Te Paea marae, is the sister marae to Te Pai o Hauraki and also connected to Taharua marae in Paeroa.
The tangata whenua of Te Paea marae is Ngāti Tamaterā.
Ngāti Porou also have connections to this marae through the act of a tuku whenua in the mid 1850's by Ngāti Tamaterā, and Patukirikiri chiefs that have lasted to present day.