Whakarua 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 Whakawhitira.
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.
Whakawhitira
Locality
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Whakawhitira is a locality, which is situated 6 km north of Whakarua Park.
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 7 km southwest of Whakarua Park.
Whakarua Park
- Type: Park
- Description: sports facility and park in Ruatoria, New Zealand
- Categories: venue and recreation area
- Location: Gisborne District, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.88878° or 37° 53′ 20″ southLongitude
178.32265° or 178° 19′ 22″ eastOpen location code
4VJW486F+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 400732684OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q24998561
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