Editing Taumarunui (section)

==History and culture==
[[File:Taitua Taumarunui 1885.jpg|thumb|300px|Taitua at Taumarunui in 1885.]]Taumarunui was originally a Māori settlement at the confluence of the [[Ongarue River]] with the Whanganui, important canoe routes linking the interior of the island with the lower Whanganui River settlements. Some places, notably the valley of the Pungapunga Stream, which joins the upper Whanganui near [[Manunui]], were celebrated for the size and quality of [[Podocarpus totara|tōtara]], and large canoes were built there. The area is a border area between a number of iwi including [[Whanganui (iwi)|Whanganui]], [[Ngāti Maniapoto]] and [[Ngāti Tūwharetoa]], who lived together in relative harmony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/T/Taumarunui/Taumarunui/en |title=TAUMARUNUI – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=Teara.govt.nz |date=22 April 2009 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>

Late in December 1843 [[George Selwyn (bishop of Lichfield)|Bishop Selwyn]] travelled from the district south of [[Taupō]] to a point on the Whanganui River about six miles downstream from Taumarunui and thence continued his journey to the coast by canoe. Towards the end of 1869 [[Te Kooti]] was at Taumarunui before his march through the western Taupō district to [[Tapapa]]. In the early 1880s the first surveys of the King Country commenced, and by the early 1890s the Crown had begun the purchase of large areas of land.

In 1874, Alexander Bell set up a trading post, and became the first European settler. The town has a road called Bell Road.

During the [[New Zealand Wars]] a resident named William Moffatt manufactured and supplied Māori with a coarse kind of gunpowder. He was afterwards expelled from the district. Despite warnings, he returned in 1880, ostensibly to prospect for gold, and was executed.

The Whanganui River long continued to be the principal route serving Taumarunui. Traffic was at first by Māori canoe, but by the late 1880s regular steamship communication was established. Taumarunui Landing ([http://www.riverboats.homestead.com/files/Riverboat_Mix_06.jpg Image]) was the last stop on [[Alexander Hatrick]]'s steam boat service from Wanganui. The river vessels maintained the services between Wanganui and Taumarunui until the late 1920s, when the condition of the river deteriorated.

Later, Taumarunui gained importance with the completion of the [[North Island Main Trunk|North Island Main Trunk line]] in 1908–09 (celebrated in the 1957 ballad "[[Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line]]" by [[Peter Cape]], about the [[Taumarunui Railway Station|station]] refreshment room). The line south of Taumarunui caused considerable problems due to the terrain, and has several high viaducts and the famous [[Raurimu Spiral]]. The [[Stratford–Okahukura line|Stratford–Okahukura Line]] to [[Stratford, New Zealand|Stratford]] connected just north of Taumarunui. In more recent times, the town's economy has been based on [[forestry]] and farming. It has gained in importance as a tourism centre, especially as an entry point for voyagers down the scenic Wanganui River and as the possessor of a high-quality golf course.

=== Timeline ===

'''1800s'''
*  1862, 8/9 February – [[Coutts Crawford|James Coutts Crawford]] visits, was given a number of old songs and "various accounts of the [[taniwha]], one of whom we were told overthrew the [[Whangaehu River|Wangaehu]] bridge."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/recollectionstr00coutgoog |title=Recollections of travel in New Zealand and Australia : Crawford, James Coutts : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |date=10 March 2001 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1864 – Boundaries of the [[King Country]] drawn and European settlement is prohibited.<!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1869 – [[Te Kooti]] in Taumarunui.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC18700118.2.32 |title=Papers Past — Colonist — 18 January 1870 — IMPORTANT FROM WAIKATO |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1871 – [[Thomas McDonnell]] in area following up on reports of gold. Claimed to have found goldbearing quartz in the creeks of 'Taurewa' [http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=1002294].
* 1874 – Alexander Bell set up a trading post, and became the first European settler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov07_04Rail-t1-body-d9-d4.html |title=The "Father of Taumarunui." &#124; NZETC |publisher=Nzetc.victoria.ac.nz |date=1 August 1932 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1880 – Moffatt and Henaro travel to the village of Matahaura, where William Moffatt is subsequently executed at Matapuna.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP18801112.2.21 |title=Papers Past — Evening Post — 12 November 1880 — FURTHER DETAILS. [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.&#93; Wanganui, This Day |publisher=Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1883 – John Rochford's survey party start surveying the rail route through the King Country.<!-- "Also: Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly --><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-Gov08_07Rail-t1-body-d8.html |title=The Trail of Adventure – Pioneer Survey of the North Island Main Trunk Railway |journal=The New Zealand Railways Magazine|volume=8|issue=7|date=1 November 1933|access-date=14 January 2015}}</ref>
* 1884 – Prohibition to European settlement lifted.  Alcohol prohibition established.<!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1885 – Photographer [[Alfred Henry Burton|Alfred Burton]], artist Edward Payton<ref>{{cite book|first=Una |last=Platts |url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d937.html |chapter=PAYTON, Edward William 1859–1944 |title=Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook |publisher=Avon Fine Prints |year=1980 |location=Christchurch |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref> and surveyor [[John Rochford]]<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/rochfort-john |chapter=ROCHFORT, John |title=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=23 April 2009 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref> tour [[Te Rohe Pōtae]] along with time in Taumarunui.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34913/alfred-burton-and-edward-payton-1885 |chapter=Alfred Burton and Edward Payton, 1885 – King Country region |title=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
*  1885, 10 Dec – First post office opened in Taumarunui (under the name 'Taumaranui') as part of the [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]] Postal District,<ref>{{NZHPT|7623|Taumarunui Post Office|15 September 2013}}</ref> closes 1887.<ref>{{Cite news| author=Staff reporter – Taumarunui
  | title = Old Post Office to Make Way for New Court House
  | place = Taumarunui
  | publisher = clipping <!-- Taumarunui Press? or The Daily News? -->
  | edition = 29 December 1966}}</ref>

'''1900–1914'''
[[File:View of Taumarunui (21561204796).jpg|thumb|300px|A view of Taumarunui, circa 1910s]]
* 1900 – town-to-be reportedly held only 13 European males.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1900 p.143</ref> Another report said 40 or 50 members of [[Ngāti Hau]] and Mr Bell.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19001203.2.20|title=MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY. AUCKLAND STAR|date=3 December 1900|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>
* 1901 – Railways line joining [[Te Kuiti railway station|Te Kūiti]] to Taumarunui opened. <!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1903 – Railway line passes through Taumarunui, and [[Taumarunui Railway Station]] opened on 1 December 1903 and [[Matapuna railway station|Matapuna]] on 22 June 1903.
* 1904 – First European child is born in township. <!-- NZ BD&M reference: 1904/13131 -->
* 1904 – £10,000 houseboat built then floated to [[Ōhura]] river junction. In 1927 this is transferred down river to [[Retaruke River]] junction where it was destroyed by fire in 1933.
* 1906 – Native town council set up: Hakiaha Tawhiao, J.E. Ward (interpreter), J. Carrington. E.W. Simmons, A.J. Langmuir (chairman), J.E. Slattery. <!-- cf. http://www.taumarunui.co.nz/wp-content/gallery/1901-1910/ETI-12889-HR.jpeg -->
* 1906, 14 Sep – First issue of the '''Taumarunui Press'''.
* 1907 – First hospital erected, 5 beds. 
* 1908–09 – [[North Island Main Trunk]] opened to through Auckland-Wellington trains from 9 November 1908, with the first NIMT express trains from 14 February 1909. 
* 1908–11 [[William Thomas Jennings]] elected [[Member of parliament|Member of Parliament]] for [[Taumarunui (New Zealand electorate)|Taumarunui electorate]] 
* 1910 – Borough of Taumarunui proclaimed. <!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
* 1910 – [[Kaitieke County|Kaitieke]] Co-op Dairy Co. formed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farm Notes |work=Ohinemuri Gazette|volume=XXI |issue=2639 |page=3 |date=9 May 1910| url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OG19100509.2.25| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kaitieke Co-op Dairy Co |work=[[Auckland Star]] |volume=XLIX |issue=193 |page=6| date=14 August 1918| url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19180814.2.68| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* 1910 – George Henry Thompson defeated Rev John E. Ward (166 to 143 votes) to become the first borough council mayor.
* 1912 – Population: Males: 641; Females: 487 – Note: 1912 census did not include a count of [[Māori people|Māori]].
* 1912 – Township started getting water supply from Waitea Creek, just south of [[Piriaka]].  Project cost £13,000.  Pipeline 8 miles long.
* 1913 – William Henry Wackrow – Mayor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZH19130611.2.9 |title=Taumarunui Hospital |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]  |date=11 June 1913 |volume=L |issue=15325 |page=4 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
* 1913, 22 Jul – First reported cases of [[Smallpox]] in district.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WC19130723.2.16.27.8 |title=Outbreaks Near Taumarunui |work=Wanganui Chronicle |issue=12889 |page=5 |date=23 July 1913 |access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
* 1911–14 [[Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician)|Charles Wilson]] elected Member of Parliament
* 1914 – Taumarunui gas supply begins <!-- "Switching on the King Country" - Hellen Reilly -->
[[File:A landing on the Whanganui River at Taumarunui (21488619822).jpg|thumb|300px|A landing on the Whanganui River at Taumarunui in motorised boats]]
'''1914–1939'''
* 1914–19 – [[William Thomas Jennings]] re-elected Member of Parliament
* 1915 – Taumarunui Hospital Board formed, 30 beds.
* 1915 – Only a single car in town.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], First car p.143</ref>
* 1915–1917 – Mayor: G.S. Steadman.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1915–1917 p.143</ref>
* 1916 – Census: 3,021 (Taumarunui & Manunui)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/influenza-pandemic/north-island-death-rates#king |title=North Island influenza death rates &#124; NZHistory, New Zealand history online |publisher=Nzhistory.net.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1917 – Tuku Te Ihu Te Ngarupiki, Chief of [[Rangatahi]], dies in Matapuna near Taumarunui aged 97.<!-- https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_70989993/Wai%20898,%204.1.10%20.pdf page 708 -->
* 1917–1919 – Mayor: A.S. Laird.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1917–1919 p.143</ref>
* 1919–1923 – Mayor: G.S. Steadman.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1919–1923 p.143</ref>
* 1923–1925 – Mayor: C.C. Marsack.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1923–1925 p.143</ref>
* 1924 – The [[Piriaka Power Station]] was built to supply electricity to Taumarunui.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/kcenergy/generation5.html |title=Piriaka Power Scheme |publisher=King County Energy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051943/http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/kcenergy/generation5.html |archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref>
* 1925–1929 – Mayor: G.E. Manson.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1925–1929 p.143</ref>
* 1928 – Four thousand bales of wool shipped down river
* 1929–1944 – Mayor: Cecil Boles.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1929–1944 p.143</ref>
* 1932 – [[Stratford–Okahukura line|Stratford–Okahukura Line]] completed.
* 1939 – Hatricks's steamer ceased running, final section of the journey having been done by coach from Kirikau landing since 1927.
[[File:Junction of the Whanganui and Ongarue Rivers at Taumarunui (21651989012).jpg|thumb|300px|Junction of the Whanganui and [[Ongarue River]]]]
'''1939–1999'''
* 1941 – Cosmopolitan Club established with Father Conboy as first president.
* 1944–1947 – Mayor: W.S.N. Campbell.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1944–1947 p.143</ref>
* 1947–1953 – Mayor: D.H. Hall.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], 1947–1953 p.143</ref>
* 1951 – Census: 3,220
* 1952 – [[Kaitieke County]] and [[Ōhura|Ohura]] County amalgamated with Taumarunui County.
* 1953–1956 – Mayor: [[David Seath|David C. Seath]] – later Member of Parliament for the [[King Country]]
* 1956 – Mayor: Frank D. House – later [[Taumarunui High School]] governor.
* 1956 – Census: 3,341
* 1961 – Census: 4,961
* 1962 – The King Country Electric Power Board commissioned its [[Kuratau Power Station]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1212/S00314/kce-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-kuratau-power-station.htm |title=KCE celebrates 50th anniversary of Kuratau Power Station &#124; Scoop News |publisher=Scoop.co.nz |date=10 December 2012 |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1966 – 1 October, 6:00pm – [[King Country Radio]] 1520AM with the call sign 1ZU first broadcasts from Taumarunui.
* 1968 – [[Queen Carnival|N.Z. Sportsmen's dinner]] – attended by [[Fred Allen (rugby player)|Fred Allen]], [[Peter Snell]], [[Waka Nathan]], [[Colin Meads]], [[Bob Skelton (jockey)|Bob Skelton]], [[Taini Jamison]], [[Tilly Hirst|Tilley Vercoe]], Ivan Grattan, Bill Wordley, Don Croot, Trevor Ormsby, Hine Peni and Sonny Bolstad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao64TeA/c20.html |title=Taumarunui Queen Carnival |access-date=10 June 2008 |date=September–November 1968 |work=Te Ao Hou THE MAORI MAGAZINE  |publisher=Department Maori and Islands Affairs }}</ref>
* 1971 – Additional generator to the [[Piriaka]] Power Scheme<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/kcenergy/generation5.html |title=:::King Country Energy::: |publisher=Home.xtra.co.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1976, 4 Oct – Daniel Houpapa shot by [[Armed Offenders Squad]] after he fires at an officer<ref>{{cite news |author=NZPA |title=Chronology of fatal shootings by NZ police |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-police/news/article.cfm?o_id=131&objectid=10539110 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=23 October 2008 |access-date=9 October 2009}}</ref>
* 1981 – Census: 6,540, Full-time in labour force: 2,727<ref>{{cite web |title=Appendix II: Taumarunui: Farming-Community Linkages|url=http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/profitability-and-economics/farm-adjustment-and-restructuring/farm-adjustment12.htm|publisher=[[Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand)]]|access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
* 1986 – Census: 6,468, Full-time in labour force: 2,514
* 1988 – Taumarunui District Council formed.
Town Mayors immediately prior to 1988 include: Charles Binzegger, Les Byars and Terry Podmore.<ref>[[#Craig1990|Craig 1990]], pre 1988 mayors p.143</ref>
* 1989, 1 Nov – Taumarunui District Council merged into [[Ruapehu District]] Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/council/about_council.html |title=About Council |publisher=Ruapehu District Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122093821/http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/council/about_council.html |archive-date=22 January 2010}}</ref>
* 1991 – Census: 6,141, Full-time in labour force: 1,935
* 1996 – Census: 5,835, Full-time in labour force: 1,438
* 1997/98 – [[AFFCO Holdings]] freezing works closes.

'''2000s'''
* 2001 – Census: 5,139
* 2005/06 – Taumarunui Milk Co-op closes – 95 years after the original Kaitieke Co-op Dairy Co. was opened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingcountrydrivertraining.co.nz/aboutus.html |title=About Us at King Country Driver Training |publisher=Kingcountrydrivertraining.co.nz |access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/@@searchlite-certificate-of-incorporation/193624|title=Certificate of Incorporation : TAUMARUNUI MILK CO-OPERATIVE (1972) LIMITED : 193624|publisher=Business.govt.nz|access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=KAITIEKE CO-OP. DAIRY CO. |work=[[Auckland Star]] |volume=XLIX |issue=193 |page=6 |date=14 August 1918| url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19180814.2.68| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* 2006 – Census: 5,052<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/district/facts_figures.html |title=Our District – Facts and Figures |publisher=Ruapehu District Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128120052/http://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/pages/district/facts_figures.html |archive-date=28 January 2010}}</ref>
* 2009, Nov – [[Stratford–Okahukura Line]] mothballed.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10608125| title=Line's mothballing sets off alarm bells| work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]| access-date=10 November 2009 |first=Mathew |last=Dearnaley |date=9 November 2009}}</ref>
* 2010, 31 Mar – [[King Country Radio]] 1512AM & 92.7FM with the call sign 1ZU goes off air.
* 2012, 25 Jun – [[Taumarunui Railway Station|Taumarunui Station]] passenger stop dropped from [[Northern Explorer]]'s schedule.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dash to catch the last train |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/7164511/Dash-to-catch-the-last-train |work=Manuwatu Standard|date=25 June 2012| access-date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
* 2013 – Census: 4,500<ref name="census2013">[http://profile.idnz.co.nz/ruapehu/about/?WebID=150 Census 2013]</ref>

===Local government===
In 1910, Taumarunui Borough was formed, with its own borough council and mayor.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19101007.2.32 |title=Taumarunui Borough Council |date=7 October 1910 |work=[[Wanganui Chronicle]] |volume=50 |issue=12626 |page=5 |access-date=27 April 2025 |via=[[PapersPast]]}}</ref> In 1988, Taumarunui District was formed, only to be replaced the following year as it was merged into the now [[Ruapehu District]].

Between 1910 and 1988, Taumarunui Borough had 15 mayors. The following is a complete list:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archivescentral.org.nz/ruapehu-district-council/record/record-mayors-and-councillors-inception-borough-and-town-clerks |title=Record of mayors and councillors since inception of borough and town clerks |website=Archives Central |publisher=Manawatū–Whanganui Local Authority Shared Services |access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" 
!
! Name
! Term of office
|-
| align=center | 1
| G. H. Thompson
| 1910–1912
|-
| align=center | 2
| W. H. Wackrow
| 1912–1914
|-
| align=center | 3
| E. W. Simmons
| 1914–1915
|-
| align=center | 4
| George Samuel Steadman
| 1915–1917
|-
| align=center | 5
| Alexander Smith Laird
| 1917–1919
|-
| align=center | (4)
| George Samuel Steadman
| 1919–1923
|-
| align=center | 6
| [[Charles Marsack (judge)|Charles Marsack]]
| 1923–1925
|-
| align=center | 7
| George Edward Manson
| 1925–1929
|-
| align=center | 8
| Cecil Augustus Boles
| 1929–1944
|-
| align=center | 9
| William Alexander Nisbet Campbell
| 1944–1947
|-
| align=center | 10
| Douglas Hamilton Hall
| 1947–1953
|-
| align=center | 11
| [[David Seath|David Coutts Seath]]
| 1953–1956
|-
| align=center | 12
| Frank Douglas House
| 1956–1962
|-
| align=center | 13
| Les Byars
| 1962–1974
|-
| align=center | 14
| Charles Binzegger
| 1974–1977
|-
| align=center | (13)
| Les Byars
| 1977–1986
|-
| align=center | 15
| Terry Podmore
| 1986–1988
|}

===Marae===

There are a number of [[marae]] in the Taumarunui area, affiliated with local [[iwi]] and [[hapū]], including:

* Kimihia Marae is affiliated with [[Ngāti Te Wera]]
* Morero Marae and Hauaroa is affiliated with [[Ngāti Hekeawai]] and the [[Ngāti Hāua]] hapū of [[Ngāti Hāuaroa]] and [[Ngāti Reremai]]
* Ngāpuwaiwaha Marae and Te Taurawhiri a Hinengākau is affiliated with the Ngāti Hāua hapū of [[Ngāti Hāua (hapū)|Ngāti Hāua]] and Ngāti Hāuaroa
* Petania Marae and Hinemihi meeting house are affiliated with the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of [[Hinemihi (Ngāti Tūwharetoa)|Hinemihi]], [[Parewaeono]] and [[Rōrā]], and the [[Ngāti Tūwharetoa]] hapū of [[Ngāti Hinemihi (Ngāti Tūwharetoa)|Ngāti Hinemihi]]
* Takaputiraha Marae is affiliated with Ngāti Maniapoto
* Te Peka Marae is affiliated with the Ngāti Hāua hapū of [[Ngāti Hekeāwai]]
* [[Tū Whenua Marae]] and [[Tū Whenua|Tū Whenua meeting house]] is affiliated with the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of [[Mangu (Ngāti Maniapoto)|Mangu]], [[Rewa (Ngāti Maniapoto)|Rewa]] and [[Tupu (Ngāti Maniapoto)|Tupu]]
* Whānau Maria Marae and Whānau Maria meeting house is affiliated with the Ngāti Hāua hapū of Ngāti Hāua
* Wharauroa Marae and Hikurangi meeting house is affiliated with the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of Hinemihi, [[Rangatahi]]; with the Ngāti Hāua hapū of [[Ngāti Hekeawai]], [[Ngāti Hinewai]], Ngāti Hāuaroa, Ngāti Hāua, and [[Ngāti Wera|Ngāti Wera/Tuwera]]; with Ngāti Hinewai; and with [[Ngāti Rangatahi (Whanganui)|Ngāti Rangatahi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= https://www.tkm.govt.nz/iwi/maniapoto/# |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=[[Te Puni Kōkiri]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= https://www.tkm.govt.nz/iwi/ngati-haua-upper-whanganui/# |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=[[Te Puni Kōkiri]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Māori Maps |url=https://maorimaps.com/marae/wharauroa|website=maorimaps.com |publisher=Te Potiki National Trust}}</ref>

In October 2020, the Government committed $1,560,379 from the [[Provincial Growth Fund]] to upgrade Takaputiraha Marae, Whānau Maria Marae, Wharauroa Marae and 5 other nearby marae, creating 156 jobs.<ref name="maraepgf">{{cite web |title=Marae Announcements |url=https://www.growregions.govt.nz/assets/funding-announcements/marae-announcements.xlsx |website=growregions.govt.nz |publisher=[[Provincial Growth Fund]] |format=Excel |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
[[File:NZL-taumarunui-uhr.jpg|thumb|Railway station clock]]