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The statistical unit 7012661, which covers 12.57 km2 (4.85 sq mi) around Te Rore Hall, [52] had a population of 159 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 24 people (17.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 15 people (10.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 51 households. There were 81 males and 78 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female. The median age was 35.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 39 people (24.5%) aged under 15 years, 30 (18.9%) aged 15 to 29, 75 (47.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 12 (7.5%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 94.3% European/Pākehā, 9.4% Māori, and 1.9% Asian (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 56.6% had no religion, 30.2% were Christian and 3.8% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (15.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 15 (12.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $45,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 81 (67.5%) people were employed full-time and 18 (15.0%) were part-time. [56]
Te Rore School was a co-educational state primary school, opened in 1880 and closed in 1986. [57] It was just to the north of the war memorial. [58] The building was moved to Ngāhinapōuri in 1993. [59]
Lake Mangakaware is a peat lake, which became a Recreational Reserve in 1981. It covers 12.9 ha (32 acres), is less than 5 m (16 ft) deep and has a catchment of around 300 ha (740 acres). [13] By 1987/1988 Mangakaware was hypertrophic with a pH between 6.7 and 7.2. A restoration programme since 2014 has included tree planting and silt traps [60] and will cost almost $1.5m. [61] An access road, off Anderson Road, and car park were built in 2016. [62] Further work on archaeological dating was done in 2019. [63] Metsulphuron is sprayed roughly annually to control alligator weed. [64]
Mangaotama Stream flows from Lake Ngaroto and enters the Waipā north of Te Rore. [65] Another stream, with the same name, enters the Waipā, about 15 km (9.3 mi) to the north, at Karakariki. [66] Mangaotama Stream and Wetland Trust plans to restore a 30 ha (74 acres) wetland along 2.5 km (1.6 mi) of the stream. [67] The Trust was registered in 2019. [68] Work has included willow clearance [69] and replanting. [70]
Until roads were built, the main transport was along the river, which took about 3 days to paddle from the Awaroa River, via the Waikato, to Te Rore. By the 1850s there was an 8 mi (13 km) dray road linking Te Rore with Te Awamutu, built under the supervision of Te Awamutu missionary, John Morgan. [71] The road was used by Governor Gore Browne when he visited in 1857. [72] From 1864 the river was navigated by steamers, including the Avon, [73] and Freetrader. [74]
In 1881, a bridge replaced a ferry to Harapepe and Te Pahū. That bridge was replaced by the present one in 1957. In the 1958 flood only its side rails could be seen above the floodwaters. [7] In 1928 it was noted that a drought made the river unnavigable [75] and in 1925 there were complaints about the number of cars stuck on the mud roads. [76] A bus route linked Te Rore with Pirongia, Whatawhata and Hamilton from 1926. [77] In 1932 Lewis Hodgson took over [78] and it was still running in 1942. [79] About 1970 SH39 was straightened and widened. [58] It had previously been a turning from Allcock Road. [80] In 2019 average daily traffic on SH39 at Meadway Road, just north of Te Rore, was 8,524, of which 13.9% were heavy vehicles, [81] up from 5,480 (12.4%) a decade earlier. [82]
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Hamilton on State Highway 3, one of the two main routes south from Auckland and Hamilton.
The Waipā River is in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are in the Rangitoto Range east of Te Kuiti. It flows north for 115 kilometres (71 mi), passing through Ōtorohanga and Pirongia, before flowing into the Waikato River at Ngāruawāhia. It is the Waikato's largest tributary. The Waipā's main tributary is the Puniu River.
Waipa District is a municipality in the Waikato region of New Zealand that is administered by the Waipa District Council. Its most populous town is Cambridge. The seat of the council is at the second most populous town, Te Awamutu. The district is south and south-east of the city of Hamilton. It has five wards: Te Awamutu, Cambridge, Pirongia, Maungatautari and Kakepuku.
Kawhia Harbour is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour, 40 kilometres southwest of Hamilton. Kawhia is part of the Ōtorohanga District Council and is in the King Country. It has a high-tide area of 68 km2 (26 sq mi) and a low-tide area of 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi).
Pirongia is a small town in the Waipa District of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is 12 kilometres to the west of Te Awamutu, on the banks of the Waipa River, close to the foot of the 962 metre Mount Pirongia, which lies in Pirongia Forest Park to the west of the town.
The Ōpārau River is a river of the Waikato Region of New Zealand's North Island in the area occupied by Ngāti Hikairo. It flows southwest from its sources in the Pirongia Forest Park, the highest being The Cone, and flows into the Kawhia Harbour, 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Kawhia. The river has about 171 km (106 mi) of tributaries.
Te Pahu is a rural community in the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, located just north of Cambridge across State Highway 1.
Kakepuku (Kakipuku-o-kahurere) is a volcanic cone which rises from the plain between the Waipā and Puniu rivers, about 3 km (2 mi) NW of Te Kawa and 8 km (5 mi) SW of Te Awamutu in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
Te Mawhai railway station was a flag station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand. Its primary traffic was supplies to the nearby Tokanui Psychiatric Hospital. The hospital was situated to be convenient for freight and passengers by rail and a light railway connection to the hospital was considered.
Lake Road railway station was a flag station in the Waikato Region and on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand.
Go Bus Transport Ltd is a large bus company in New Zealand owned by Australian-based transport operator Kinetic Group. The company is based in Hamilton, New Zealand, but also runs bus services in Hawke's Bay, Tauranga, Christchurch, Gisborne, Dunedin and Invercargill.
State Highway 39 (SH 39) is a New Zealand state highway that forms a western bypass of the city of Hamilton. Gazetted in 1999, it is a generally quicker route to get between Auckland and New Plymouth as well as connecting to the Waitomo Caves, just south of the SH 39 southern terminus. The southernmost 14 km section has a concurrency with SH 31, as this highway has existed for much longer.
State Highway 23 (SH 23) is a New Zealand state highway that connects the towns of Raglan and Hamilton.
State Highway 31 (SH 31) is a New Zealand state highway in the Waikato region. It provides a link to the harbour town of Kawhia on the west coast of the North Island.
Te Awamutu was a temporary terminus, serving the border town of Te Awamutu, on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) in New Zealand from 1880, when the line was extended from Ōhaupō, until 1887, when the line was extended south to Ōtorohanga.
Ōtorohanga railway station served the town of Ōtorohanga, on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand from 1887 to 2021. The current station dates from 1924.
Hauturu is a village near the eastern shores of the Kawhia Harbour, in the Otorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
Tokanui is a rural locality in the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
Isaac Coates was mayor of Hamilton from 1888 to 1892, a farmer, flax-miller, and a drainage and railway contractor.
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