Rangitoto | |
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Rural community | |
Coordinates: 38°20′45″S 175°15′23″E / 38.345956°S 175.256417°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Waikato |
Territorial authority | Waitomo District |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 168 |
Postcode(s) | 3982 |
Rangitoto is a rural community in the Waitomo District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.[1]
Rangitoto is in meshblocks 1020500 and 1020600, which had a population of 168 in the 2018 census.[2] It is within the much larger Waipa Valley statistical area.
The area includes Te Ahoroa Marae, a Ngāti Maniapoto tribal meeting ground of the Maniapoto hapū of Pare and Rereahu and the Rereahu hapū of Ngāti Paretapoko.[3] It includes the Tapairu meeting house.[4]
In October 2020, the Government committed $499,848 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae, creating an estimated 10 jobs.[5]
Rangitoto School is a co-educational state primary school,[6] with a roll of 24 as of February 2024.[7][8] The school opened in 1920.[9]