Puketotara ( mi, Puketōtara) is a rural community in the Otorohanga District and

Waikato Waikato () is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsul ...

region of New Zealand's North Island. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "

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 ...

hill" for .

Marae

Hīona Marae, a meeting place of the

Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on th ...

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 Pourahui, is affiliated with

Waikato Tainui Waikato Tainui, Waikato or Tainui is a group of Māori ''iwi'' based in Waikato Region, in the western central region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the larger Tainui confederation of Polynesian settlers who arrived to New Zealand ...

. It has two meeting houses: Haona Kaha and Te Awananui. In October 2020, the Government committed $2,584,751 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 the marae and 5 other Waikato Tainui marae, creating 69 jobs.

Education

Ngutunui School is a Year 1–8 co-educational state primary school with a roll of as of The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "big lips" for ''Ngutunui''.

References

Ōtorohanga District Populated places in Waikato {{Waikato-geo-stub