Horohoro, New Zealand


Horohoro is a rural farming community south-west of Rotorua, New Zealand. Horohoro is a prominent landmark in the Rotorua area: a flat topped mountain with perpendicular cliffs. It is the traditional home of Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuarā, whose ancestors related an incident in which Kahumatamomoe, a Te Arawa chief, washed his hands in a stream at the northern end of the Horohoro mountain. Hence the full name of the mountain is Te Horohoroinga o ngā ringa o Kahumatamomoe.
Horohoro was one of the first areas in Āpirana Ngata’s 1929 land development scheme, which established farms on Māori land a farming district.
Horohoro has two marae belonging to Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuarā: Kearoa Marae and meeting house, and Rongomaipapa Marae and Maruahangaroa meeting house.

Education

Horohoro School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of.