Tauranga Taupà  is a semi-rural area located at the mouth of Tauranga Taupà  River, on the southern shores of Lake Taupà  in New Zealand's North Island.
The area includes three contiguous settlements: Oruatua, near the mouth of the Tauranga Taupà  River. Te Rangiita or Rangiita, and Waitetoko or Waitetoko Beach. These settlements are located southwest to northeast on State Highway 1.
The closest towns are Tà «rangi which is 13km south of Te Rangiita and Taupà Â, which is 37km northwest .
The shores of Lake Taupà  were first inhabited by NgÃÂti Hotu during the fourteenth century. MÃÂori legends speak about explorers Tia and NgÃÂtoro-i-rangi, who competed to claim land along the shores of Lake Taupà  and passed through Tauranga Taupà Â. The children of NgÃÂtoro-i-rangi's descendant Tà «wharetoa came to the Taupà  District and created the iwi NgÃÂti Tà «wharetoa. A descendant of Tà «wharetoa named Te Rangi-ita and his son Tama-mutu became important figures in the iwi around the seventeenth century. They were warrior chiefs who established territories in the Taupà  District and established the NgÃÂti Te Rangi-ita hapà « in the Tauranga Taupà  area.
Europeans began arriving to the Taupà  area in the early nineteenth century. The first road along the south eastern side of the lake was built in 1883. 1924 saw the construction of the Tauranga-Taupà  bridge completing the road from Taupà  to Tokaanu. This would later become State Highway One.
The local Waitetoko Marae is a marae for the local NgÃÂti Tà «wharetoa hapà « of NgÃÂti Te Rangiita. It includes Te Kapua Whakapipi meeting house.
Statistics New Zealand describes Oruatua-Te Rangiita-Waitetoko as a rural settlement, which covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>. The settlement is part of the larger Lake Taupà  Bays statistical area.
Oruatua-Te Rangiita-Waitetoko had a population of 186 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 24 people (14.8%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 39 people (26.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 102 males, 81 females, and 3 people of other genders in 90 dwellings. 4.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 49.0 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 27 people (14.5%) aged under 15 years, 24 (12.9%) aged 15 to 29, 84 (45.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 48 (25.8%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 79.0% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 27.4% MÃÂori; 1.6% Pasifika; 1.6% Asian; 1.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.4%, MÃÂori by 8.1%, and other languages by 3.2%. No language could be spoken by 1.6% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 8.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 27.4% Christian, 3.2% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 3.2% New Age, 1.6% Jewish, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 58.1%, and 6.5% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 24 (15.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 99 (62.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 33 (20.8%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $37,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 12 people (7.5%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 63 (39.6%) full-time, 30 (18.9%) part-time, and 3 (1.9%) unemployed.