Road naming approved

We're proud to share that the road names for Te Rā Fields have been approved by Rotorua Lakes Council — the result of a naming process led by mana whenua.

Ngāti Tura Ngāti Te Ngākau and Ngāti Ngararanui worked together to develop the names, drawing on ecological research into the site's native insects, fungi, and freshwater species, alongside the oral knowledge of kaumātua on the waterways that have sustained this whenua for generations.

The names follow the ecological journey of the land itself — beginning at the wetland, where names reference dragonflies, damp-forest fungi, and wetland-margin insects, and moving outward through the development to reflect the drier, terrestrial landscape beyond. At the centre sits Matawainuku Avenue, named for the underground aquifer that connects Te Arawa iwi from Lake Taupō to the coast — a name chosen to reflect the water system that unifies and sustains the entire site.

Every street at Te Rā Fields will carry a name rooted in the living ecosystem it was built from — a connection residents will carry with them each time they say their address.

We're deeply grateful to Ngāti Tura Ngāti Te Ngākau and Ngāti Ngararanui for sharing this knowledge and shaping Te Rā Fields in such a meaningful way.