Te Haroto is a rural community in the

Hastings District Hastings is a town in the United Kingdom, most famous for the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Hastings may also refer to: Places Australia * Hastings, Tasmania, a locality * Hastings, Victoria, Australia ** Electoral district of Hastings, Victoria, ...

and

Hawke's Bay Region Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region is ...

of New Zealand's

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. It is located roughly 60 kilometres northwest of

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and southeast of Taupo on State Highway 5 Napier-Taupo Road. The main village centres around Te Hāroto Marae. Te Rongopai is the wharepuni (meeting house) and Piriwiritua is the wharekai (dining hall) a meeting place for the iwi (tribe) of

Ngāti Hineuru Ngāti Hineuru is a Māori iwi (social unit) of New Zealand. In 2015 they reached a Treaty of Waitangi settlement of nearly $50 million with the New Zealand government. See also *List of Māori iwi This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori t ...

. The New Zealand

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gives a translation of "the pool" for .

References

Hastings District Populated places in the Hawke's Bay Region {{HawkesBay-geo-stub