Murupara is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The town is situated in an isolated part of the Bay of Plenty region between the Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera National Park, on the banks of the Rangitaiki River, 65 kilometres southeast of Rotorua. History According to local Māori traditions, the Bay of Plenty was the landing point of several migration canoes that brought Māori settlers to New Zealand Kaingaroa Forest is the largest forest in the North Island of New Zealand, and the largest plantation in the southern hemisphere Te Urewera National Not to be confused with the Rangitikei River in the southwestern North Island Rotorua is a city on the southern shore of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand, and Rotorua Murupara is the terminus of the Murupara Branch railway. Its principal industries are all related to forestry. Forestry is the Art and Science of managing forests tree Plantations and related Natural resources. The name Murupara means "to wipe off mud"
Many years ago, Murupara was a staging post on the road between Rotorua and Napier. Napier ( Ahuriri in Māori) is a port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. In the early 1900s, the planting of exotic trees began on the surrounding scrubland. This area is now known as the Kaingaroa Forest, with 1,400 square kilometres of planted pines. As the main service centre for the many forestry workers and their families, Murupara grew to a population of over 3000. Recent changes to the forestry contracting system have brought about a decrease in the number of permanent residents, but Murupara remains a well-serviced township with a strong community spirit.
The settlements of Galatea, Horomanga, Kopuriki, Aniwhenua, Waiohau and Murupara lie between the boundary of the Kaingaroa Forest, the popular Te Urewera National Park and Whirinaki Forest Park. Te Urewera National Whirinaki Forest Park is a public forest in the North Island of New Zealand. Earlier history is also evident around Murupara. In a rock shelter approximately eight kilometres west of the town centre are a number of ancient cave drawings.
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