Ruatoria
Ruatoria is a locality in East Coast, North Island. Ruatoria is situated nearby to the locality Rotokautuku, as well as near the tribal area Kariaka Marae.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 Ruatoria and Hiruharama.
Ruatoria
Village
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.
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
Photo: QFSE Media, CC BY-SA 3.0 nz.
Whakawhitira is a locality, which is situated 6 km north of Ruatoria.
Ruatoria
- Type: Locality
- Location: East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.88823° or 37° 53′ 18″ southLongitude
178.31021° or 178° 18′ 37″ eastElevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
4VJW4866+P3GeoNames ID
6240443
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