Ruakituri is a rural area in the northern
Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern
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 ...
, located north of
Wairoa and west of
Gisborne. The
2013 New Zealand census
The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third national census. "The National Census Day" used for the census was on Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,242,048, – an increase of 214,101 or 5.3% over the 20 ...
recorded 708 people living in the Ruakituri-Morere area.
The community is centred around the
Ruakituri River, a major tributary for the
Wairoa River. The largest settlement is Te Reinga, at the junction of the two rivers, about north of
Wairoa.
There are two ''
marae'' (local Māori meeting grounds) in the area.
Erepēti marae is affiliated with the ''
iwi'' (tribe) of
Ngāti Kahungunu and its ''
hapū'' (sub-tribe) of
Ngāti Hingānga / Te Aitanga o Pourangahua, and includes the ''
wharenui'' (meeting house) of
Pourangahua.
Te Reinga Marae is a meeting ground for the iwi
Ngāti Kahungunu and its hapū
Ngāti Hinehika
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...
and
Ngāti Kōhatu, and includes the wharenui of
Tuarenga.
Education
Ruakituri School is a Year 1-8 co-educational state primary school.
It is a decile 7 school with a roll of as of
References
{{Wairoa District
Wairoa District
Populated places in the Hawke's Bay Region