PouÃÂrua (also Pou e rua), is a high basaltic scoria cone, in the Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in New Zealand. It is in the locality of Pakaraka and was the site of a pÃÂ that was studied during a major archeological project in the 1980s. PouÃÂrua is registered with the Historic Places Trust as a traditional site (Registration Number 6711).
The last MÃÂori who occupied PouÃÂrua were the NgÃÂti RÃÂhiri subtribe of NgÃÂpuhi. They left in about 1860.
According to the Historic Places Trust, PouÃÂrua is considered the origin and the watershed or pou of the two tribal areas of NgÃÂpuhi, at the Hokianga in the west and Taumarere in the east.