Te Haroto is a rural community in the
Hastings District
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and
Hawke's Bay Region
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of New Zealand's
North Island
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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
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.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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gives a translation of "the pool" for .
References
Hastings District
Populated places in the Hawke's Bay Region
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