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Te Hāroto, 2009

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Te Hāroto, 2009

Te Hāroto is a settlement comprising a few houses and the Ngāti Hineuru marae. Its quiet appearance in the early 2000s gives no indication that it was a bustling timber township in the early 20th century.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Kerryn Pollock

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay places – Inland of Hastings and Napier, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24279/te-haroto-2009 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 19 August 2009, updated 30 November 2015.