Rapaki

This article is about Rapaki the place. For Rapaki steam crane, see Rapaki_steam_crane.

Rapaki is a small settlement within the Whakaraupo (Lyttelton, New Zealand) Harbour basin.^[1]

Rapaki is one of four Banks Peninsula rūnanga (marae-based communities).^[2]

Rapaki is overlooked by the peak Te Poho o Tamatea. The island is the home to the Rapaki Marae.^[3] According to one legend, the Ngai Tahu chief Te Rakiwhakaputa named the place by laying his waist mat (Rapaki) down to claim it.^[4] The full name of Rapaki is Te Rapaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa, meaning the waist mat of Te Rakiwhakaputa.

References

↑ Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
↑ Ngai Tahu Rapaki description
↑ Rapaki marae introduction
↑ Ngai Tahu Rapaki description

Settlements of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand

Settlements	Allandale Akaroa Ataahua Barrys Bay Birdling's Flat Cass Bay Charteris Bay Chorlton Church Bay Cooptown Corsair Bay Diamond Harbour Duvauchelle French Farm Gebbies Pass Gebbies Valley Governors Bay Hilltop Kaituna Valley Kukupa Lansdowne Le Bons Bay Little Akaloa Little River Lyttelton Motukarara Ohinetahi Okains Bay Okuti Valley Onuku Otanerito Bay Peraki Pigeon Bay Port Levy Puaha Puari Purau Rapaki Robinsons Bay Tai Tapu Takamatua Teddington Wainui

Port Hills suburbs	Cashmere Clifton Cracroft Ferrymead Halswell Heathcote Valley Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Kennedys Bush Moncks Bay Mt Pleasant Murray Aynsley Hill Redcliffs Richmond Hill Scarborough St Andrews Hill Sumner Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake Westmorland

Coordinates: 43°36′14″S 172°40′46″E / 43.6040°S 172.6795°E / -43.6040; 172.6795