Murupara
Sign in to savethumb|right|Apa Hapai Taketake meeting house at Murupara, ca. 1940
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Murupara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Minor urban area
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Murupara-Galatea.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View eastward from Murupara over the Whirinaki River and Galatea Plains toward the Ikawhenua Range
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- New Zealand
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bay of Plenty
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Territorial authority
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Whakatāne District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Ward
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Te Urewera General Ward
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Community
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Murupara Community
- Settlement.leader_title
- Territorial authority
- Settlement.leader_name
- Whakatāne District Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- New Zealand
- Population
- +1970
- Image
- Murupara-Galatea.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
8 sectionsContents
- History and culture
- History
- Marae
- Demographics
- Education
- Notable people
- Climate
- References
thumb|right|Apa Hapai Taketake meeting house at Murupara, ca. 1940
Murupara is a town in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is in an isolated part of the region between the Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera protected area, on the banks of the Rangitaiki River, 65 kilometres southeast of Rotorua. Indigenous Māori make up over 90% of the population.