Hauturu is a village near the eastern shores of the Kawhia Harbour, in the Otorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.[1]
The local Rākaunui Marae is a meeting ground for the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of Kerapa, Takiari and Te Waha, and the Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Ngutu and Ngāti Paretekawa.[2] It includes the Moanakahakore meeting house.[3]
Hauturu School is a Year 1–8 co-educational state primary school.[4] It is a decile 3 school with a roll of as of February 2024.[5][6] It was founded in 1918,[7] though Awaroa School got an Education Ministry grant from 1910.[8] The school, which was also known as Awaroa School,[9] was described as being made of packing cases[10] before it was rebuilt in 1924.[11]
A request to extend Hauturu Road up the Awaroa valley was made by the new settlers in 1905.[12] Te Koraha School was open from at least 1911[13] to 1935. It was about 12km12 km (7.5 mi) up the Awaroa valley.[14]