Ngaruawahia

Ngāruawāhia (Maori pronunciation: [ŋaːɾʉawaːhia]) (pop. 5,106) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers. Ngāruawāhia lies within the Hamilton Urban Area, the fourth largest urban area in New Zealand. The meaning of the town's name is open the food pits, which comes from a feast held hundreds of years ago to celebrate the coming together of two tribes through a marriage which were Ngati Tamainupo and Ngati Maniapoto. The word combines the Māori words wahia meaning firewood and rua meaning pit or hole in this usage. An alternative translation is place of the two rivers, as the Waipa and Waikato rivers join at this...