Complex sentence: The small township of Pongaroa lies in the Tararua District, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand-110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington.
Split into simpler sentences: The small township of Pongaroa lies in Tararua, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington.