Horotiu

The name, Horotiu, seems to have been used interchangeably with Waikato River, or Pukete. Its first use for the current township seems to occur in 1864, shortly after the invasion of the Waikato.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18640316.2.7|title=THE WAIPA AND HOROTIU DISTRICT. (New Zealander, 1864-03-16)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=14 June 2017}} Until then, Horotiu was the name of the upper Waikato river, where its current became faster{{Cite web|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov10_07Rail-t1-body-d14-d1.html|title=The Railways Magazine: Railway Station Maori Names|date=1 October 1935|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=14 June 2017}} and of Horotiu pā, on its banks, near Cambridge.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/cambridge/docs/archaeology.pdf|title=Waikato Expressway Cambridge Section – Archaeological investigations|website=NZTA}} An 1858 map only shows the name as Horotiu Plains in the area near the pā.{{Cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1|title=The southern part of the Province of Auckland showing the routes and surveys by Ferdinand von Hochstetter, 1859|website=Kura Heritage Collections Online (Auckland Council Libraries)|access-date=11 October 2024}} The name, Horotiu, for the Waikato River,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18650621.2.23|title=Proclamation of Native Lands under the New Zealand Settlements Act. (Daily Southern Cross, 1865-06-21)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=10 June 2017}} upstream from Ngāruawāhia,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18730210.2.12|title=New Zealand Herald, 1873-02-10|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} seems to have remained in use until the 1920s,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19280306.2.123|title=THE WAIKATO RIVER. (New Zealand Herald, 1928-03-06)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} though the 1859 map named it as Waikato.

Horotiu and Pukete parishes existed from at least 1867,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18670802.2.14|title=The Daily Southern Cross. (1867-08-02)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}} but, until the 1900s, Horotiu was often referred to as Pukete, a name now used for the Hamilton suburb {{Convert|6|km|mi|abbr=on}} upstream. The railway station changed its name on 23 June 1907,{{Cite web|url=http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf|title=Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863 to 2010|last=Scoble|first=Juliet|date=2010|website=Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032358/http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf|url-status=dead}} when the proposed post office was referred to as Horotiu (Pukete),{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19070521.2.4|title=The Waikato Argus. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1907|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}} and the name of the school was changed from Pukete to Horotiu in 1911.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19110622.2.16.2|title=BOARD OF EDUCATION. (Waikato Argus, 1911-06-22)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}} The post office closed in 1988.{{Cite web|url=https://www.puketeschool.com/our-history/|title=Our History|website=Pukete School|language=en-US|access-date=18 June 2017}}

Stats NZ describes Horotiu as a rural settlement. It covers {{Convert|4.19|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=19 March 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2018|Horotiu|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Horotiu|y}}|R}}/4.19|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|513|2013|507|2018|636|2023|678|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Horotiu (172600)|horotiu|Horotiu}}|footnote=The 2006 population is for a smaller area of 3.23 km².}}

Horotiu had a population of 678 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 42 people (6.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 171 people (33.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 336 males and 339 females in 201 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%2Bdo1.1170.2023&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}} 1.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 147 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 141 (20.8%) aged 15 to 29, 324 (47.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 66 (9.7%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.5% European (Pākehā); 37.6% Māori; 4.9% Pasifika; 5.8% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.7% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.5%, Māori language by 11.9%, and other languages by 5.3%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 10.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 21.2% Christian, 1.3% Hindu, 0.9% Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% Jewish, and 1.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 67.3%, and 7.1% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 87 (16.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 315 (59.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 132 (24.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 60 people (11.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 336 (63.3%) people were employed full-time, 63 (11.9%) were part-time, and 9 (1.7%) were unemployed.{{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.1170.2013%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=Horotiu (1170)}}

In 2018 the census unit was reduced to about half its previous area, losing most to the west of the railway to Te Kowhai area unit.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.stats.govt.nz/StatsMaps/Home/People%20and%20households/2013-census-quickstats-about-a-place-map.aspx|title=2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place|website=archive.stats.govt.nz|access-date=2020-03-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|title=ArcGIS Web Application|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com|access-date=2020-03-12}} Growth to 1,390 is planned by 2040.{{Cite web|url=https://wdcsitefinity.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity-storage/docs/default-source/your-council/plans-policies-and-bylaws/plans/structure-plans/final-ngaruawahia-structure-plan-march-2017.pdf?sfvrsn=4|title=Ngaaruawaahia, Hopuhopu, Taupiri, Horotiu, Te Kowhai & Glen Massey Structure Plan|date=March 2017|website=Waikato District Council}}

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Taupō Pumice Alluvium (Q1a) was deposited on the Hinuera Formation (Q2a) until about 15,000 years ago. Some of the alluvium has been dug for sand and gravel. The Hinuera formation is also sand and gravel, interbedded with silt and some peat.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wasteminz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Nigel-Edger.pdf|title=HOROTIU LANDFILL STAGE 6B: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & CONSTRUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE|last=Nigel Edger|first=Opus International Consultants}} In the last 14,000 years the Waikato River has cut into these formations, forming a low terrace and then cutting deeper.

The low ridge between the Waikato and Waipā rivers is made of Walton Subgroup (eQa – pumiceous fine-grained sand and silt with interbedded peat, pumiceous gravelly sand, diatomaceous mud, and non-welded ignimbrite and tephra), covered in places by Piako Subgroup (1Qa – Late Pleistocene, mainly locally derived, stream and coastal alluvium, and minor fans, with up to {{Convert|20|m|ft|abbr=on}} of unconsolidated to very soft, thinly to thickly bedded, yellow-grey to orange-brown, pumiceous mud, silt, sandy mud and gravel, with muddy peat in some valleys).{{Cite web|url=http://www.gns.cri.nz/static/qmapdata/newmaps/QWaikato.zip|title=Geology of the Waikato Area 1:250 000 geological map 4|last=EDBROOKE|first=S. W.|website=Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences|access-date=15 June 2017|archive-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721043747/https://www.gns.cri.nz/static/qmapdata/newmaps/QWaikato.zip|url-status=dead}}

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Ngāti Hauā had a pā named Horotiu near Cambridge{{Cite web|url=http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Archaeological/archsites.htm|title=CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM – ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES|website=cambridgemuseum.org.nz|access-date=13 June 2017}} and they also had land in this area.{{Cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t81/te-waharoa|title=Te Waharoa|last=Taonga|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|website=www.teara.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}} The 1858 census put the Ngāti Hauā population at 1,399.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/new-zealander/1863/9/16/2|title=New Zealander 16 September 1863|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=14 June 2017}} By then they had seeded this area with European grasses. Their land was confiscated in 1864.

Horotiu School is a co-educational state primary school covering years 1 to 8{{TKI|1746|Horotiu School}}{{cite web|url=https://ero.govt.nz/institution/1746/horotiu-school|title=Reports for Horotiu School|publisher=Education Review Office|date=12 July 2022}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1746|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}} The school dates back to 1879,{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalnz.org/records/36626029|title=The Horotiu School centennial, 1879–1979; a record of the past 100 years of the Pukete-Horotiu School's development and of the celebration of the centennial|date=1 January 1979|work=DigitalNZ|access-date=13 June 2017}} following a government grant of the land in 1878.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18780518.2.6|title=PUKETE, LANDING RESERVE AND SCHOOL SITE. (Waikato Times, 1878-05-18)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}}

Horotiu also has a playcentre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/your-district/district-overview/towns/horotiu|title=Horotiu|website=www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=10 June 2017}}

Auckland Farmers Cooperative (later Allied Farmers – AFFCO){{Cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/stock-and-station-agencies/page-3|title=3. – Stock and station agencies – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|website=www.teara.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=12 June 2017}} bought {{Convert|80|acre||abbr=on}} in 1914 and a riverside gravel pit in 1915.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19150210.2.11|title=WAIKATO FREEZING WORKS. (Waikato Times, 1915-02-10)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}} Horotiu Freezing Works opened on 17 January 1916.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19160118.2.22|title=HOROTIU FREEZING WORKS (Waikato Times, 1916-01-18)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} Horotiu still has AFFCO’s head office{{Cite web|url=http://www.affco.co.nz/locations/head-office/|title=Head office|website=www.affco.co.nz|access-date=11 June 2017}} and its largest beef processing plant.{{Cite web|url=http://www.affco.co.nz/locations/processing/|title=PROCESSING PLANTS|website=www.affco.co.nz|access-date=11 June 2017}} The parent company, Talley's, opened a Waikato Dairy Co dried milk plant on the same site in August 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/agribusiness/92004194/open-country-dairy-building-new-factory-in-waikato|title=Open Country Dairy building new factory in Waikato|website=Stuff|date=May 2017 |access-date=11 June 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/dairy-news/dairy-general-news/ocd-plant-opening-a-big-milestone|title=OCD plant opening a big milestone|last=Kissun|first=Sudesh|website=www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz|language=en-gb|access-date=2020-04-04}} The area has long been associated with dairying, a casein factory having opened in 1919.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KCC19190128.2.7|title=CASEIN FACTORY AT HOROTIU. (King Country Chronicle, 1919-01-28)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} AFFCO has long been involved with strikes{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19170430.2.16|title=THE HOROTIU STRIKE (Waikato Times, 1917-04-30)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=15 June 2017}} and pollution.{{Cite web|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/whats-happening/news/media-releases-archived/council-grants-horotiu-consents/|title=Council grants Horotiu consents|website=Waikato Regional Council|language=en-NZ|access-date=15 June 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz|title=Applications in for a suite of replacement consents to cover the ongoing operation of the meat processing plant at Horotiu|date=7 December 2015|website=Waikato Regional Council}}

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Northgate business park, between Horotiu and Te Rapa, covers {{Convert|109|ha||abbr=on}} and opened in 2013.{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/business/9314407/Northgate-business-park-complex-nearly-ready|title=Northgate business park complex nearly ready|last=Tunstall|first=Kashka|date=23 October 2013|work=Stuff.co.nz|access-date=12 June 2017|language=English}} Ports of Auckland have 33ha in Northgate for a freight hub.{{Cite web|url=http://openwaikato.co.nz/Live/Detail/38/our-towns|title=Waikato Towns are in close proximity to Auckland and Hamilton. – Open Waikato|website=openwaikato.co.nz|language=en|access-date=10 June 2017}}

By 1904 the area was recognised as a source of gravel{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19040812.2.2|title=NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD (Waikato Times, 1904-08-12)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}} and pits were established by 1907,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19070614.2.13|title=NEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD. (Waikato Times, 1907-06-14)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=13 June 2017}} especially on the east bank,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19161012.2.42|title=HEWCASTLE ROAD BOARD (Waikato Times, 1916-10-12)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} and continue to produce aggregates and take in clean fill.{{Cite web|url=http://www.perryresources.co.nz/products/horotiu|title=Horotiu|website=www.perryresources.co.nz|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} Other landfilling ended in 2006, when a 1999 consent for a Hamilton City Council landfill expired. It had been started in October 1985 on a {{Convert|95|ha||abbr=on}} sand pit (worked from about 1970 to 2000) and was replaced by Hampton Downs. It was closed earlier than originally planned, due to leachate problems.{{Cite web|url=http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/2421/thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=The characteristics and impacts of landfill leachate from Horotiu|last=Mohobane|first=Thabiso|date=2008|website=University of Waikato}} The 1999 consent required use of a vacuum to extract gas from the bores and leachate. Therefore, from November 2004 until 2012, when the emissions declined, methane from the landfill ran a 900kWe Waukesha VHP5904LTD Enginator gas engine generator set.{{Cite web|url=https://www.entec.co.nz/?page=portfolio|title=Portfolio / Entec, powering the energy industry|website=www.entec.co.nz|access-date=10 June 2017}}

Te Awa Lakes is a {{Convert|100|ha||abbr=on}} site south east of Horotiu, beside the Waikato River. Development of a former sand and gravel pit started in 2021. It is planned to include shops, offices and 2,500 homes.{{Cite web |last= |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |date=11 April 2022 |title=Next Stage Of Hamilton Riverside Community Offers Exciting Development Opportunity |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2204/S00205/next-stage-of-hamilton-riverside-community-offers-exciting-development-opportunity.htm |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}} An August 2023 City council meeting had a report that Te Awa Lakes could be the northern terminal of a bus rapid transit line to the airport.{{Cite web |date=17 August 2023 |title=Strategic Growth and District Plan Committee Agenda |url=https://storage.googleapis.com/hccproduction-web-assets/public/Uploads/Documents/Agendas-and-minutes/Agendas/Strategic-Growth-and-District-Plan-Agenda-17-August-2023.pdf |website=Hamilton City Council}}File:1963_Horotiu_Bridge.jpg

The Horotiu-Pukete section of Te Awa River Ride opened in 2013{{Cite news|url=http://www.te-awa.org.nz/our-route-maps/|title=Our Route & Maps|work=Te Awa|access-date=11 June 2017|language=en-US}} and an extension to Ngāruawāhia opened on 2 November 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://nzta-cycling.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/t/AA331EC86A44C27C/24FE256CFA1E12E5C67FD2F38AC4859C|title=Over 5,000 New Zealanders take part in the Aotearoa mini Bike Challenge|website=nzta-cycling.cmail19.com|access-date=3 November 2017}}File:Horotiu_bridge_2001.jpg

Near Horotiu the Waikato is bridged by 2 roads and Te Awa cycleway.

The next bridge upstream is Pukete sewer bridge and downstream, Ngāruawāhia road bridge.

Construction started about 1920 of a reinforced concrete bridge, with a {{Convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} high arch, a main span of {{Convert|126|ft|m|abbr=on}}, plus six approach spans of {{Convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}}, carrying a {{Convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide road. It was designed by Toogood and Jones, of Auckland, for £7900, paid by Waikato and Waipa County Councils,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19191027.2.24|title=HOROTIU BRIDGE (Waikato Times, 1919-10-27)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} though government contributed £1,728.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1920/I/704|title=Parliamentary Papers Appropriations for Public Works Services. CLASS XXVI.—ROADS, ETC. 1920 Session I|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1922/I/798|title=Parliamentary Papers Appropriations for Public Works Services 1922 Session|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} The bridge was completed in 1921,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/parliamentary/appendix-to-the-journals-of-the-house-of-representatives/1921/I-II/1345|title=Parliamentary Papers CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES. 1921 Session I-II|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}} though the approaches took longer.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19210914.2.56|title=HOROTIU BRIDGE (Waikato Times, 1921-09-14)|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017}}File:Te_Rehu_O_Waikato_Bridge.jpg

The Category II listed bridge was deemed unsafe and replaced in 2001.{{Cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/lost-heritage/heritage-lost-2000-to-2004|title=Lost Heritage 2000–2004 Heritage New Zealand|website=www.heritage.org.nz|language=en-nz|access-date=11 June 2017}}

Annual average daily traffic flows were 3,565 in 2010, 4,432 in 2016 and 5,969 in 2018, of which about 12% were heavy vehicles.{{Cite web|url=https://wdcsitefinity.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity-storage/docs/default-source/services-and-facilities/roading/traffic-and-loading-_all-roads-nov16.pdf?sfvrsn=a471b6c9_14|title=traffic and loading all roads nov16|last=|first=|date=|website=Waikato District Council|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

The need for the 2001 bridge was reduced by the {{Convert|142|m|ft|abbr=on}} long 2013 Waikato Expressway Te Rehu O Waikato Bridge, built {{Convert|400|m|ft|abbr=on}} upstream. As part of the $200m road section,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzta.govt.nz/media-releases/second-section-of-waikato-expressway-to-open-this-saturday-at-11-30am/|title=Second section of Waikato Expressway to open this Saturday at 11.30am|website=NZ Transport Agency|language=en-GB|access-date=11 June 2017}} it used 800 tonnes of steel, including 56-tonne girders, resting on 4 x V-shaped piers,{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastbridge.co.nz/BRIDGES/MEDIA+RELEASE/Cental+Today+OctNov+2013.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113134324/http://www.eastbridge.co.nz/BRIDGES/MEDIA+RELEASE/Cental+Today+OctNov+2013.html|title=Cental Today Oct/Nov 2013 Ngaruawhia Bridge|website=www.eastbridge.co.nz|language=en|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=13 January 2015 }} which allowed the main span to be reduced about 20m to {{Convert|55|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dcstructuresstudio.com/te-rehu-o-waikato-the-mist-of-waikato/|title='Te Rehu o Waikato' (the Mist of Waikato) – DC Structures Studio|website=www.dcstructuresstudio.com|language=en-US|access-date=11 June 2017}} Concrete pre-cast panels were added to them to carry the concrete deck and barriers.

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Annual average daily traffic flows 3.46 km south of Gordonton Rd Overbridge were -{{Cite web|url=http://www.trafficcounts.co.nz/|title=Traffic Counts New Zealand Traffic Data - Abley|website=www.trafficcounts.co.nz|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=SHTV 2014 2018 all regions as at 27 July 2019|url=https://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/resources/state-highway-traffic-volumes/docs/SHTV-2014-2018-all-regions-as-at-27-July-2019.xlsx|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=NZTA}}

The Te Awa cycle bridge is a 140m long, 2.5m wide,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/waikato-region/swimming/waikato-river-at-horotiu-br/swim-site|title=Iconic cycle bridge to call Waikato home|date=September 2016|website=Waikato District Council}} $1.3m cable network arch bridge,{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/82291840/13m-bridge-to-provide-missing-link-for-twowheeled-travellers|title=$1.3m bridge to provide missing link for two-wheeled travellers|website=Stuff|access-date=11 June 2017}} opened on Thursday 2 November 2017. The bridge is lit from a 9kWh battery, powered by 2 x 100 watt wind turbines and 2 x 250 watt solar panels on 7-metre high masts at the base of the bridge.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1711/S00044/wel-networks-goes-off-grid.htm|title=WEL Networks goes off-grid {{!}} Scoop News|website=www.scoop.co.nz|access-date=3 November 2017}} Since opening the average weekly use by cyclists rose from 133 to 711 and by walkers from 348 to 391.{{Cite news|url=https://www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/news/media-releases/article/2018/05/18/iconic-bridge-attracts-cyclists-in-their-droves|title=Iconic bridge attracts cyclists in their droves|work=Waikato District Council|access-date=14 June 2018|language=en-nz}}{{crossings navbox|structure=Structures|place=Waikato River|upstream=Pukete sewer bridge c1975|downstream=Great South Road bridge, Ngāruawāhia 1956 (replacing 1921)|bridge=Horotiu bridges 1921–2017}}

File:Te_Rehu_O_Waikato,_Horotiu_and_Te_Awa_bridges.jpg. Te Rehu O Waikato and Horotiu bridges in background.

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• Horotiu Railway Station

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz376/Horotiu/Waikato Horotiu on 1:50,000 map]
• [https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-37.7007714,175.1980603,3a,75y,351.55h,85.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svXBUjQczZt45L6Yi10DR2A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Horotiu on Google Street View]
• [http://www.horotiu.school.nz/ Horotiu school]
• [https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/environment/natural-resources/water/rivers/waikato-river/map/horotiu-bridge/ Waikato River swimming water quality] and [https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/waikato-region/swimming/waikato-river-at-horotiu-br/swim-site LAWA water quality]
• National Library aerial photos [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22745618 1930 (works)], [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23527662 1955 (bridge, town, station, works)], [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/32971533 1959 (town, station and works)], [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23180133 1963 (bridge, town, works)], [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22760054 1979 (works)]
• [https://www.facebook.com/WaikatoDistrictCouncil/videos/vb.197511563726276/1177844495692973/?type=2&theater Facebook video of placing of cycle bridge]

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Category:Populated places in Waikato

Category:Waikato District

Category:Populated places on the Waikato River