Kaurilands

Kaurilands is located in the Waitākere Ranges foothills north of Titirangi, in the upper catchment of the Waikumete Stream, which flows north through the suburb. Kaurlands forms a part of the Waitematā-Waitākere foothills ecological zone. Sheltered from the Tasman Sea by the Waitākere Ranges, the area was originally dominated by forests of kauri, Phyllocladus trichomanoides (tānekaha or celery pine) and rimu, with abundant nīkau palm and silver fern. The soils are a mix of Miocene Waitākere volcanic soil and Waitemata Group sedimentary rock.{{cite web |url=https://www.lucas-associates.co.nz/assets/Guidelines/Native-To-The-West.pdf |title=Native to the West: A Guide for Planting and Restoring the Nature of Waitakere City |publisher=Waitakere City Council |date= April 2005 |access-date=16 June 2022}}

The area is within the traditional rohe of Te Kawerau ā Maki, an iwi that traces their ancestry to some of the earliest inhabitants of the Auckland Region.{{Cite web| date=13 February 2014 | title = The Muddy Creeks Plan - a Local Area Plan for Parau, Laingholm, Woodlands Park and Waimā |url=https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/arts-culture-heritage/heritage-walks-places/docswaitakererangesheritagearea/waitakere-ranges-muddy-creeks-plan.pdf | publisher = Auckland Council| access-date = 28 June 2021}} West Auckland was known as Hikurangi, and the upper catchments of Te Wai-o-Pareira / Henderson Creek were known as Ōkaurirahi, a reference to the mature kauri forests of the area.{{Cite web | date = 12 December 2013 | title = Deed of Settlement Schedule: Documents | url = https://www.tekawerau.iwi.nz/sites/default/files/TeKawerauaMakiiDOSDocuments.pdf | author1 = Te Kawerau ā Maki | author2 = The Trustees of Te Kawerau Iwi Settlement Trust | author3 = The Crown | access-date = 26 April 2022 | archive-date = 9 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220609052954/https://www.tekawerau.iwi.nz/sites/default/files/TeKawerauaMakiiDOSDocuments.pdf | url-status = dead }}

During the early colonial days of Auckland, much of modern Konini and Kaurilands was owned by Liverpool immigrant Hibernia Smythe, who aggregated 550 acres of land between 1854 and 1857 north of Titirangi. Smythe used the land for wood and logging, as well as farming sheep and cattle. Smythe had a reputation for being miserly, and after passing left his property to his nephew.{{Cite book| editor-first=Pauline| editor-last=Vela |title=In Those Days: An Oral History of Glen Eden |year=1989 |publisher=Glen Eden Borough Council |isbn=0-473-00862-9 |chapter=Hibernia Smythe |page=69}} In 1925, a company named Kaurilands Limited was formed, to administer the land north of Scenic Drive (then Exhibition Drive) in Titirangi.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19250514.2.21 |title=New Companies |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |page=7 |volume=LXII |issue=19017 |via=Papers Past |date=14 May 1925 |access-date=27 April 2022}} The Kaurilands Estate was subdivided and sold from 1926 onwards.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19260306.2.6.5 |title=Untitled |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |page=7 |volume=LXIII |issue=19269 |via=Papers Past |date=6 March 1926 |access-date=27 April 2022}} In the early 20th century, Kaurilands was various described as a part of Titirangi or Waikumete (modern Glen Eden).

During the 1920s and 1930s, the area was the site of a large daffodil farm.{{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Bruce |last2=Harvey |first2=Trixie |chapter=That Noble Sheet of Water |pages=101 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}} Kaurilands School was opened in 1954,{{cite web |url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/indexcards/id/214385/rec/7 |title=Kaurilands School, Auckland |work=Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections |access-date=27 April 2022}} and the area's first post office was built on Withers Road in 1964.{{cite web |url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/indexcards/id/170771/rec/5 |title=Post Offices - Auckland - Kaurilands |work=Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections |access-date=27 April 2022}}

Kaurilands covers {{Convert|1.46|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=9 January 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Kaurilands|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Kaurilands|y}}|R}}/1.46|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|2,970|2013|3,051|2018|3,177|2023|3,099|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Kaurilands (134700)|kaurilands|Kaurilands}}}}

Kaurilands had a population of 3,099 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 78 people (−2.5%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 48 people (1.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,539 males, 1,554 females and 12 people of other genders in 1,071 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%2Bdo1.134700.2023&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}} 3.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 39.8 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 648 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 540 (17.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,527 (49.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 381 (12.3%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 80.2% European (Pākehā); 12.2% Māori; 5.2% Pasifika; 15.2% Asian; 2.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.9%, Māori language by 1.5%, Samoan by 0.8%, and other languages by 16.8%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 28.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 21.2% Christian, 3.8% Hindu, 1.4% Islam, 0.4% Māori religious beliefs, 1.2% Buddhist, 0.7% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.5% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 63.4%, and 6.4% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 888 (36.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,140 (46.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 423 (17.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $53,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 531 people (21.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,365 (55.7%) people were employed full-time, 357 (14.6%) were part-time, and 69 (2.8%) 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%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.134700.2013%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=Kaurilands (134700)}}

Glen Eden Intermediate School is a school for years 7–8 with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1284|y}} students.{{TKI|1284|Glen Eden Intermediate}}

Kaurilands School is a contributing primary school (years 1–6), with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1328|y}} students.{{TKI|1328|Kaurilands School}} The school was founded in 1955.{{cite book|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21974383|title=50th jubilee 1955-2005|publisher=Kaurilands School|year=2005}}

Both schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}

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