Tahuna, Waikato
Tahuna | |
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Interactive map of Tahuna | |
| Coordinates: 37°30′05″S 175°29′39″E / 37.501475°S 175.494258°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Waikato |
| District | Matamata-Piako District |
| Ward | Morrinsville General Ward |
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| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Matamata-Piako District Council |
| • Regional council | Waikato Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Matamata-Piako | Ash Tanner |
| • Waikato MP | Tim van de Molen |
| • Hauraki-Waikato MP | Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2025) | |
• Total | 140 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 3373 |
| Area code | 07 |
Tahuna is a small rural settlement located 18 km north of Morrinsville. In the Māori language Tahuna means sandbank, likely to refer to the sandbanks along the nearby Piako River, where a Māori settlement started. Tahuna is seen as the upper limit for navigatable travel on the Piako River. The settlement has a rugby club, a lawn bowls club, a golf course and various shops.
Although Tahuna is in the Matamata-Piako District for local government, its representation in national government is within the Coromandel electorate due to the abolition of the Piako electorate for the 2008 election.
A town water supply was proposed in the 1980s and installed in the 2000s.