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- working collectively -
Project Tararua is a collaborative collective of social service providers within Tararua District. This three year initiative is funded by Department of Internal Affairs. A Project Manager is in place to implement actions identified through the community research which has been completed as the first phase of this project.
The Tararua District is located on the south-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand, a land area of 436,046 hectares. The District is predominantly rural with a small population spread amongst several townships and settlements including Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Woodville, Dannevirke and Norsewood. The Tararua District draws its name from the Tararua range which forms the western boundary – ‘tara’ meaning ‘peaks’ and ‘rua’ meaning two’. Māori have lived in the Tararua for several hundred years. The two recognised iwi within the district are Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamaki Nui a Rua and Rangitāne o Tamaki Nui a Rua. European settlement dates from the 1850s, predominantly Scandinavians who called the district Seventy Mile Bush.
