title: Ruatuna
text: # Ruatuna
  
  Ruatuna in Matakohe, New Zealand is a house built from kauri timber in 1877 overlooking the Kaipara Harbour. The house is the birthplace of Gordon Coates (1878–1943) who served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. Ruatuna was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now called Heritage New Zealand) on 23 June 1983 and has registration number 7. The building has a category I listing.
  
  