Wharepapa South is a rural community in the
Waipa 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 ...
. It is located west of
Putāruru and east of
Te Awamutu.
Marae
The local Aotearoa Marae and Hoturoa or Rangikawa meeting house is a meeting place for the
Ngāti Raukawa hapū of
Ngāti Takihiku
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, an ...
, and the
Waikato Tainui hapū of
Ngāti Korokī and
Ngāti Raukawa ki Panehākua
Waikato Tainui, Waikato or Tainui is a group of Māori '' iwi'' based in Waikato Region, in the western central region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the larger Tainui confederation of Polynesian settlers who arrived to New Zealand ...
.
Education
Wharepapa South School is a co-educational state primary school,
with a roll of as of .
Arohena School is a Year 1–8 co-educational state primary school,
with a roll of as of
References
Waipa District
Populated places in Waikato
Populated places on the Waikato River
Climbing areas of New Zealand
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