Te Rore

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Between 1450 and 1750 Ngāti Puhiawe built swamp pās of {{convert|0.21|ha||abbr=on}} 2100, {{convert|0.164|ha||abbr=on}} and a smaller pā, around Lake Mangakaware. Many artefacts have been found in and around the lake, including beaters, pounders, paddles, fishing and eeling equipment, spears, weaving sticks, digging-sticks, spades, paddles, canoes, adze handles, weapons, rafters and palisades.{{Cite web|title=Archaeological Research at Lake Mangakaware, Waikato, 1968-1970|url=https://nzarchaeology.org/download/archaeological-research-at-lake-mangakaware-waikato-1968-1970|access-date=2021-06-20|website=NZ Archaeological Association|language=en-NZ}}

The Waipā River and its streams were lined with pā sites, those at Te Rore being among them.{{Cite web|title=NZAA Site Viewer|url=https://archsite.eaglegis.co.nz/NZAAPublic|access-date=2021-06-24|website=archsite.eaglegis.co.nz}} Te Rore pā was a pre-European pā, on a narrow, steep-sided, isolated ridge, north of Mangakaware Stream. It had a transverse ditch, pits and terraces, but no indication of European works. The pā is now covered by pasture and some large trees.{{Cite web|date=2016|title=Fortifications of the New Zealand Wars - Waikato|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/sap261_4._waikato.pdf|website=Department of Conservation}}

Defensive gunfighters' pās were built further away from waterways, probably in the later 1820s, when earlier pās became vulnerable to muskets.{{Cite web|date=7 Dec 2016|title=APPLICATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF CONSENTS TO ENABLE THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF FONTERRA'S TE AWAMUTU MILK PROCESSING PLANT|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/WRC/Community/Council-Meetings-and-Agendas/Resource-consent-hearings/9720117-Appendix-I-J.pdf}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Acquisition and use of muskets|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/musket-wars/page-2|access-date=2021-06-24|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en}}

The name Te Rore, the snare, originated in 1826, when Waikato ambushed Ngāpuhi Chief, Pomare to punish the breaking of a peace treaty and to revenge an earlier defeat at Mātakitaki. Most of the 500 warriors from the north were lured upstream by a small party from Waikato leaving the main Waikato force to snare them at Te Rore on their return.{{Cite web|date=Sep 2012|title=Wai 898, # A94 Oral and Traditional History Volume of Ngāti Maahanga|url=https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_42292535/Wai%20898,%20A094.pdf|website=Waitangi Tribunal}}{{Cite web|date=2008|title=Waipā heritage trail|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/our-district/about-our-district/heritage/documents/waipa%20heritage%20trail.pdf}}

John Vittoria Cowell, a Kawhia trader,{{Cite web|date=11 Jan 1840|title=(Enclosure in No. 409.) — Conveyance from Te Kiwi to J. V. Cowell, of Kawhia|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TurOldP-t1-g1-g1-g11-g9-t2.html|access-date=2021-06-25|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz}} was given about {{cvt|40000|acre}} by Ngāti Apakura in October 1839, on which he set up a trading station at Te Rore. He was the son of John Cowell, a lay missionary, who came to work with Samuel Marsden.{{Cite web|last=Hart|first=Philip|date=2016|title=Te Aroha Mining District Working Papers No. 96|url=https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/10428/No.%2096%20exploration.doc.pdf?sequence=6|website=University of Waikato}} Ferdinand von Hochstetter's 1859 map marked 'Mr. Cowell' as a location on the river, showing the track from it,{{Citation|last=Wikimedia Commons|title=The Southern Part of the Province of Auckland, 1859|date=2016-07-14|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/1859_Hochstetter_map_The_Southern_Part_of_the_Province_of_Auckland.jpg|access-date=2021-06-24}} which he used.{{Cite web|title=ENZB - 1867 - von Hochstetter, Ferdinand. New Zealand - CHAPTER XV: The Waipa and the West Coast|url=http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document.php?wid=449&page=9|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz}}

A water powered flour mill, costing £320,{{Cite web|date=Apr 2007|title=Waipa District Council Draft Lake Management Plan|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/our-council/documentsandpublications/reservemanagementplans/documents/Peat%20Lake%20Management%20Plan%20%282007%29.pdf}} opened in 1855,{{Cite web|date=1 Dec 1855|title=REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MAORI MILLS. MAORI MESSENGER : TE KARERE MAORI|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MMTKM18551201.2.11|access-date=2021-06-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} on Anderson Road.{{Cite web|title=07 - Zone and Policy Area Maps - Decisions Version|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/our-council/waipadistrictplan/documents/wdp-volume-3/07%20-%20Zone%20and%20Policy%20Area%20Maps%20-%20Decisions%20Version|website=Waipa District Council}}{{Cite web|date=1 November 2016|title=Waipa District Plan Appendix N3 - Archaeological Sites|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/our-council/waipadistrictplan/documents/wdp-volume-2/Natural%20and%20Cultural%20Heritage/Appendix%20N3%20-%20Archaeological%20Sites}} It was one of almost 40 built around the Waikato at that time.{{Cite web|title=Journal of the Polynesian Society: Maori Flour Mills Of The Auckland Province, 1846-1860, By R. P. Hargreaves, P 227-232|url=http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_70_1961/Volume_70,_No._2/Maori_flour_mills_of_the_Auckland_Province,_1846-1860,_by_R._P._Hargreaves,_p_227-232/p1|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.jps.auckland.ac.nz}}

In 1864 Cowell’s house and trading sheds at Te Rore were burnt. One account said, "the General made his head-quarters at Te Rore, near a settler’s house named Cowell, which had been burned by the natives, as well as another belonging to a Mr. Heather".{{Cite web|date=25 Feb 1864|title=LETTER TO THE EDITOR. WANGANUI CHRONICLE|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18640225.2.9|access-date=2021-07-05|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} It seems more likely that General Cameron's troops burnt the house. John Cowell lost all his lands under the Confiscation Act and died in poverty.{{Cite web|last=Boulton|first=Leanne|date=March 2011|title=HAPU AND IWI LAND TRANSACTIONS WITH THE CROWN AND EUROPEANS IN TE ROHE POTAE INQUIRY DISTRICT, C. 1840–1865|url=https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_32640772/Wai%20898%2C%20A070.pdf|website=Waitangi Tribunal}} His Homewood house, to the south of Te Pahu, may date from 1841 and be the oldest surviving building in Waikato.{{Cite web|title=Homewood|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/739|access-date=2021-06-19|website=www.heritage.org.nz}}

During the 1864 invasion Cameron had his headquarters at Te Rore,{{Cite web|title=Te Rore NZ Wars memorial|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/te-rore-nz-wars-memorial|access-date=2021-06-16|website=nzhistory.govt.nz}} which he reached on 28 January 1864. Supplies were landed from steamers about a kilometre up from the current Te Rore Bridge. By 20 February 1864 3,000 of the 12th, 40th, 50th, 65th, and 70th regiments were in camp, preparing to attack the defensive line at Paterangi. Te Rore was the HQ until the 22 February advance to Te Awamutu. It remained the main transhipment point until that moved up to Pirongia in June 1864.

The Armed Constabulary Road was formed in 1876.{{Cite web|date=1876|title=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1876 Session I — H-16 ARMED CONSTABULARY FORCE. (ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMISSIONER.)|url=https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1876-I.2.2.4.23|access-date=2021-07-04|website=atojs.natlib.govt.nz|language=en-NZ}} 100m of the old road remain in a paddock, east of the main road.{{Cite web|date=6 July 2009|title=Planning a Future for New Zealand War Sites and Landscapes|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/resources/research-and-papers/-/media/dc77c1346379493ebbc6ebb158f039ef.ashx|website=Historic Places Trust}}

Four redoubts were built in the area. The officer who organised supplies, Colonel Gamble, reported, "A redoubt has been constructed for 150 men on our main encampment which covers a good landing place for stores on the river bank . . . Another redoubt for 100 men has been constructed . . . and a third for 80 on the left bank . . . As our main piquet is about three quarters of a mile from the encampment a small redoubt has been constructed for them."

File:Head_Quarters_Camp_Te_Rore_in_1864.jpg

• The main redoubt was an irregular, 4-sided area on a hill, with a bastion to the west and a cemetery and hospital. It was between the main road and the river.{{Cite web|title=Kihikihi and Te Rore Redoubts|url=https://collection.tamuseum.org.nz/objects/18140/kihikihi-and-te-rore-redoubts|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Te Awamutu Museum Collection Online|language=en}} Faint earthworks remain, covered by pasture and farmhouses.
• Te Rore Piquet was recorded in 1986. It was a small redoubt and is now largely covered by a house.
• Mangaotama earthwork may have been part of the 1864 defences. It had a {{convert|100|m||abbr=on}} ditch and two steep stream gullies to protect it, but is now also under pasture and its ditch has largely been filled in.

A war memorial marks the graves of 3 British troops who died in 1864 -

• William Connor, a private in the 40th Regiment, was in a line of sentries, when ambushed. He later died of his wounds.
• John O’Hanlon, from Cork, was a labourer, who joined the army on 8 June 1852 and died at Te Rore on 18 June 1864.
• He and John Wilson were privates in the 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment. Wilson died at Te Rore on 4 July 1864.

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The graves were initially kept in good condition, but, on the 50th anniversary, Reverend D. McKenzie wrote, on 26 August 1914, telling the Inspector of Old Soldiers’ Graves, Edith Statham, that the wooden headboard names were illegible. A local committee was formed to maintain the graves and the County Council approved headstone designs. However, on 22 December 1914, the Under-Secretary for Internal Affairs, James Hislop, stopped further work. On 21 October 1918, a design in Coromandel granite was proposed. The committee collected £40 locally, and government matched that. On 22 January 1920 obelisks costing £80 were ordered for Te Rore and Paterangi and erected in February 1921. A War Memorial Rose Garden opened in July 1946 for 8 men who died in the World War 2. It was cleared and re-fenced in 2001.

In 1882{{Cite web|date=5 Oct 1882|title=WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18821005.2.24.7|access-date=2021-06-19|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and 1883 the government advertised land for sale in a small township.{{Cite web|date=7 Jul 1883|title=WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18830707.2.24.5|access-date=2021-06-19|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} The survey of 48 sections used the names of Tāwhiao and others associated with the peace agreement of 1881. Little seems to have come of the town plan.{{Cite web|date=May 2016|title=NEWSLETTER No. 44|url=https://pirongiaheritage.org.nz/newsletters/pdf/Newsletter_44.pdf|website=Pirongia Heritage & Information Centre}} Seven of the 48 sections are still legal titles,{{Cite web|title=LocalMaps|url=https://maps.walkingaccess.govt.nz/Viewer/?map=b1d1e76a6c754d11b3f3fd9dfce1eb12&extent=1790494.6684,5796953.0959,1793934.3346,5798410.1767,2193|access-date=2021-07-05|website=maps.walkingaccess.govt.nz}} but there remains only one hedge marking a boundary.{{Cite web|title=Te Rore Bridge Rd|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.9498513,175.1884056,3a,90y,311.76h,91.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHANy62Mbn1S-PIak59q_Vw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Google Maps|language=en}}

There were major floods in 1892,{{Cite web|date=4 Aug 1892|title=HARAPEPE. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18920804.2.29|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} 1907 and February 1958.{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=N|date=1986|title=Te Pahu School 75th Jubilee Book|url=https://www.tepahu.co.nz/info-centre/local-history/|website=tepahu.co.nz|publisher=Te Pahu School}}

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Te Rore has a community hall,{{Cite web|title=Community Halls - Waipa District Council|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/your-waipa/ourfacilities/community-halls|access-date=2021-06-16|website=www.waipadc.govt.nz}} opposite Te Rore NZ Wars memorial obelisk, beside Allcock Road.{{Cite web|title=Allcock Rd|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.9385016,175.1905898,3a,90y,223.89h,88.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5yP4nkOPITzgzSQKDH_7xw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Google Maps|language=en-AU}} The hall opened on Wednesday 8 August 1934,{{Cite web|date=4 Aug 1934|title=TE RORE NOTES. WAIPA POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19340804.2.40|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} after about a year of fundraising.{{Cite web|date=25 Oct 1933|title=TE RORE NEWS. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19331025.2.38.3|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Te Rore Hall Association Incorporated Society had been registered on 22 June 1934. The hall has rolls of honour for the war dead of both World Wars.{{Cite web|date=2018-05-31|title=History: Memory boxes|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/life-style/104262949/history-memory-boxes|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Stuff|language=en}}

Presbyterian Church services were held at Te Rore from 1886,{{Cite web|date=2 Jan 1886|title=CHURCH SERVICES. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18860102.2.5|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} there was fundraising for an organ for their church in 1891{{Cite web|date=1 Oct 1891|title=TE RORE. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18911001.2.31|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and services continued until 1932{{Cite web|date=11 Feb 1932|title=Church Services. WAIPA POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19320211.2.2|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} Anglican services began that February,{{Cite web|date=25 Feb 1932|title=Church Services. WAIPA POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19320225.2.2|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} being held in the hall from at least 1934.{{Cite web|date=29 Aug 1934|title=DISTRICT NEWS. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19340829.2.14|access-date=2021-06-20|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}

Ambury, English & Co opened a creamery at Te Rore in 1908,{{Cite web|date=11 Jul 1908|title=The Winter Show. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19080711.2.7|access-date=2021-07-03|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} on Mrs Totty's farm.{{Cite web|date=8 Jul 1908|title=Creamery at Te Rore. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19080708.2.8|access-date=2021-07-03|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} In 1910 Ambury amalgamated with New Zealand Dairy Association{{Cite web|date=26 Aug 1910|title=The Dairying Industry. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19100826.2.16|access-date=2021-07-03|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and milk from Te Rore went to their Frankton factory,{{Cite web|date=12 Apr 1921|title=DISTRICT NEWS. WAIPA POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19210412.2.43|access-date=2021-07-03|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} until 1937, when it switched to Te Awamutu.{{Cite web|date=25 May 1937|title=DAIRY SUPPLY. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19370525.2.85|access-date=2021-07-04|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}

Electricity came to the area after an 11kV line was extended from Te Awamutu to Ōhaupō in 1920.{{Cite web|date=18 Dec 1920|title=POWER RETICULATION. WAIPA POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19201218.2.28|access-date=2021-07-04|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}

A water supply for Te Rore was taken from the Mangamauku Stream on Pirongia in about 1930 at a cost of some £5,000.{{Cite web|date=16 Nov 1929|title=GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY. WAIPA POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19291116.2.34|access-date=2021-06-19|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} A report prior to expiry of the consent to abstract water from the stream in 2011, said the filtration, chlorine disinfection and UV treatment facilities were inadequate and unreliable, but that the water was mainly used for irrigation. The piped water crosses the Waipā River on a bridge that was reported as in need of major repair,{{Cite web|title=Water Profile Statement|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/our-council/waipa2050/districtgrowthstrategy/documents/Water%20Profile%20Statement.pdf|website=Waipā District Council}} but remains in place.{{Cite web|title=Basemaps|url=https://basemaps.linz.govt.nz/#@-37.97129451,175.17639828,z18.2733|access-date=2021-06-19|website=basemaps.linz.govt.nz}} The scheme was transferred to Te Rore Water Supply Group in November 2012,{{Cite web|title=Annual Report 2013|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/our-council/documentsandpublications/annual-report/documents/Annual%20Report%202013.pdf|website=Waipā District Council}} when it was valued at $703,000 in Waipā District Council's accounts.{{Cite web|title=10-Year Plan 2012-2022|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/our-council/documentsandpublications/10-year-plan/documents/10-Year%20Plan%202012-2022.pdf|website=Waipā District Council}}

The Te Rore area unit was replaced in 2018 by the rather larger {{convert|94.58|km2|abbr=on}} Lake Ngaroto area,{{Cite web|title=Geographic Boundary Viewer|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=2021-06-15|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} which had a population of 1,170.{{Cite web|title=2018 Census place summaries|url=https://www.stats.govt.nz/tools/2018-census-place-summaries/lake-ngaroto|access-date=2021-06-15|website=www.stats.govt.nz}} The meshblock around the hall had a 2018 population of 144.{{Cite web|title=Data {{!}} SA1 {{!}} Census {{!}} 2018 {{!}} Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/category/census/2018/sa1-dataset/sa1/?s=a|access-date=2021-06-15|website=datafinder.stats.govt.nz}} Rates for Te Rore Hall were levied on 48 properties in 2020.{{Cite web|date=Mar 2020|title=Draft Annual Plan 2020/21|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/repository/libraries/id:26zgz4o7s1cxbyk7hfo7/hierarchy/agendasandminutes/Agendas%202020/Agendas%20March%202020/Extraordinary%20Strategic%20Planning%20and%20Policy%20Committee%20Agenda%20-%2017%20March%202020.pdf|website=Waipā District Council}}

{{Historical populations|2006|144|2013|135|2018|159|percentages=pagr|source=}}

The statistical unit 7012661, which covers {{convert|12.57|km2||abbr=on}} around Te Rore Hall, had a population of 159 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 24 people (17.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 15 people (10.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 51 households. There were 81 males and 78 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female. The median age was 35.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 39 people (24.5%) aged under 15 years, 30 (18.9%) aged 15 to 29, 75 (47.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 12 (7.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 94.3% European/Pākehā, 9.4% Māori, and 1.9% Asian (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 56.6% had no religion, 30.2% were Christian and 3.8% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (15.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 15 (12.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $45,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 81 (67.5%) people were employed full-time and 18 (15.0%) were part-time.{{NZ census 2018|7012661 (7012661)}}

Te Rore School was a co-educational state primary school, opened in 1880 and closed in 1986.{{Cite web|date=2018-05-31|title=History: Memory boxes|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/life-style/104262949/history-memory-boxes|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Stuff|language=en}} It was just to the north of the war memorial.{{Cite web|date=9 Nov 1971|title=Survey Number: SN3470 Run Number: 4515 Photo Number: 26|url=https://files.interpret.co.nz/Retrolens/Imagery/SN3470/Crown_3470_4515_26/High.jpg|website=Retrolens}} The building was moved to Ngāhinapōuri in 1993.{{Cite web|date=26 Jul 2005|title=Stone marks school site. Te Awamutu Courier|url=https://www.teawamutu.nz/courier/archive/2005/2005-07-26.pdf}}

Lake Mangakaware is a peat lake, which became a Recreational Reserve in 1981. It covers {{convert|12.9|ha|abbr=on}}, is less than {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}} deep and has a catchment of around {{convert|300|ha|abbr=on}}. By 1987/1988 Mangakaware was hypertrophic with a pH between 6.7 and 7.2. A restoration programme since 2014 has included tree planting and silt traps{{Cite web|date=25 Jun 2017|title=Lake Mangakaware|url=http://waikatobotsoc.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Mangakaware.pdf|website=Waikato Botanical Society}} and will cost almost $1.5m.{{Cite web|title=Technical Report 2018/08 Waikato and Waipā River restoration strategy|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/WRC/WRC-2019/TTR1808V1.pdf|website=Waikato Regional Council}} An access road, off Anderson Road, and car park were built in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Nga Wai o Waipa Waipa DC Update July 2016|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/PageFiles/20613/Nga-Wai-o-Waipa-Waipa-DC-Update-July-2016-Compatibility-Mode.pdf}} Further work on archaeological dating was done in 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-11|title=Palisade posts to reveal history in pā dating project|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/science/116392809/palisade-posts-to-reveal-history-in-p-dating-project|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Stuff|language=en}} Metsulphuron is sprayed roughly annually to control alligator weed.{{Cite web|date=2021|title=Past herbicide control|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/services/plant-and-animal-pests/pest-plant-control-over-water/past-herbicide-control/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=www.waikatoregion.govt.nz}}

Mangaotama Stream flows from Lake Ngaroto and enters the Waipā north of Te Rore.{{Cite web|title=Mangaotama Stream, Waikato|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz57074/Mangaotama-Stream/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=NZ Topo Map|language=en}} Another stream, with the same name, enters the Waipā, about {{convert|15|km||abbr=on}} to the north, at Karakariki.{{Cite web|title=Mangaotama Stream, Waikato|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz327/Mangaotama-Stream/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=NZ Topo Map|language=en}} Mangaotama Stream and Wetland Trust plans to restore a {{convert|30|ha|abbr=on}} wetland along {{convert|2.5|km||abbr=on}} of the stream.{{Cite web|title=Mangaotama Wetland Restoration|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/WRC/Community/Ripple/Mangaotama-Wetland-Restoration.pdf|website=The Ripple Effect}} The Trust was registered in 2019.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=MyNZBN|url=https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/mynzbn/|access-date=2021-07-02|website=New Zealand Business Number|language=en-nz}} Work has included willow clearance{{Cite web|title=Waipa Catchment Committee – 19 Aug 2015|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/PageFiles/Templates/Waipa-Catchment-Committee-Presentation.pdf|website=Waikato Regional Council}} and replanting.{{Cite web|title=Heritage Fund - Waipa District Council|url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/our-services/grants-and-funding/heritagefund|access-date=2021-07-04|website=www.waipadc.govt.nz}}

Until roads were built, the main transport was along the river, which took about 3 days to paddle from the Awaroa River, via the Waikato, to Te Rore. By the 1850s there was an {{convert|8|mi|abbr=on}} dray road linking Te Rore with Te Awamutu, built under the supervision of Te Awamutu missionary, John Morgan.{{Cite web|date=February 2011|title=The Rohe Potae Commercial Economy in the Mid- ineteenth Century, c.1830-1886|url=https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_806544/Wai%20898%2C%20A026.pdf|website=Waitangi Tribunal}} The road was used by Governor Gore Browne when he visited in 1857.{{Cite web|date=20 Jun 1857|title=HIS EXCELLENCY'S VISIT TO THE WAIKATO. WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18570620.2.13|access-date=2021-06-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} From 1864 the river was navigated by steamers, including the Avon,{{Cite web|date=11 Feb 1864|title=The Native Rebellion. NEW ZEALAND HERALD|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18640211.2.12|access-date=2021-06-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and Freetrader.{{Cite web|date=23 Sep 1893|title=WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18930923.2.33|access-date=2021-06-26|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}

In 1881, a bridge replaced a ferry to Harapepe and Te Pahū. That bridge was replaced by the present one in 1957. In the 1958 flood only its side rails could be seen above the floodwaters. In 1928 it was noted that a drought made the river unnavigable{{Cite web|date=17 Apr 1928|title=THE WAIPA RIVER. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19280417.2.92|access-date=2021-06-16|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} and in 1925 there were complaints about the number of cars stuck on the mud roads.{{Cite web|date=15 Dec 1925|title=TE RORE ROADS. WAIPA POST|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIPO19251215.2.38|access-date=2021-06-16|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} A bus route linked Te Rore with Pirongia, Whatawhata and Hamilton from 1926.{{Cite web|date=6 Nov 1926|title=WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19261106.2.21.2|access-date=2021-06-17|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} In 1932 Lewis Hodgson took over{{Cite web|title=TRANSPORT SERVICES (New Zealand Herald, 1932-08-11)|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320811.2.19|access-date=2017-06-17|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en}} and it was still running in 1942.{{Cite web|date=28 Feb 1942|title=WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19420226.2.7.5|access-date=2021-06-17|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}} About 1970 SH39 was straightened and widened. It had previously been a turning from Allcock Road.{{Cite web|date=14 Jun 1943|title=Survey Number: SN266 Run Number: 837 Photo Number: 38|url=https://files.interpret.co.nz/Retrolens/Imagery/SN266/Crown_266_837_37/High.jpg|website=Retrolens}} In 2019 average daily traffic on SH39 at Meadway Road, just north of Te Rore, was 8,524, of which 13.9% were heavy vehicles,{{Cite web|title=State highway traffic monitoring – annual average daily traffic|url=https://maphub.nzta.govt.nz/public/?appid=31305d4c1c794c1188a87da0d3e85d04|access-date=2021-06-17|website=maphub.nzta.govt.nz}} up from 5,480 (12.4%) a decade earlier.{{Cite web|title=State Highway Traffic Data Booklet 2005 - 2009|url=https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/state-highway-traffic-volumes/docs/SHTV-2005-2009.pdf|website=NZTA}}

Te Rore Bridge{{Geographic Location|title=Neighbouring areas|width=auto|Northwest=Waitetuna|North=Whatawhata|Northeast=Ngāhinapōuri|West=Te Pahu|Centre=Te Rore|East=Ōhaupō|South=Pirongia|Southeast=Paterangi|Southwest=Mount Pirongia}}

{{Reflist}}

• [https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354458 1864 envelopes from Te Rore]
• [https://ap01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/64WAIKATO_INST/1276355300003401 1865 map]
• [https://collection.tamuseum.org.nz/objects/10643/te-rore-school photo of school]

Category:Waipa District

Category:Populated places in Waikato