Waihāhā is a village and rural community in the
Taupō District and
Waikato region 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 ...
.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH; ) is the department of the New Zealand Government responsible for supporting the arts, culture, built heritage, sport and recreation, and broadcasting sectors in New Zealand and advising government on ...
gives a translation of "noisy water" for .
Waihāhā is part of the
Lake Taupo Bays statistical area.
Marae
The suburb has two
marae:
* Waihāhā Marae and Haukapuanui meeting house is a meeting place of the
Ngāti Tūwharetoa hapū of
Ngāti Hā,
Ngāti Tarakaiahi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as " tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, ...
and
Ngāti Wheoro, and the
Ngāti Raukawa hapū of
Ngāti Hā.
* Waimiha Marae and Te Ihingarangi meeting house is a meeting place of the
Rereahu
Rereahu was a Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He probably lived in the first half of the seventeenth century. He is the ancestor of the Ngāti Maniapoto, N ...
hapū of
Ngāti Hinewhatihua,
Ngāti Kahuiao,
Ngāti Turakiwai and
Te Ihingarangi Te Ihinga-a-rangi was a Maori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Raukawa in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand and is the ancestor of the Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura iwi and the Te Ihinga-a-rangi hap ...
.
References
Taupō District
Populated places in Waikato
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