Tauwhare

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Tauwhare
Suburb
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Tauwhare Community and War Memorial Hall
Tauwhare
Coordinates: 37°46′11.4″S175°27′33.09″E / 37.769833°S 175.4591917°E / -37.769833; 175.4591917 Coordinates: 37°46′11.4″S175°27′33.09″E / 37.769833°S 175.4591917°E / -37.769833; 175.4591917
CountryNew Zealand
City Waikato District
Electoral ward Waikato (Parliamentary), Eureka (District Council) [1]
Population
 (2006 Census)
 • Total4,623
Eureka Morrinsville Kiwitahi
Tamahere
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Matangi Pukemoremore Maungakawa

Tauwhare is a small rural community in the Waikato District on the outskirts of Hamilton. The Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park is located here.

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There is a Community Committee [2] and a Memorial Hall. [3] The 1902 Cyclopedia of New Zealand noted that Tauwhare had a scattered population, a school, a cheese factory (owned by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company) and could be reached by coach from Tamahere railway station. [4]

Demographics

The 2006 census counted a Tamahere and Tauwhare area of 130 km2 (50 sq mi). [5] In 2018 Tauwhare was grouped in the Eureka Tauwhare area, which covers 135.55 km2 (52.34 sq mi). [5] These areas had the statistics in the table below, which show people are wealthier and slightly older than the 37.4 years of the national average. In 2013 Tauwhere was covered by meshblocks 0957700 and 0958200 with a population totalling 486 in 156 households. [6]

Population
YearT/EurekaT/TamahereMedian ageHouseholdsMedian incomeNational median income
20013,57937.31,167$24,400$18,500
20061,5394,62338.71,470$32,400$24,100
20131,9175,62842.51,875$38,500$27,900 [7]
20182,14237.5696$44,500 [8] $31,800

In 2018 the main ethnic groups of the area were 89.4% European, 9.5% Māori and 5.3% Asian.

Marae

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Tauwhare School

Te Iti o Hauā Marae is the mana whenua in Tauwhare of the local sub-tribe of the same name of Ngāti Hauā. The people here belong to the Mangaonua river. Waimakariri Marae and Waenganui meeting house is a meeting place for the Ngāti Hauā hapū of Ngāti Waenganui and Ngāti Waenganui, and the Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Hauā. [9] [10]

In October 2020, the Government committed $734,311 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 4 other Ngāti Hauā marae, creating 7 jobs. [11]

Education

Tauwhare School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, [12] [13] with a roll of 112 as of February 2023. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Eureka ward map
  2. ↑ "Tauwhare placemaking". www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Community halls". www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tauwhare". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place". archive.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place". archive.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "2018 Census place summaries". www.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ↑ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  10. ↑ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  11. ↑ "Marae Announcements" (Excel). growregions.govt.nz. Provincial Growth Fund. 9 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Official School Website". tauwhare.school.nz.
  13. ↑ "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  14. ↑ "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
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