Ongarue

Ongarue (Māori: Ōngarue) is a rural community in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

It is located south of Te Kūiti and Waimiha, and north of Taumarunui.

[1] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of shaking" (i.e. an earthquake) for Ōngarue.

[3] On 6 July 1923, south of the township, an express train hit a landslide; the resulting Ongarue railway disaster killed 17 people, at the time the worst loss of life on New Zealand's railway.

[5] Much of the tramway's alignment is now the Timber Trail cycleway; Ongarue is at the lower end of the route.