Tūrangawaewae
Tūrangawaewae is a marae and a royal residence in Ngāruawāhia, Waikato, New Zealand. It is the official residence of the Māori monarch and the administrative headquarters of the Kīngitanga movement.Photo: No1 saint, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: marae in Ngāruawāhia
- Also known as: “Turangawaewae” and “Turangawaewae Marae”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ngaruawahia High School and Hakarimata.
Ngaruawahia High School
School
Ngaruawahia High School is a state co-educational school situated in Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand. The school was opened in 1963 and the current principal is Rebecca Hodgson. Ngaruawahia High School is situated 590 metres northeast of Tūrangawaewae.
Hakarimata
Peak
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hakarimata is a peak, which is situated 2½ km west of Tūrangawaewae.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ngāruawāhia and Horotiu.
Ngāruawāhia
Town
Photo: Honet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ngāruawāhia is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers, adjacent to the Hakarimata Range.
Horotiu
Village
Horotiu is a small township on the west bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is on the Waikato Plains 13 km north of Hamilton and 5 km south of Ngāruawāhia. Horotiu is situated 5 km southeast of Tūrangawaewae.
Taupiri
Village
Photo: Johnragla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taupiri is a small town of about 500 people on the eastern bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is overlooked by Taupiri mountain, the sacred burial ground for the Waikato tribes of the Māori people, located just to the north. Taupiri is situated 6 km northeast of Tūrangawaewae.
Tūrangawaewae
- Category: marae
- Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.66389° or 37° 39′ 50″ southLongitude
175.15399° or 175° 9′ 14″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
4VJQ85P3+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 93564690OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=maraeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialGeoNames ID
6247827Wikidata ID
Q7862772
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Satellite Map
Discover Tūrangawaewae from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Walloon—“Tūrangawaewae” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圖朗格瓦伊瓦伊”
- Dutch: “Turangawaewae”
- French: “Turangawaewae”
- German: “Turangawaewae”
- Latin: “Turangawaewae”
- Limburgan: “Turangawaewae”
- Maori: “Tūrangawaewae”
- Picard: “Turangawaewae”
- Vlaams: “Turangawaewae”
- Walloon: “Turangawaewae”
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Nearby Places
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