Hakataramea
{{Short description|Town in Canterbury, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hakataramea
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Rural locality
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| image_map = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|-44.722|170.483}}|zoom=6}}
| coordinates = {{coord|-44.722|170.483|region:NZ_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Canterbury
| subdivision_type2 = Territorial authority
| subdivision_name2 = Waimate District
| subdivision_type3 = Ward
| subdivision_name3 = Hakataramea-Waihaorunga Ward
| seat_type = Electorates
| seat = {{ubl|Waitaki|Te Tai Tonga (Māori)}}
| leader_title = {{nowrap|Territorial authority}}
| leader_name = Waimate District Council
| leader_title1 = Regional council
| leader_name1 = Environment Canterbury
| leader_title2 = Mayor of Waimate
| leader_name2 = {{NZ officeholder data|Waimate District Mayor|y}}
| leader_title3 = Waitaki MP
| leader_name3 = {{NZ officeholder data|Waitaki MP|y}}
| leader_title4 = Te Tai Tonga MP
| leader_name4 = {{NZ officeholder data|Te Tai Tonga MP|y}}
| area_total_km2 = 2,059.60
| population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
| population_total = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Hakataramea|y}}
| population_as_of = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = New Zealand Standard Time
| utc_offset1 = +12
| timezone1_DST = New Zealand Daylight Time
| utc_offset1_DST = +13
| area_code = 03
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Hakataramea, spelt Hakateramea in some older sources, is a rural village located in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is in the Waimate District and sits on the north bank of the Waitaki River at its confluence with the Hakataramea River.
Several small communities are located in the Waihaorunga rural area, to the north of Hakataramea. The community of Douglas, settled in 1911, has a population of about 20 people.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10614187|title=$25,000 just for being called Douglas|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=8 December 2009}} Waihao Downs, on State Highway 82, was the terminus on Waimate Rail Branch, from 4 April 1884 until 11 December 1953.{{cite book|author1=Geoffrey B. Churchman |author2=Tony Hurst |title=The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History|year=1991|publisher=HarperCollins|place=Auckland}}
History
The area in and around Hakataramea was leased by the New Zealand and Australia Land Company in the 1860s and freehold settlement began in 1878.Beautiful Waitaki, [http://www.beautiful-waitaki.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=8&Itemid=23 "Hakataramea"], accessed 21 October 2007. On 7 November 1881, a combined road/rail bridge from Kurow to Hakataramea across the Waitaki River was opened. The bridge carried the Kurow Branch railway into Hakataramea, and this branch line provided an economically valuable connection to the Main South Line, from which it diverged in Pukeuri, north of Oamaru.David Leitch and Brian Scott, Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways, revised edition (Wellington: Grantham House, 1998 [1995]), 83. Plans existed to extend the line beyond Hakataramea up the Hakataramea River valley to a proposed town that would have been home to 10,000 people, but neither town nor railway extension were ever built.North Otago Museum, "Duntroon Railway Station", High Country Herald, 17 October 2007. Railway services consisted of mixed trains hauled by steam locomotives. Due to low traffic and the closeness of the more significant Kurow railway station, the 1.76 km of trackage between Kurow and Hakataramea closed on 14 July 1930.{{cite book|author1=Geoffrey B. Churchman |author2=Tony Hurst |title=The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey Through History|year=1991|publisher=HarperCollins|place=Auckland|page=205}} The road/rail bridge into Hakataramea is now road only and carries State Highway 82.
In World War I, eight soldiers from Hakataramea were killed. A small square obelisk now stands in Hakataramea as a memorial.New Zealand History Online, [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/hakataramea-war-memorial "Hakataramea War Memorial"], accessed 21 October 2007.
Demographics
The Hakataramea statistical area covers {{Convert|2059.60|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787| access-date=27 November 2023|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Hakataramea|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Hakataramea|y}}|R}}/2059.60|2}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|732|2013|756|2018|831|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}
Hakataramea had a population of 831 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 75 people (9.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 99 people (13.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 327 households, comprising 426 males and 405 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 42.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 174 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 102 (12.3%) aged 15 to 29, 420 (50.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 135 (16.2%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 93.5% European/Pākehā, 4.0% Māori, 1.1% Pasifika, 3.2% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 12.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.5% had no religion, 39.0% were Christian, 0.7% were Buddhist and 0.4% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 87 (13.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 123 (18.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. 84 people (12.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 381 (58.0%) people were employed full-time, 114 (17.4%) were part-time, and 9 (1.4%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Hakataramea (342100)|hakataramea|Hakataramea}}
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Hakataramea Valley, elevation {{convert|355|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)
|Jan high C = 22.8
|Feb high C = 22.8
|Mar high C = 20.5
|Apr high C = 17.0
|May high C = 13.5
|Jun high C = 9.7
|Jul high C = 9.7
|Aug high C = 11.6
|Sep high C = 14.5
|Oct high C = 16.7
|Nov high C = 18.7
|Dec high C = 21.0
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 16.2
|Feb mean C = 15.9
|Mar mean C = 13.9
|Apr mean C = 10.7
|May mean C = 7.7
|Jun mean C = 4.4
|Jul mean C = 4.3
|Aug mean C = 6.0
|Sep mean C = 8.5
|Oct mean C = 10.4
|Nov mean C = 12.3
|Dec mean C = 14.6
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 9.5
|Feb low C = 9.0
|Mar low C = 7.3
|Apr low C = 4.4
|May low C = 2.0
|Jun low C = -1.0
|Jul low C = -1.1
|Aug low C = 0.4
|Sep low C = 2.6
|Oct low C = 4.1
|Nov low C = 6.0
|Dec low C = 8.2
| year low C =
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 75.9
|Feb rain mm = 64.1
|Mar rain mm = 50.8
|Apr rain mm = 48.9
|May rain mm = 52.6
|Jun rain mm = 36.7
|Jul rain mm = 49.2
|Aug rain mm = 39.6
|Sep rain mm = 45.5
|Oct rain mm = 56.9
|Nov rain mm = 62.0
|Dec rain mm = 95.8
|year rain mm =
{{cite web
|url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz
|title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Hakataramea Valley Cws, Hakataramea Valley, Hillside
|publisher = NIWA
|access-date = 19 May 2024}}
}}
References
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{{Waimate District, New Zealand}}