Kakaramea is a town in South
Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont.
The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth D ...
, New Zealand.
State Highway 3 passes through it.
Patea
Patea ( ) is the third-largest town in South Taranaki District, New Zealand. It is on the western bank of the Pātea River, 61 kilometres north-west of Whanganui on . Hāwera is 27 km to the north-west, and Waverley 17 km to the ea ...
is about 6 km to the south-east, and
Hāwera
Hāwera is the second-largest centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins of the town lie in a government military base that was established ...
is about 20 km to the north-west.
Marae
The local Pariroa Marae is a traditional meeting ground for the
Ngāti Ruanui
Ngāti Ruanui is a Māori iwi traditionally based in the Taranaki region of New Zealand. In the 2006 census, 7,035 people claimed affiliation to the iwi. However, most members now live outside the traditional areas of the iwi.
History Early his ...
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 Hine
Ngāti Hine is an iwi with a rohe in Northland, New Zealand. It is part of the wider Ngāpuhi iwi.
Its rohe (tribal area) covers the areas of Waiomio, Kawakawa, Taumarere, Moerewa, Ruapekapeka, Motatau, Waimahae, Towai, Akeramaa, Pakara ...
,
Ngāti Kōtuku,
Ngāti Ringi,
Ngāti Tūpito and
Tuatahi.
It features the Taiporohēnui meeting house.
In October 2020, the Government committed $1,479,479 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 renovate
Meremere Marae,
Ketemarae Pā
Normanby is a small village in South Taranaki, New Zealand. It is approximately 6 km inland from Hawera along State Highway 3. Eltham is 13 km further north.
The village is also situated on the Marton - New Plymouth Line railway, w ...
, Pariroa Marae and
Taiporohēnui Marae, creating 35 jobs.
Education
Kakaramea School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a
decile rating of 5 and a roll of
(). The school and district celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2001.
References
South Taranaki District
Populated places in Taranaki
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