Te Henga marae land transferred to Te Kawerau a Maki 21 Dec 2020 15:06 PM Photo: Department of Conservation/Martin Sercombe. More Related Stories Related Podcast Auckland Council has transferred land at Te Henga/Bethells Beach in the Waitākere Ranges to Te Kawerau ā Maki for the building of a new marae and ‘kāinga whakahirahira’ or settlement of significance. Te Kawerau ā Maki chair Te Warena Taua says the iwi has been without a formal marae and papakāinga since its last remaining lands at Waiti (Te Henga) were alienated in the mid-twentieth century. The land was acquired from a member of the original settler Bethells family by the former Waitākere City Council in 2007 after a long search for suitable land for a marae.