Rangitoto, Waikato

Rangitoto is a rural community in the Waitomo District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.

[1] Rangitoto is in meshblocks 1020500 and 1020600, which had a population of 168 in the 2018 census.

[2] It is within the much larger Waipa Valley statistical area.

The area includes Te Ahoroa Marae, a Ngāti Maniapoto tribal meeting ground of the Maniapoto hapū of Pare and Rereahu and the Rereahu hapū of Ngāti Paretapoko.

[4] In October 2020, the Government committed $499,848 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae, creating an estimated 10 jobs.