to 2001. The station was demolished during March and April 2013. Only a signals equipment shelter and a passing loop now remain on the station site. In the early 1900s the Taupo Totara Timber Company acquired bush blocks north and north-west of Lake Taupō and erected a mill at Kopokorahi, near the present Kinleith (Tokoroa). A bush tramway was constructed linking that mill with the Mokai Mill, 51 miles (82 km) south-east of Putāruru. By 1905 logs were transported to Putāruru via this line, and by 1908 passengers and goods. The dismantling of this line began in 1944 but in 1946 the Ministry of Works purchased it and in 1948 it began rebuilding the 18 miles (29 km) between Putāruru and Kinleith as a New Zealand Government Railways branch line to serve the new Kinleith Mill for pulp and paper production. This was completed on 6 October 1952. Taumangi railway station Taumangi (or Taumanga) was a flag station north of Putāruru and south of Tīrau. It was just south of Taumangi Road. In 1923 Taumangi Road was diverted north, when a bridge replaced the former level crossing. Taumangi opened on the same day as Putāruru, 8 March 1886. By August 1886 there was a by shelter shed and two cottages and by 1896 there was also a platform and cart approach. In 1925 it was noted that inwards traffic was of timber, shingle, gravel, coal, 13 loads of manure, a wagon of lime, hardware and small goods. The public siding closed on 8 September 1941, as it was in a poor condition, but the station remained open for passengers until 22 November 1948, and for parcels, and roadside traffic until 30 July 1951. There is now only a single line through the station site. Marae The Putāruru area has two marae, affiliated with the hapū of Ngāti Raukawa: Mangakāretu Marae and Ngā Hau e Maha meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Ahuru Whakaaratamaiti Marae and Korōria meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Ahuru and Ngāti Mahana In October 2020, the Government committed $1,259,392 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Mangakāretu Marae, Whakaaratamaiti Marae and 6 other Ngāti Raukawa marae, creating 18 jobs. Bent St. Skate Park One of Putaru's most prominent features is it historical skate-bowl park. It was built in the 1980s, as one of the first skate parks in the country, and was recently chosen for a