Putaruru

Putaruru is a rural town in the Waikato region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is located 65 kilometres south-east of Hamilton.

Putaruru has many attractions in and around the centre of town it is a fisherman's heaven, within 20 kilometres there are 20 rivers full of rainbow and brown trout and it is has a great walking track, Te Waihou Walkway, where you walk to find the Blue Springs.

Putaruru has a timber museum as the area has a history of farming and timber growing and is it also home to a beautiful water park, which is decorated with mosaics and native plants.

Putaruru History

There were many Maori settlements in the Putaruru district in pre-colonial times. Ngati Raukawa is the main tribe in the area and Ngati Mahana is the subtribe. During Te Rauparaha's migration to the Cook Strait area in the 1820s, many Ngati Raukawa people moved from these settlements to Rangitikei and Manawatu localities, and others followed after the Siege of Orakau in 1864. Te Kooti and his followers were pursued through the district early in 1870 by a force under Lt-Col. Thomas McDonnell.

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