Mataroa
Mataroa is a settlement in the Rangitikei District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The area was already settled by the Māori iwi Ngāti Rangi by the time William Colenso made the first recorded European visit in 1845.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taihape.
Taihape
Town
Photo: PhilBeeNZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taihape is in the Rangitikei District of the North Island of New Zealand. It serves a large rural community. State Highway 1, which runs North to South through the centre of the North Island, passes through the town. Taihape is situated 7 km southeast of Mataroa.
Mataroa
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Rangitikei District, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Rangitikei District, Manawatū–Whanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.65233° or 39° 39′ 8″ southLongitude
175.72426° or 175° 43′ 27″ eastElevation
537 metres (1,762 feet)Open location code
4VGQ8PXF+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 281430730OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Maori to Turkish—“Mataroa” goes by many names.
- Maori: “Mataroa”
- Turkish: “Mataroa”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mataroa”. Photo: Inkey, Public domain.