Te Haroto is a rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Te Haroto
Te Haroto
Coordinates: 39.126116°S 176.606832°E / -39.126116; 176.606832
Country	New Zealand
Region	Hawke's Bay Region
District	Hastings District

It is located roughly 60 kilometres northwest of Napier and southeast of Taupo on State Highway 5 Napier-Taupo Road.

The main village centres around Te Hāroto Marae. Te Rongopai is the wharepuni (meeting house) and Piriwiritua is the wharekai (dining hall) a meeting place for the iwi (tribe) of Ngāti Hineuru.[1][2]

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "the pool" for Te Hāroto.[3]

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