Te Tii Waitangi Marae

E237235

Māori meeting place cultural heritage site marae

Te Tii Waitangi Marae is a significant Māori meeting place at Waitangi in New Zealand, closely associated with the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi and contemporary political and cultural events.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Te Tii Waitangi Marae canonical	2
Te Tii Marae	1
Te Tii Marae (nearby marae at Waitangi)	1
Te Tii Marae, Waitangi	1
Te Whare Rūnanga (meeting house at Waitangi)	1
Waitangi Marae	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2137693 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Te Tii Waitangi Marae
Context triple: [Waitangi, Bay of Islands, hasMarae, Te Tii Waitangi Marae]

A. Aotea Square
Aotea Square is a major public plaza and event space in central Auckland, New Zealand, known for hosting cultural festivals, concerts, and civic gatherings.
B. Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Auckland War Memorial Museum is a prominent museum and war memorial in Auckland, New Zealand, renowned for its extensive collections on New Zealand’s natural history, military history, and Māori and Pacific cultures.
C. Kaiapoi Pā
Kaiapoi Pā was a major Ngāi Tahu fortified settlement in North Canterbury, New Zealand, that served as an important political and trading center before its destruction in the 1830s.
D. Government House, Auckland
Government House, Auckland is the official residence of the monarch’s representative in New Zealand, serving as a key venue for state ceremonies and official functions.
E. Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum is a major cultural and natural history museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, known for its extensive collections on regional history, Antarctic exploration, and Māori and Pacific cultures.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Te Tii Waitangi Marae
Target entity description: Te Tii Waitangi Marae is a significant Māori meeting place at Waitangi in New Zealand, closely associated with the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi and contemporary political and cultural events.

A. Aotea Square
Aotea Square is a major public plaza and event space in central Auckland, New Zealand, known for hosting cultural festivals, concerts, and civic gatherings.
B. Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Auckland War Memorial Museum is a prominent museum and war memorial in Auckland, New Zealand, renowned for its extensive collections on New Zealand’s natural history, military history, and Māori and Pacific cultures.
C. Kaiapoi Pā
Kaiapoi Pā was a major Ngāi Tahu fortified settlement in North Canterbury, New Zealand, that served as an important political and trading center before its destruction in the 1830s.
D. Government House, Auckland
Government House, Auckland is the official residence of the monarch’s representative in New Zealand, serving as a key venue for state ceremonies and official functions.
E. Canterbury Museum
Canterbury Museum is a major cultural and natural history museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, known for its extensive collections on regional history, Antarctic exploration, and Māori and Pacific cultures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Māori meeting place ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ marae ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
culturalContext	Te Ao Māori ⓘ tikanga Māori ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Māori ⓘ
governedBy	local hapū of Ngāpuhi ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
hasFunction	ceremonial venue ⓘ cultural centre ⓘ meeting place ⓘ political forum ⓘ
hasPart	marae ātea ⓘ wharekai ⓘ wharenui ⓘ
hasRoleIn	Māori cultural revitalisation ⓘ contemporary political events in New Zealand ⓘ
hasSignificance	symbol of Māori self-determination ⓘ symbol of Treaty relationships ⓘ
heritageStatus	site of national significance to New Zealand ⓘ
isAssociatedWith	Crown–Māori relations ⓘ linked to: Māori–Crown relations Māori political movements ⓘ New Zealand politics ⓘ Treaty of Waitangi claims and debates ⓘ Treaty partnership discussions ⓘ Waitangi Treaty Grounds ⓘ linked to: Waitangi, Bay of Islands
isAssociatedWithEvent	Treaty of Waitangi commemorations ⓘ linked to: Waitangi Day Waitangi Day events ⓘ
isNear	Waitangi Treaty Grounds ⓘ linked to: Waitangi, Bay of Islands
isTypeOf	tribal marae ⓘ
isVisitedBy	New Zealand political leaders ⓘ international dignitaries ⓘ
languageUsed	te reo Māori ⓘ
locatedIn	Waitangi ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Bay of Islands ⓘ Northland ⓘ linked to: Northland Region
locatedOnTerritoryOf	Ngāpuhi ⓘ
usedFor	hui ⓘ national political discussions ⓘ tangihanga ⓘ tribal gatherings ⓘ wānanga ⓘ

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