State Highway 4 passes through it, and the North Island Main Trunk railway line runs to the east.

[4] Raurimu railway station served the town from 1906 until its closure in 1978.

[5] A life-size driftwood sculpture of a Tyrannosaurus rex stands at the corner of Keitieke Road and State Highway 4.

It is part of the larger National Park statistical area.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 60.9% had no religion, and 34.8% were Christian.