Ruatāhuna

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Ruatāhuna is a small town in the remote country of Te Urewera, in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is 90 kilometres directly west of Gisborne, and 18 kilometres northwest of Lake Waikaremoana. By road, it is 50 kilometres south-east of Murupara, and 110 kilometres north-west of Wairoa. It is on the upper reaches of the Whakatāne River, and surrounded on three sides by the Te Urewera protected area, formerly the Te Urewera National Park. The road that runs from Murupara through Ruatahuna to Āniwaniwa on Lake Waikaremoana, a large part of which is unsealed, used to be designated as part of State Highway 38. It is a subdivision of the Galatea-Murupara ward of the Whakatāne District.{{cite web |url= http://www.whakatane.govt.nz/murupara-community-board |title=Murupara Community Board |publisher=Whakatane District Council |accessdate=13 December 2015}}

History

The area was the site of much action during the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s and 1870s. From 1870 to 1888, one of the largest wharenui ever built, Te Whai-a-te-Motu, was constructed for Te Kooti and his followers.{{Cite book| title=Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou - Struggle Without End |year=2004 |publisher=Penguin Books |first1=Ranginui |last1=Walker |author-link1=Ranginui Walker |isbn=9780143019459 |location=Auckland, New Zealand |edition=2nd |page=189}}

Marae

Ruatāhuna is within the rohe (tribal area) of Tūhoe, and has several marae affiliated with Tūhoe hapū:{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= http://www.tkm.govt.nz/ |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=Te Puni Kōkiri}}{{cite web |title=Māori Maps |url=https://maorimaps.com/map |website=maorimaps.com |publisher=Te Potiki National Trust}}{{cite web |title=Marae in Tuhoe|url=https://www.ngaituhoe.iwi.nz/nga-marae |website=ngaituhoe.iwi.nz |publisher=Tuhoe}}

Kākānui (Tīpapa) marae and Kākahu Tāpiki meeting house, affiliated with Kākahu Tāpiki.
Mātaatua marae and Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house, affiliated with Te Urewera.
Ōhāua or Ōhāua te Rangi marae and Te Poho-o-Pōtiki meeting house, affiliated with Ngāti Rongo.
Ōpūtao marae and Te Ngāwari meeting house, affiliated with Ngāti Tāwhaki.
Ōtekura marae and Te Ōhāki meeting house, affiliated with Tamakaimoana.
Pāpueru marae and Te Whatu o Te Kanohi meeting house, affiliated with Ngāti Tāwhaki.
Tātāhoata marae and Te Tapuae meeting house, affiliated with Ngāi Te Riu.
Te Umuroa marae and Te Poho-o-Parahaki meeting house, affiliated with Ngāti Manunui.
Uwhiārae marae and Te Paena meeting house, affiliated with Ngāi Te Paena.
Te Wai-iti marae and Te Poho o Kurī Kino meeting house, affiliated with Ngāti Kurī Kino.

In October 2020, the Government committed $3,996,258 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Kākānui, Mātaatua, Ōhāua, Pāpueru, Tātāhoata, Uwhiārae, Te Wai-iti marae, creating 79 jobs.{{cite web |title=Marae Announcements |url=https://www.growregions.govt.nz/assets/funding-announcements/marae-announcements.xlsx |website=growregions.govt.nz |publisher=Provincial Growth Fund |format=Excel |date=9 October 2020}}

Education

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Huiarau is a co-educational state Māori language immersion area school for Year 1 to 13 students,{{cite web |title=Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Huiarau Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=1748 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1748|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|}}.{{cite web |title=Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Huiarau Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=1748 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}}

Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house under construction in Ruatahuna ATLIB 161629.png|Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house under construction in the 1910s

Maori wooden carvings at Te Whai-a-te Motu, Mataatua ATLIB 142656.png|Māori wood carvings at Te Whai-a-te-Motu, Mātaatua marae

Maori wooden carvings at Te Whai-a-te Motu, Mataatua ATLIB 257318.png|Māori wood carvings at Te Whai-a-te-Motu, Mātaatua marae

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

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|location = Tarapounamu, elevation {{convert|701|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)

|Jan high C = 20.1

|Feb high C = 19.9

|Mar high C = 17.6

|Apr high C = 14.2

|May high C = 11.5

|Jun high C = 8.9

|Jul high C = 8.2

|Aug high C = 9.1

|Sep high C = 11.2

|Oct high C = 13.6

|Nov high C = 16.4

|Dec high C = 18.2

| year high C =

|Jan mean C = 15.2

|Feb mean C = 15.4

|Mar mean C = 13.4

|Apr mean C = 10.7

|May mean C = 8.5

|Jun mean C = 6.2

|Jul mean C = 5.4

|Aug mean C = 5.8

|Sep mean C = 7.5

|Oct mean C = 9.3

|Nov mean C = 11.6

|Dec mean C = 13.6

| year mean C =

|Jan low C = 10.2

|Feb low C = 10.9

|Mar low C = 9.2

|Apr low C = 7.3

|May low C = 5.5

|Jun low C = 3.4

|Jul low C = 2.6

|Aug low C = 2.6

|Sep low C = 3.9

|Oct low C = 5.1

|Nov low C = 6.8

|Dec low C = 8.9

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|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 116.5

|Feb rain mm = 60.2

|Mar rain mm = 113.8

|Apr rain mm = 145.1

|May rain mm = 165.3

|Jun rain mm = 163.3

|Jul rain mm = 162.5

|Aug rain mm = 187.8

|Sep rain mm = 147.8

|Oct rain mm = 113.7

|Nov rain mm = 92.1

|Dec rain mm = 117.8

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|source 1 = NIWA

{{cite web

|url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz

|title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Tarapounamu Ews

|publisher = NIWA

|access-date = 20 May 2024}}

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References

Category:Whakatāne District

Category:Populated places in the Bay of Plenty Region