Tararua is a name used in several contexts: *The

Tararua Range The Tararua Range, often referred to as the Tararua Ranges or Tararua, is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand. The Tararua Range runs northeast–southwest for from near Palmerston North to the upper reaches of ...

, in the southeast of New Zealand's North Island *The

Tararua District The Tararua District is a district near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island that is administered by the Tararua District Council. It has a population of and an area of 4,364.65 km². The Tararua District Council was created b ...

of New Zealand, named for the Range. *The

Tararua Forest Park Tararua Forest Park, often called the Tararuas is a protected area in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its area is , and its highest point, a peak called Mitre, is at 1571 m above sea level. It was established in 1954, as New Zealand's f ...

, New Zealand's first forest park *The

SS Tararua SS ''Tararua'' was a passenger steamer that struck the reef off Waipapa Point in the Catlins on 29 April 1881, and sank the next day, in the worst civilian shipping disaster in New Zealand's history.New Zealand Disasters – SS Tararua Shipwrec ...

, a 19th-century passenger steamship. * ''Tararua'' (spider) is a genus of the

Agelenidae The Agelenidae are a large family of spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae. Well-known examples include the common "grass spiders" of the genus ''Agelenopsis''. Nearly all Agelenidae are harmless to humans, but the bite of the hobo spider (''Erat ...

spider family.

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