Ruatoria
Ruatoria is a town in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne Region in the northeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island. The town was originally known as Cross Roads then Manutahi and was later named Ruatorea in 1913, after the Māori Master female grower Tōrea who had some of the finest storage pits in her Iwi at the time.- Type: Village with 759 residents
- Description: town in the Gisborne District, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Ruatōria”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whakarua Park.
Whakarua Park
Park
Whakarua Park is a sports facility which is located on Whakarua Park Road in Ruatoria, Gisborne, New Zealand. The main sport that is played is rugby union, being the home ground of the East Coast Rugby Football Union, known as Ngāti Porou East Coast, who play in the Heartland Championship and formerly played in the National Provincial Championship's Second and Third divisions.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hiruharama and Whakawhitira.
Hiruharama
Hamlet
Hiruhārama is a village and rural community in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located just south of Ruatoria and north of Makarika, on State Highway 35. Hiruharama is situated 6 km southwest of Ruatoria.
Whakawhitira
Locality
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Whakawhitira is a locality, which is situated 7 km north of Ruatoria.
Whareponga
Hamlet
Whareponga is a bay and rural community in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located north of Waipiro Bay, and is the mouth of Whareponga Stream and Wharekaka Stream. Whareponga is situated 10 km southeast of Ruatoria.
Ruatoria
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Gisborne District, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.892° or 37° 53′ 31″ southLongitude
178.31875° or 178° 19′ 8″ eastPopulation
759Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)Open location code
4VJW4859+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 295186543OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2183115Wikidata ID
Q2171484
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