Te Rehunga is a rural locality located in the Tararua District, part of the Manawatū-Whanganui Region of New Zealand.
Known today for its sheep and dairy farming, Te Rehunga is adjacent to the agricultural service towns of Dannevirke and Woodville, and borders the eastern slopes of the Ruahine Range.
[1] The area was settled originally by Māori iwi (tribes), primarily members of the Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu.
European settlement in the region began with the arrival of Scandinavian settlers, brought in to begin logging the old-growth timber in the region known as the "Seventy-Mile Bush" (from Norsewood south to what is now Eketāhuna).
[3] The Te Rehunga area, although affected by the expected closure of the nearby PPCS Oringi meat-processing plant,[4] continues to slowly progress economically, due in part to its proximity to the Ruahine Forest Parks,[5] as well as adjacent to the busy SH2 national highway linking Auckland and Wellington via Hawke's Bay.