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Putaruru Information

With a population of 3800, Putaruru is known as a timber and farming town and for its beautiful spring waters, which come from the Blue Spring on the Waihou River.

Putaruru has a great variety of walks, long or short, which showcase the particular beauty of this area.  Visitors to Putaruru are invited to wander Te Waihou Walkway to view the Blue Springs.
The crystal clear spring water is bottled in town, and sold commercially, nationally and beyond, as Pump, Kiwi Blue, amongst other market branded bottled water.  In fact, it is this small town that is the source of over 60% of New Zealand's bottled water! 

Putaruru is a fisherman's dream.  With no less than 20 rivers packed with trout within a 20km radius from the township, the fishing experience is not only rewarding, but also beautifully picturesque and relaxing. Rainbow trout are resident all year round in these rivers.  They are greedy fish and will bite at anything, making them a pretty easy catch.

The Putaruru Heritage Trail follows some of the most significant landmarks in this area including The STONE HOUSE, which was built 1935-1936. TE WAOTU SCHOOL, which was opened in 1886 due to the efforts of Maori Chief Rongowhitiao Te Puni. ARAPUNI HYDRO STATION was the first of eight government built hydro-electric power stations on the Waikato River.  Construction commenced in 1924 and the first power was supplied in 1929.

The Putaruru Pavement Art Trail was started in February 1998 to encourage foot traffic around our town and to link the two distinct CBD areas separated by railway tracks.

Arapuni is a small village 16 kilometres west of Putaruru en route to Waitomo. The village is home to a hydroelectric power station and dam, which were among the first to be built on the Waikato River. This power station has given faithful service to the region over the years, and deserves its title of Old Workhorse of the Waikato. The swing bridge, which is suspended 54 metres above the power station, is 152 metres long and has a slope of 8 metres, an experience not for the faint hearted.

Within a 20-minute drive from Putaruru you will find Mount Maungatautari. Its 3363 hectare forested peak, surrounded by pastoral farmland, and two sides by the Waikato River. The area has been developed into an ecological trust which aims to build and maintain a 47km totally pest-proof fence around the forest on Maungatautari and to re-introduce threatened species that have been lost from the area, including kiwi, kokako, giant weta, and tuatara. There are three walks available with a moderate to difficult level.

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