What is "maramarua"

Maramarua is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate to the south of the Auckland area from 1987 to 1993. During those two parliamentary terms, Maramarua was represented by Bill Birch of the National Party.

Maramarua is a locality in the Waikato. New Zealand State Highway 2 goes through the settlement. Two prominent New Zealanders have died while driving near Maramarua. Stephen Shepherd Allen, a lawyer and local body politician, died of a heart attack in 1964 and in the resulting crash, his housekeeper was also killed. Popular historian Michael King and his wife died when their car crashed into a tree in 2004.