Erua is a small town on the North Island Central Plateau in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. The town is located on New Zealand State Highway 4 immediately to the south of the town of National Park. The town is administered by the

Ruapehu District Council Ruapehu District Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Ruapehu) is the territorial authority for the Ruapehu District of New Zealand. The council consists of the mayor of Ruapehu The Mayor of Ruapehu officiates over the Ruapehu District of New Z ...

and falls within the National Park Ward. It abuts the Erua Forest, a area managed by the

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. The Erua Forest includes Tawa,

Rimu ''Dacrydium cupressinum'', commonly known as rimu, is a large evergreen coniferous tree endemic to the forests of New Zealand. It is a member of the southern conifer group, the podocarps. The Māori name ''rimu'' comes from the Polynesian ...

, Miro and

Totara ''Podocarpus totara'' (; from the Maori-language ; the spelling "totara" is also common in English) is a species of podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island and northeastern South Island in lowland, montane a ...

trees. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage explains that ''Erua'' means "two", from the Māori word "rua" for "two" and the prefix "e" which is used for numbers between two and nine. Hunting is permitted in the Erua Forest. Pollen analysis was done on samples from the Erua Swamp. The area includes a singletrack bicycle trail. Erua is a rural settlement bordered by protected forestland and is used as a base for exploring the area. The state protected forest was established in 1930.

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Geography of Manawatū-Whanganui Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui Ruapehu District {{ManawatuWanganui-geo-stub

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