| Rangitoto | |
| Settlement Type: | Rural community |
| Coordinates: | -38.346°N 175.2564°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | New Zealand |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Waikato |
| Subdivision Type2: | Territorial authority |
| Subdivision Name2: | Waitomo District |
| Population As Of: | 2018 |
| Population Total: | 168 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode(s) |
| Postal Code: | 3982 |
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. 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.[2] It includes the Tapairu meeting house.[3]
In October 2020, the Government committed $499,848 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae, creating an estimated 10 jobs.[4]
Rangitoto School is a co-educational state primary school,[5] with a roll of as of [6] The school opened in 1920.[7]