Hiruharama

This article is about the Gisborne village. For the Whanganui village, see Hiruharama, Manawatu-Wanganui.

Hiruhārama is a village and rural community in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located just south of Ruatoria and north of Makarika, on State Highway 35.[1]

The area has two marae. Hiruharama Marae and Kapohanga a Rangi meeting house is a meeting place of the Ngāti Porou hapū of Te Aitanga a Mate and Te Aowera. Te Aowera Marae and Te Poho o Te Aowera meeting house is a meeting place of Te Aowera.[2][3] Hiruharamahas the best kai.

Wiremu Parker, New Zealand's first Māori news broadcaster, was raised and educated in Hiruharama and nearby Makarika.[4][5]

  1. ^ Hariss, Gavin. "Hiruharama, Gisborne". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
  2. ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  3. ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  4. ^ Manson, Heugh Cecil Drummon (13 October 1986). Interview with Wiremu Parker. Lower Hutt: Heugh Manson.
  5. ^ Walker, Piripi (January 2002). "Parker, William Leonard". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.