Waipapakauri
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Waipapakauri
|area_total_km2 = 9.63
|population_total = 225
|population_as_of = 2023 census
|population_density_km2 = auto
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = New Zealand
|subdivision_type1= Region
|subdivision_name1= Northland Region
|subdivision_type2= District
|subdivision_name2= Far North District
|subdivision_type3= Ward
|subdivision_name3= Te Hiku
|subdivision_type4= Community
|subdivision_name4= Te Hiku
|subdivision_type5= Subdivision
|subdivision_name5= North Cape
|leader_title = Territorial Authority
|leader_name = Far North District Council
|leader_title1 = Regional council
|leader_name1 = Northland Regional Council
|leader_title2 = Mayor of Far North
|leader_name2 = {{NZ officeholder data|Far North District Mayor|y}}
|leader_title3 = Northland MP
|leader_name3 = {{NZ officeholder data|Northland MP|y}}
|leader_title4 = Te Tai Tokerau MP
|leader_name4 = {{NZ officeholder data|Te Tai Tokerau MP|y}}
|seat_type = Electorates
|seat = {{ubl|Northland|Te Tai Tokerau}}
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Waipapakauri is a small settlement in the Far North District of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 at the isthmus of the Aupouri Peninsula. The larger settlement of Awanui lies to the southeast. Waipapakauri is some 12 kilometres to the north of Kaitaia, the nearest town.
The small Waipapakauri Creek crosses SH1 just to the east, flowing north to reach the broad mudflats of Rangaunu Harbour. Several small lakes lie to the southwest of the settlement, the largest of them being Lake Ngatu. Waipapakauri is located close to Ninety Mile Beach and has long beek known for shellfish harvesting.Wise's New Zealand guide (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co. p.388. Flax milling was also formerly carried out at Waipapakauri. The settlement was the site of an airforce base, RNZAF Station Waipapakauri, during World War II. There is a memorial site at Waipapakauri for the base.{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/rnzaf-waipapakauri-memorial|title=RNZAF Waipapakauri memorial|publisher=Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage|date=29 May 2024}}
The name Waipapakauri is Māori for "Swamp where the kauri grow".Reed, A.W. (1975). Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p.452.
The Waipapakauri Hotel on {{NZlSH|1}} is a Category 2 Historic Place.{{NZHPT|3896|Waipapakauri Hotel|29 October 2024}} The current single story building (formally called the Commercial Hotel) replaced a two story hotel which was demolished in 1926.{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/waipapakauri-hotel-new-zealands-front-line-against-foreign-invasion/ONO5PT5P2J4E4NBZVMXFVJB7PQ/|title=Waipapakauri Hotel - New Zealand's front line against foreign invasion|first=Peter|last=Jackson|newspaper=Northland Age|date=23 January 2018}}
Noted people connected with Waipapakauri include former All Blacks Percy Erceg (who was born in the settlement), Peter Jones (who spent his last years there), former MP John Carter is a resident of Waipapakauri and Edward Te Whiu, 82nd person to be judicially executed in New Zealand.
History
Waipapakauri was an important location for the late 19th/early 20th century kauri gum digging trade. In the 1910s, the lower quality chip gum found at the southern half of the Aupōuri Peninsula greatly increased in value.{{cite book |last1=Hayward |first1=Bruce W. |author-link1=Bruce Hayward |title=Kauri Gum and the Gumdiggers |publisher=The Bush Press |date=1989 |isbn=0-908608-39-X |page=4}}
Demographics
The SA1 statistical area which includes Waipapakauri covers {{Convert|9.63|km2||abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787| access-date=29 October 2024|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} The SA1 area is part of the larger Rangaunu Harbour statistical area.{{NZ census place summary 2018|rangaunu-harbour|Rangaunu Harbour}}
{{Historical populations|2006|168|2013|168|2018|186|2023|225|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|7000024}}}}
The SA1 statistical area had a population of 225 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 39 people (21.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 57 people (33.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 117 males, 105 females and 3 people of other genders in 69 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_009&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.7000024.2023&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}} 4.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 37.8 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 57 people (25.3%) aged under 15 years, 36 (16.0%) aged 15 to 29, 99 (44.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 30 (13.3%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 58.7% European (Pākehā), 65.3% Māori, 5.3% Pasifika, and 4.0% Asian. English was spoken by 94.7%, Māori language by 21.3%, and other languages by 5.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.7% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 10.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 36.0% Christian, and 5.3% Māori religious beliefs. People who answered that they had no religion were 50.7%, and 6.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 21 (12.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 108 (64.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 48 (28.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $32,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 3 people (1.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 84 (50.0%) people were employed full-time, 18 (10.7%) were part-time, and 9 (5.4%) 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_012&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.7000024.2013%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=7000024}}
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Aupouri Forest (1971–2000)
|Jan high C = 23.2
|Feb high C = 23.8
|Mar high C = 22.8
|Apr high C = 20.6
|May high C = 18.4
|Jun high C = 16.4
|Jul high C = 15.6
|Aug high C = 15.8
|Sep high C = 16.5
|Oct high C = 17.8
|Nov high C = 19.3
|Dec high C = 21.3
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 19.7
|Feb mean C = 20.1
|Mar mean C = 19.2
|Apr mean C = 17.4
|May mean C = 15.4
|Jun mean C = 13.6
|Jul mean C = 12.6
|Aug mean C = 12.7
|Sep mean C = 13.4
|Oct mean C = 14.7
|Nov mean C = 16.2
|Dec mean C = 17.9
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 16.2
|Feb low C = 16.5
|Mar low C = 15.6
|Apr low C = 14.1
|May low C = 12.3
|Jun low C = 10.7
|Jul low C = 9.5
|Aug low C = 9.6
|Sep low C = 10.4
|Oct low C = 11.7
|Nov low C = 13.0
|Dec low C = 14.5
| year low C =
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 82.2
|Feb rain mm = 77.0
|Mar rain mm = 73.5
|Apr rain mm = 107.0
|May rain mm = 87.0
|Jun rain mm = 140.4
|Jul rain mm = 126.1
|Aug rain mm = 116.1
|Sep rain mm = 99.0
|Oct rain mm = 87.9
|Nov rain mm = 77.0
|Dec rain mm = 71.6
|year rain mm =
{{cite web
|url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz
|title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Aupouri Forest
|publisher = NIWA
|access-date = 20 May 2024}}
}}
Education
A school opened in Waipapakauri in 1906{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NORAG19060529.2.30?query=Waipapakauri+school|title=Awanui|newspaper=Northland Age|date=29 May 1906}} and was still in existence in 1971.{{Cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710708.2.28?query=Waipapakauri+school|title='Education affected by pressure groups'|newspaper=The Press|date=8 July 1971}}
References
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External links
- {{cite encyclopedia|url=https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d40.html|title=Waipapakauri|encyclopedia=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand|year=1902}}
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