The Houngarea Marae memorial gates were dedicated in 1946 by Lieutenant-General Bernard Fryberg as a Second World War memorial.
When State Highway Two was realigned, the gates were dismantled and re-erected in their present position. They were rededicated on Anzac Day 1972 by Colonel Brian Poananga and the Minister of Māori Affairs, Duncan MacIntyre.
In 2007 the Houngarea Marae Committee added new plaques naming those from Pakipaki who served in South-east Asia.
The gates are cast-iron, painted in crawford green, supported by a red brick wall and surmounted by four white concrete orbs on four brick pillars.
Left plaque:
Whakamaharatanga
World War 1939 – 45
- W. Wicken. †
- R. Caskey. †
- N. P. Brady.
- J. Brooker.
- T. Brooker.
- J. Jones.
- R. Kani.
- M. Karekare.
- M. Kupa.
- K. Moananui.
- T. Mohi.
- J. Orikena.
- L. Ripohau.
- R. J. Thomson.
- P. Tomlins.
† Killed in Action
Japan Korea
South East Asia
Vietnam
- C. Brooker.
- P. Carroll.
- B. Gilbert.
- J. Hape.
- D. Hawthorne.
- J. Kani.
- B. Karekare.
Right plaque:
Whakamaharatanga
World War 1939 – 45
- J. R. Russell. †
- J. Whare. †
- O. Kani. †
- A. Campbell.
- H. Eria.
- M. M. Eria.
- H. H. Kani.
- H. Kupa.
- J. Mariu.
- D. McClutchie.
- W. Mohi.
- Miss C. Rosser.
- W. Schuster.
- W. Taylor.
- G. Tomlins.
- K. Hawaikirangi
† Killed in Action
Japan Korea
South East Asia
Vietnam
- J. Mohi.
- J. Russell.
- N. Timu.
- P. Timu.
- B. T. Tomlins.
- B. R. Tomlins.
- Mc. Tomlins.
The Houngarea Marae flagpole is a memorial to Johnson Whare and James Roach Russell. Dedicated in 1942, it flies the New Zealand Red Ensign.
The flagpole plaque reads:
In Loving Memory Of
Johnson Whare and James Roach Russell
Killed in Action in Crete May 23rd 1941
R.I.P.
Gate images: Glennis Austin, 2010
Other images and text: Charles Ropitini, 2018
Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland War Memorial Museum's Cenotaph database