Rere is a small community in the northeast 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 in the upper valley of the Wharekōpae River in remote country in the foothills of the

Huiarau Range The Huiarau Range is a range of mountains in Te Urewera in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. Part of the spine of mountains that run roughly parallel with the island's east coast, it is a southwestern extension of the Raukumara Range, l ...

, inland from Gisborne. It is notable for the Rere Falls and Rere Rock Slide, both on the Wharekopae River. Rere Falls, while not very tall at , is a picturesque wide waterfall. It is possible to walk behind its cascading curtain of water, although the rock face can be slippery. Rere Rock Slide has been included in the NZ Automobile Association's ''101 Must-do places for Kiwis''. It is a smooth, natural rock formation long, at an angle of about 30°, over which the Wharekopae River rushes like water in a giant water slide. It can be slid down on boogie boards or tyres.

Parks

Rere Falls and the neighbouring Rere Reserve includes a

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and

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with public toilets, and a waterway for

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and

trout fishing Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salmoni ...

Education

Rere School is a Year 1-8 co-educational state primary school. David Milne is the principal of Rere School. with a roll of as of

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Populated places in the Gisborne District {{Gisborne-geo-stub