Te Rua o Pueru
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Te Rua o Pueru

Aramiro, Waikato District, Waikato, New Zealand

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    Aramiro, Waikato District, Waikato 3293 New Zealand
    Coordinates: -37.88562, 175.02766
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TE RUA O PUERU is a private, Maori owned Urupa/Burial Ground gazetted as such by the New Zealand Government for the purposes of a burial ground for members of the Ngati Tonganui subtribe of the Ngati Mahanga tribe. This burial ground is also referred to simply as PUERU. Land for the burial ground was donated by the late Tiatia Te Heruika in 1909, although it is said that there were interments prior to this date. Tiatia's gifting of shares (individual interests)formalised the reservation in terms of land ownership.

It is difficult to articulate the number of interments here, for the longest time - because of the absence of headstones, which were regarded as non-traditional.
The first headstone was permitted by sanction of the late Maori Queen, Dame Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu in 1973.

The original name for this location was TE PIRAU, named in consequence of the spoiling of stored food in ground pits. TE RUA O PUERU in practice refers to the land immediately opposite.

PUERU URUPA is situate on a hill overlooking the Aramiro Valley. It is located on the corner of Waitetuna Valley Road and Vandy Road. Access to the actual fenced burial ground requires crossing over farm land, which is not permitted by anyone other than members of the tribe.

The Chief, TE HERUIKA II is the oldest interment at Pueru, known to the Author.










TE RUA O PUERU is a private, Maori owned Urupa/Burial Ground gazetted as such by the New Zealand Government for the purposes of a burial ground for members of the Ngati Tonganui subtribe of the Ngati Mahanga tribe. This burial ground is also referred to simply as PUERU. Land for the burial ground was donated by the late Tiatia Te Heruika in 1909, although it is said that there were interments prior to this date. Tiatia's gifting of shares (individual interests)formalised the reservation in terms of land ownership.

It is difficult to articulate the number of interments here, for the longest time - because of the absence of headstones, which were regarded as non-traditional.
The first headstone was permitted by sanction of the late Maori Queen, Dame Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu in 1973.

The original name for this location was TE PIRAU, named in consequence of the spoiling of stored food in ground pits. TE RUA O PUERU in practice refers to the land immediately opposite.

PUERU URUPA is situate on a hill overlooking the Aramiro Valley. It is located on the corner of Waitetuna Valley Road and Vandy Road. Access to the actual fenced burial ground requires crossing over farm land, which is not permitted by anyone other than members of the tribe.

The Chief, TE HERUIKA II is the oldest interment at Pueru, known to the Author.










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