Hatepe
{{short description|Settlement in Waikato, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hatepe
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| settlement_type = Rural settlement
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| coordinates = {{coord|-38.854|176.012|region:NZ_type:city|display=it}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Waikato region
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Taupō District
| subdivision_type3 = Ward
| subdivision_name3 = Turangi-Tongariro General Ward
| leader_title = Territorial Authority
| leader_name = Taupō District Council
| leader_title1 = Regional council
| leader_name1 = Waikato Regional Council
| leader_title2 = Mayor of Taupō
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| leader_title3 = Taupō MP
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| leader_title4 = Waiariki MP
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| seat_type = Electorates
| seat = {{ubl|Taupō|Waiariki (Māori)}}
| area_total_km2 = 0.22
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Hatepe is a small community northeast of Tauranga Taupō and southwest of Waitahanui, on the southeastern side of New Zealand's Lake Taupō. {{NZlSH|1}} runs past it. Hinemaiaia River runs into the lake at the north end of the settlement.{{cite map|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz54354/Hatepe/Waikato|title=Hatepe, Waikato|map=NZ Topo Map|first=Gavin|last=Harriss|date=April 2025}}
The name means "to cut off" or "to proceed in an orderly manner" in the Māori language.{{cite book|title=Place Names of New Zealand|first1=A.W.|last1=Reed|first2=Peter|last2=Dowling|year=2010|via=New Zealand Gazetteer|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/22322}}
Hatepe was the site of a pā in the mid-19th century.{{cite web|url=https://www.tekotahitangaotuwharetoa.co.nz/i/files/HistoricalAccount_NgatiTuwharetoaDeedofSettlement.pdf|title=Historical Account – Ngāti Tūwharetoa Deed of Settlement}}{{rp|11:1.38}} Land was gifted by Ngāti Tūwharetoa for a native school in 1886, but no school was built, and in 1890 the iwi requested the land be returned. It was finally returned in 1971.{{rp|103:1.480}}
The area was farmed by the Morehu family from the 1930s. There was a campground on the foreshore.{{cite web|url=https://903388376768314694.weebly.com/introduction-to-the-village.html|title=Introduction to the Village}} When the Hinemaiaia River was dammed for a hydroelectric scheme in 1952,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19521229.2.23?query=Hinemaiaia|newspaper=Rotorua Morning Post|date=29 December 1952|title=Taupo Lit By Its Own Electric Power Plant At Week-end}} the foreshore was flooded and more permanent structures erected on dry land.
Demographics
Statistics New Zealand describes Hatepe as a rural settlement, which covers {{Convert|0.22|km2||abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Urban Rural 2023 (generalised)|access-date=16 May 2025}} It had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2018|Hatepe|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Hatepe|y}}|R}}/0.22|0}} people per km2. The settlement is part of the larger Lake Taupō Bays statistical area.{{cite web|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=3a406ce8fbb14367ab5caae21c07ab8b|title=Geographic Boundary Viewer|publisher=Stats NZ|at=Urban Rural – 2023 and Statistical Area 2 – 2023}}
{{Historical populations|2006|42|2013|57|2018|24|2023|42|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|7013312}}}}
Hatepe had a population of 42 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 18 people (75.0%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 15 people (−26.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 24 males and 18 females in 18 dwellings.{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.1436.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}} The median age was 43.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 9 people (21.4%) aged under 15 years, 3 (7.1%) aged 15 to 29, 21 (50.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 9 (21.4%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 57.1% European (Pākehā), and 71.4% Māori. English was spoken by 92.9%, and Māori by 50.0%. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 14.3% Christian, and 35.7% Māori religious beliefs. People who answered that they had no religion were 50.0%, and 7.1% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 6 (18.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 18 (54.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 3 (9.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $45,200, compared with $41,500 nationally. 3 people (9.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 18 (54.5%) full-time and 3 (9.1%) part-time.{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bib7%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.1436.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Hatepe (1436)}}
References
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External links
- [https://903388376768314694.weebly.com/ Hatepe Village website]
{{Taupō District}}