Porewa is a rural community, in the Rangitikei District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

[3] Pohonui-Porewa had the following boundaries with other statistical areas: Moawhango to the north, Whanawhana (towards Hastings, Hawke's Bay) to the northeast, Tikokino (Central Hawke's Bay) to the east, Pohangina (Manawatū) to the southeast, Kiwitea (Manawatu) to the south, Tokorangi-Hiwinui (Manawatu) and Lake Alice to the southwest and Fordell-Kakatahi (Whanganui) to the west.

[4] By 1897, the rural settlement consisted of a small wooden schoolhouse, two homes, and a one-acre school playground.

The school could accommodate 40 students, had a roll of 36, had average attendance of 27, and had a single teacher.

[1] The meshblock's ethnicity is made up of (national figures in brackets): 89.3% European (74.0%), 15.6% Māori (14.9%), 0.9% Asian (11.8%), 0.9% Pacific Islanders (7.4%), 0.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American or African (1.2%), and 2.9% Other (1.7%).

The North Island portion of this national state highway begins at Cape Reinga and ends at Wellington International Airport.

[12] The area used to be serviced by the North Island Main Trunk (or Overlander), a railway line connecting Auckland and Wellington.