Horoera is a village and rural community in Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island.
[4] The community has traditionally been made up of a group of closely related families, whose life centred around the marae.
[5] The area's isolation made life difficult for European settlers,[6] and poverty has forced many local Māori to migrate to larger centres.
[5] In 2017, New Zealand Transport Agency upgraded the Horoera Bridge,[7] giving campervans and other heavy vehicles full access to the East Cape Lighthouse.
[9] In October 2020, the Government committed $5,756,639 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 28 others across the Gisborne District.