Koputaroa, Koputāroa or Kōputaroa is a rural community in the
Horowhenua District
Horowhenua District is a territorial authority district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, administered by Horowhenua District Council. Located north of Wellington and Kapiti, it stretches from slightly north of the town of ...
and
Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's
North Island.
It is located south of
Shannon and north of
Levin on
State Highway 57. It had a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
from 1886 to 1986.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "long snare for catching parakeets" for ''Kōputaroa''.
Marae
The local Kererū Marae and Mahinārangi meeting house are a meeting place of the
Ngāti Raukawa
Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupo and Manawatu/Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa.
History
Early history
Ngāti Raukawa rec ...
hapū
In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or " clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally op ...
of
Ngāti Takihiku and
Ngāti Ngārongo.
In October 2020, the Government committed $335,056 from the
Provincial Growth Fund
Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician. He served as a New Zealand First list MP from 2017 to 2020 and was previously a Labour list MP from 2005 to 2014.
Jones was a cabinet minister in the Fifth Labour Gove ...
to upgrade
Kikopiri Marae and Kererū Marae, creating 48 jobs.
Education
Koputaroa School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,
established in 1891.
The school roll is as of .
References
Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui
Horowhenua District
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