a southern Murihiku that uses the region's natural resources and its proximity to Australia to produce a global energy commodity and transform its economy in the middle of a pandemic. Southland has already undergone this transformation once… Read more