Mōtū is a rural community in the
Gisborne District of
New Zealand's
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ...
. It is located north of
Matawai Matawai can refer to:
* Matawai people, an ethnic group of Suriname
*Matawai language
Saramaccan () is a creole language spoken by about 58,000 ethnic African people near the Saramacca and the upper Suriname River, as well as in Paramaribo, cap ...
and
State Highway 2. The community is centred around
Mōtū River
Mōtū River is a major waterway in the eastern portion of the North Island of New Zealand. It rises on the slopes of Maungahaumi on the southern side of the Raukumara Range south of Opotiki, heads east and cuts its way through the range, whe ...
and Mōtū Falls.
Education
Motu School is a Year 1–8 co-educational state primary school.
In 2019, it was a
decile 7 school with a roll of 5.
References
Populated places in the Gisborne District
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