Waikare

Waikare is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. The Waikare River flows from the Russell Forest past Waikare and into the Waikare Inlet, which leads into the Bay of Islands.[1][2]

Waikare
Waikare
Coordinates: 35°20′20″S 174°14′0″E
CountryNew Zealand
RegionNorthland Region
DistrictFar North District

The population is largely of the Te Kapotai hapū and Ngāti Pare iwi.[3]

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "rippling waters" for Waikare.[4]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006648—    
2013660+0.26%
2018690+0.89%
Source: [5]

The statistical area of Russell Forest-Rawhiti, which at 191 square kilometres is much larger than this locality, covers the area northeast to Cape Brett including some offshore islands, and west to Karetu. It had a population of 690 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 30 people (4.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 42 people (6.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 255 households. There were 324 males and 363 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female. Of the total population, 123 people (17.8%) were aged up to 15 years, 123 (17.8%) were 15 to 29, 288 (41.7%) were 30 to 64, and 153 (22.2%) were 65 or older. Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.

Ethnicities were 47.0% European/Pākehā, 66.5% Māori, 5.7% Pacific peoples, 0.9% Asian, and 1.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 8.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 40.4% had no religion, 33.9% were Christian, and 15.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 51 (9.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 135 (23.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $20,400. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 198 (34.9%) people were employed full-time, 108 (19.0%) were part-time, and 30 (5.3%) were unemployed.[5]

Marae

Waikare or Te Tūruki Marae and Te Huihuinga|Te Huihuinga or Te Aranga o te Pā meeting house is a meeting place for the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Pare and Te Kapotai.[6][7]

Education

Te Kura o Waikare, also called Waikare School, is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of 81 students as of March 2020.[8][9] It is a Designated Special Character school with the Māori language as the principal language of instruction. The school replaced the previous Waikare School in 2004.[10]

Notes
  1. Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 5. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 21. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  3. "TE PŪRONGO AROTAKE mātauranga:TE KURA O WAIKARE". Education Review Office. June 2007.
  4. "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  5. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Russell Forest-Rawhiti (104400). 2018 Census place summary: Russell Forest-Rawhiti
  6. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
  7. "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
  8. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. Education Counts: Te Kura o Waikare
  10. "Mergers, Closures and New Schools, January 2004 - January 2005" (XLS). Education Counts.
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