It is located along State Highway 29, approximately halfway between the cities of Hamilton and Tauranga.

[5] Hinuera Stone, or Ongatiti Ignimbrite,[6] is a Late Pleistocene,[7] light-brown rock containing angular fragments of pumice in a fine-grained ash matrix.

[8] It has been quarried since at least 1893,[9] though not on the present scale until 1954,[6] and is sold as Hinuera Stone for cladding and other decorative uses.

[12] The Hinuera Gap, a geological feature stretching west and southwest from the locality towards Piarere, was in prehistoric times the path of the Waikato River, which had its outlet in the Firth of Thames.

The river's course was altered to its current outflow by the massive Oruanui eruption about 26,500 years ago.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 48.1% had no religion, and 33.3% were Christian.

Before the 2023 census, the statistical area had a larger boundary, covering 130.31 km2 (50.31 sq mi).

[20] Hinuera was used as a transfer point during construction of Horahora power station in 1911,[21] for additional turbines in the 1920s.

[23] Like many stations in this area,[24] Hinuera was protected by a tree plantation,[25] part of which remains,[26] though more of it, on the east side, was felled between 1943[27] and 1966.

[26] Hinuera Public School was established in 1892 and operated out of a building leased from the Railway Department.