Ahititi
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Ahititi
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = New Zealand
|subdivision_type1= Region
|subdivision_name1= Taranaki
|subdivision_type2= District
|subdivision_name2= New Plymouth District
|pushpin_map = Taranaki
|pushpin_label_position = left
|coordinates = {{coord|38|51|41|S|174|36|18|E|region:NZ|display=inline,title}}
|population_as_of = 2013
|population_total = 84
}}
Ahititi is a locality in Taranaki, New Zealand. State Highway 3 runs through it. Mokau is 23 km to the north, Mimi is 26 km to the south-west, and Kotare is 16 km to the east. The Tongaporutu River flows through the area and into the North Taranaki Bight at Tongaporutu to the northwest. The name means "fire for cooking" (ahi) "muttonbirds" (titi).
Ahititi and its surrounds in Meshblock 1552600 had a population of 84 people in 33 households in the 2013 New Zealand census.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.stats.govt.nz/StatsMaps/Home/Maps/2013-census-quickstats-about-a-place-map.aspx|title=2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place|website=archive.stats.govt.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809172300/http://archive.stats.govt.nz/StatsMaps/Home/Maps/2013-census-quickstats-about-a-place-map.aspx|url-status=dead}}
Education
Ahititi School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school{{TKI|2150|Ahititi School}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2150|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}} The school celebrated its 100th jubilee in 1997.{{cite journal|url=http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php/notices.php?action=view&id=55136|title=Jubilees & reunions: Ahititi, Tongaporutu, Okau Schools and District Reunion|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|volume=75|issue=22|date=16 December 1996}}{{dead link|date=May 2009|fix-attempted=yes}}
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |title = Tongaporutu Ahititi Okau centennial booklet, 1897-1997 |place = Ahititi, [N.Z.] : New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Committee : Aries Print |year = 1997}}
- {{Cite book |first = Brian E. |last = Gray |title = The Tongaporutu River Valley : a history of the combined districts of Tongaporutu, Ahititi, Okau, Kotare, Rerekapa |place = Inglewood, [N.Z.] |publisher = Tongaporutu Historical Committee |year = 2000 |isbn = 978-0-473-07216-2}}
- {{Cite book |title = Parochial District of Saint Peter-by-the-Sea, Mokau : "come unto me" |place = Mokau, [N.Z.] |publisher = Parochial District of Saint Peter-by-the-Sea |year = c. 1956}}
- {{Cite book |title = Tongaporutu Ahititi Okau centennial booklet, 1897–1997 |place = Ahititi, [N.Z.] : New Plymouth, [N.Z.] |publisher = Centennial Committee : Aries Print |year = 1997}}
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