Taharoa
Sign in to saveTaharoa ( or ) is a small village on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, to the southwest of Kawhia Harbour and overlooking Lake Taharoa.
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- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Waitomo District
- Population
- 180
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- Taharoa ironsand symbol.jpg
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Taharoa ( or ) is a small village on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, to the southwest of Kawhia Harbour and overlooking Lake Taharoa.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "long coast" for however traditional histories state that the extended name is “Te Tahaaroa a Ruaputahanga” or the “long calabash of Ruaputahanga”.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taharoa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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