Hoata

Hoata is a farmstead in Gisborne District, East Coast. Hoata is situated nearby to the village Ruatoria, as well as near the locality Whakawhitira.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Whakarua Park is situated 2½ km south of Hoata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruatoria and Whakawhitira.

Ruatoria

Village

Photo: David.awatere, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Ruatoria is situated 3 km south of Hoata.