Tahuna, Waikato

Tahuna is a small rural settlement located 18 km north of Morrinsville. In the Māori language Tahuna means sandbank, likely to refer to the sandbanks along the nearby Piako River, where a Māori settlement started. Tahuna is seen as the upper limit for navigatable travel on the Piako River.[1] The settlement has rugby club, lawn bowls club, golf course and various shops.[2]

Tahuna
Tahuna
Coordinates: 37.501475°S 175.494258°E / -37.501475; 175.494258
RegionWaikato
Territorial authorityMatamata-Piako District
ElectorateCoromandel
Government
 • MPScott Simpson (National)
 • MayorAsh Tanner
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
3373
Area code(s)07

Although Tahuna is in the Matamata-Piako District for local government, its representation in national government is within the Coromandel electorate due the abolition of the Piako electorate for the 2008 election.[3]

A town water supply was proposed in the 1980s and installed in the 2000s.[2]

There are two marae in the Tahuna area. The Waiti-Raungaunu marae and Paoa meeting house are also associated with the Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Makirangi, and with the iwi of Ngāti Paoa. Hoe o Tainui marae and surrounding settlement is affiliated with Ngāti Makirangi.[4][5]

Education

Tahuna School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[6][7] with a roll of 89 as of March 2020.[8]

References
  1. "Early Shipping". www.ohinemuri.org.nz.
  2. "Tahuna township - The challenges of treating and discharging wastewater to the local environment". waternz.org.nz. Water New Zealand.
  3. "Final Electorate Boundaries". elections.org.nz. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  5. "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  6. "Official School Website". tahunaschool.school.nz.
  7. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  8. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
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