Te Haroto
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Coordinates: 39°07′34″S 176°36′25″E / 39.126116°S 176.606832°E / -39.126116; 176.606832 | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Hawke's Bay Region |
District | Hastings District |
Te Haroto is a rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.
It is located roughly 60 kilometres northwest of Napier and southeast of TaupōonState Highway 5 Napier-Taupō Road.
The main village centres around Te Hāroto Marae. Te Rongopai is the wharepuni (meeting house) and Piriwiritua is the wharekai (dining hall) a meeting place for the iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Hineuru.[1][2]
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "the pool" for Te Hāroto.[3]
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