title: Rotokawa
text: # Rotokawa
  
  Rotokawa is a rural community in the Taupo District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
  
  The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "bitter lake" for Rotokawa.
  
  ## Marae
  
  The suburb has two Te Ure o Uenukukōpako marae.
  
  Ruamatā Marae and Uenukukōpako meeting house is a meeting place for the hapū of Ngati Te Kanawa.
  
  Pikirangi Marae and Ohomairangi meeting house is a meeting place of hapū of Ngāti Hauora. In October 2020, the Government committed $4,525,104 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Pikirangi Marae and Poukani Marae, creating 34 jobs.
  
  