Murupara

Murupara
Minor urban area
View eastward from Murupara over the Whirinaki River and Galatea Plains toward the Ikawhenua Range
View eastward from Murupara over the Whirinaki River and Galatea Plains toward the Ikawhenua Range
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Coordinates: 38°28′S 176°42′E / 38.467°S 176.700°E / -38.467; 176.700
CountryNew Zealand
RegionBay of Plenty
Territorial authorityWhakatāne District
WardTe Urewera General Ward
CommunityMurupara Community
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial authorityWhakatāne District Council
 • Regional councilBay of Plenty Regional Council
Area
[1]
 • Total6.26 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total2,040
 • Density330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Postcode(s)
3025
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 also make up over 90% of the population.

It is on SH38 and is the terminus of the Murupara Railway Branch. The town's principal industries are all related to forestry.[3]

Murupara is in the rohe (tribal area) of the Ngāti Manawa iwi.[4]

The Māori language name Murupara means "to wipe off mud".[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Murupara Travel Guide". Jasons Travel Media.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference tkmentry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 116.