Horohoro, New Zealand

Horohoro is a rural farming community 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-west of Rotorua, New Zealand. Horohoro is a prominent landmark in the Rotorua area: a flat topped mountain with perpendicular cliffs. It is the traditional home of Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuarā, whose ancestors related an incident in which Kahumatamomoe, a Te Arawa chief, washed his hands in a stream at the northern end of the Horohoro mountain. Hence the full name of the mountain is Te Horohoroinga o ngā ringa o Kahumatamomoe.[1]

Horohoro was one of the first areas in Āpirana Ngata’s 1929 land development scheme, which established farms on Māori land a farming district.[2]

Kearoa meeting house in Tarewa, where it was relocated before being returned to Horohoro.

Horohoro has two marae belonging to Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuarā:[3] Kearoa Marae and meeting house, and Rongomaipapa Marae and Maruahangaroa meeting house (which also connects with Ngāti Kahungunu.[4]

Education

Horohoro School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[5] with a roll of 56 as of March 2020.[6]

References
  1. Ngati Kea Ngati Tuara (2017). "History=Te Runanga o Ngati Kea Ngati Tuara". Ngati Kea Ngati Tuara.
  2. Malcolm McKinnon (March 2009). "Volcanic Plateau places - Rotorua to Taupō". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  3. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  4. "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  5. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  6. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.

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