Putere is a village and rural community in the Wairoa District of the

Hawke's Bay Region Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...

, on New Zealand's

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. It is located around the small Lake Rotoroa and Lake Rotonuiaha. The main road to Putere runs from

Raupunga Raupunga is a small settlement in the northern Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. It is located close to the country's highest railway bridge, the Mohaka Viaduct, which crosses the Mohaka River. The village has a predomina ...

on State Highway 2. A European sheep farming station, Te Putere Grazing Run, was established in the area in 1875 or 1876. The area was also farmed by the families of World War I soldiers, but conditions were severe and many families had abandoned their farms by the

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Marae

Te Maara a Ngata marae and meeting house is a meeting place of the

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...

hapū In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ...

Ngāti Pāhauwera Ngāti Pāhauwera is a Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. See also *List of Māori iwi This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes). List of iwi This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also ...

. Putere marae and meeting house is a meeting place of Tūhoe and the Ngāti Ruapani hapū of Ngāti Hinekura, Pukehore and Tuwai. It is also associated with the

hapū of

, Ruapani. In October 2020, the Government committed $1,949,075 from the

Provincial Growth Fund Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party. Jones' political career began 2005 New Zealand general election, in 2005 as a l ...

to upgrade Putere and 23 other Ngāti Kahungunu marae, creating 164 jobs. It also committed to $1,646,820 towards improvements of Putere and five other marae, creating 10 jobs.

Education

Putere School is a Year 1–8 co-educational state primary school established in 1925. It is a decile 2 school with a roll of as of New school buildings were built remotely in 2010.

References

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