Erua, New Zealand
Erua is a rural settlement six kilometres south of the town of National Park (also called Waimarino) on State Highway 4 in New Zealand.[1] The area is administered by the Ruapehu District Council and is within its National Park ward.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage says that Erua means "two", from the Māori word "rua" for "two" and the prefix "e", which is used for numbers between two and nine.[2]
Erua is bordered by protected forestland and is used as a base for exploring the area,[1] which includes a singletrack bicycle trail.[3] Pollen analysis was done on samples from the Erua Swamp.[4] The settlement abuts Erua Forest, a 0.07 km2 (0.027 sq mi) area managed by the Department of Conservation and containing tawa, rimu, miro and tōtara trees.[5] The state protected forest was established in 1930.[1] Hunting is permitted in the forest.[6]
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References
- ^ a b c Pollock, Kerryn (1 March 2015). "King Country places – National Park". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Erua Forest Trail Mountain Bike Trail in Raetihi, New Zealand || SINGLETRACKS.COM". www.singletracks.com. 22 January 2017.
- ^ Horrocks, M.; Ogden, J. (5 June 1998). "Fine resolution palynology of Erua Swamp, Tongaririo, New Zealand, since the Taupo Tephra eruption of c. 1718 B.P." New Zealand Journal of Botany. 36 (2): 285–293. Bibcode:1998NZJB...36..285H. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1998.9512566.
- ^ "Fishers Track | Ruapehu, New Zealand". www.newzealand.com.
- ^ "Erua Forest hunting". www.doc.govt.nz.
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