Hatuma | |
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Coordinates: 40°02′13″S 176°29′20″E / 40.037°S 176.489°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Hawke's Bay |
Territorial authority | Central Hawke's Bay District |
Elevation | 141 m (463 ft) |
Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 153 |
Hatuma is 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Waipukurau,[3] in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. Meshblock 7016748, which covers 19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi) from the edge of Waipukurau to Marakeke, had a population of 153 in 2018.[4]
Hatuma was one of the ridings of Waipukurau County Council.[5] In the 1890s controversy raged for over a decade as to whether Woburn estate should be transferred from an absentee run holder to individual farmers. The change to Hatuma was made, but a historic house and remnants of a railway station are left from those days, as well as a lake of importance for wildlife and a more recent lime quarry to the south.