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.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (180 feet)
Places of Interest
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Whakarua Park
Park
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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.
6 km southwest of Ruatoria
Whakawhitira
Whakawhitira is a locality.
6 km north of Ruatoria
Ruatoria
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Latitude
-37.88823° or 37° 53′ 18″ south
Longitude
178.31021° or 178° 18′ 37″ east
Open location code
4VJW4866+P3
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