Waimiha

Waimiha is a rural community in the Ruapehu District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

[1] The local Waimiha Marae is a tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of Te Ihingarangi.

[5][6] The Waimiha farm scheme was one of the Māori land blocks in the country to be successfully converted to farmland.

Local Farmers' Union president Ngaronui Jones, who oversaw the conversion, also developed a farm on his own ancestral land.

[16] Ruapehu District Council hold periodic community meetings at Waimiha for residents to raise concerns.