Pirongia is a small town in the Waipa District of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.

[citation needed] At the northern end of the town, between the Waipā River and the Mangapiko Stream, is the site of Mātakitaki pā.

As a result, Pirongia (Alexandra) was planned to be the hub servicing several redoubt settlements in the area.

In its heyday of the mid-1870s, there were two hotels, a variety of shops, a bank, a blacksmith, a lending library, a school and later a creamery, mainly on Crozier and Franklin Streets.

However, the decision to route the main trunk railway via Te Awamutu, and the resulting gradual decline in the importance of river transport, together with the dispersal from the King Country of King Tāwhiao and his followers, meant that by the 1890s, Pirongia (Alexandra) was being superseded by Te Awamutu and other settlements on the railway line.

[4] Many businesses moved to Te Awamutu or closed and the settlement gradually assumed the character of a small farming centre.

The village has experienced rapid population growth since the 1980s as city-dwellers seeking a rural lifestyle have migrated to Pirongia.

Pirongia has a rural fire force located in the village to protect native bush in the area.

has displays and items of historical interest and is located on Franklin Street in the centre of the village.