Ngarua is a rural community in the Matamata-Piako District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
It is located south-east of Tatuanui, west of Morrinsville and north of Waharoa and Matamata on State Highway 27.
The Tatua Dairy factory, in Tatuanui, is an independent co-operative owned by 114 shareholder farms from the Tatuanui and Ngarua area, all located within a 12 kilometre radius of the processing site.[1] It exports specialist dairy products to more than 60 countries.[2]