Uruti

{{Short description|Settlement in Taranaki, New Zealand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Uruti

| image_skyline = Uruti Stream in Uruti.jpg

| image_caption = The Uturi Stream, which runs next to the township

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = New Zealand

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Taranaki Region

| subdivision_type2 = Territorial authority

| subdivision_name2 = New Plymouth District

| subdivision_type3 = Ward

| subdivision_name3 = {{ubl|North General Ward|Te Purutanga Mauri Pūmanawa Māori Ward}}

| subdivision_type4 = Community

| subdivision_name4 = Clifton Community

| seat_type = Electorates

| seat = {{ubl|Taranaki-King Country|Te Tai Hauāuru (Māori)}}

| leader_title = Territorial Authority

| leader_name = New Plymouth District Council

| leader_title1 = Regional council

| leader_name1 = Taranaki Regional Council

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| image_map = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|38|56|40|S|174|31|42|E}}|zoom=9}}

| coordinates = {{coord|38|56|40|S|174|31|42|E|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}

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Uruti is a locality in northern Taranaki, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 3, north-east of Mimi and south-west of Ahititi. The Uruti Stream meets the Mimi River at this point. The river flows past the settlement into the North Taranaki Bight.{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|isbn=0-7900-0952-8|editor=Peter Dowling |publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 35}}{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 74}}

A district nurse was appointed to serve the backblocks of the Uruti Valley in 1909. This was the first district nursing service in New Zealand.{{cite book|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MacNurs-t1-body-d16.html|title=Nursing in New Zealand: History and Reminiscences|first=Hester|last=Maclean|year=1932|chapter=XVI. Back-Block District Nursing|pages=86–87}}{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/MacleanHesterRrc/MacleanHesterRrc/en|title=MACLEAN, Hester, R.R.C.|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of New Zealand (1966)}}

The Uruti tunnel links the Uruti Valley with the main highway. It was completed in 1923 and is the longest and most unstable tunnel in Taranaki.{{cite web|url=http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/newTaranakiStories/taratunnels.htm|title=Road Tunnels of Taranaki|publisher=Puke Ariki|first=Rhonda|last=Bartle|date=17 February 2005|access-date=16 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517165709/http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/newTaranakiStories/taratunnels.htm|archive-date=17 May 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

The 1984 film Vigil was filmed at Uruti.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/UnderstandingTheNaturalWorld/PerceptionsOfTheLandscape/7/ENZ-Resources/Standard/3/en|title=Vigil film set|encyclopedia=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand}} Much of the 2003 film The Last Samurai was filmed in the Uruti Valley, with Mount Taranaki/Egmont standing in for Mount Fuji.{{cite web|url=http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/features/last-samurai-feature/last-samurai-feature-home.cfm |title=The Last Samurai New Zealand Film Location |publisher=Tourism New Zealand |access-date=2008-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120094617/http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/features/last-samurai-feature/last-samurai-feature-home.cfm |archive-date=20 November 2008 }}