Piarere is a locality in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
It is situated on State Highway 29 close to its junction with State Highway 1, close to the shore of Lake Karapiro.
[1] The meaning of the settlement's name is uncertain, as piarere may be translated from Māori in numerous ways, but it is possibly a personal name.
[2] The Hinuera Gap, a geological feature stretching northeast of 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 eruption of Lake Taupo 25,000 years ago.