Whakaki
{{Short description|Settlement in Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2021}}
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| settlement_type = Settlement
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Hawke's Bay Region
| subdivision_type2 = Territorial authority
| subdivision_name2 = Wairoa District
| subdivision_type3 = Ward
| subdivision_name3 = {{ubl|Wairoa General Ward|Wairoa Māori Ward}}
| seat_type = Electorates
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Whakaki is a settlement east of Wairoa within the Wairoa District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. {{NZlSH|2}} runs through it.
Whakakī Lake, southwest of the settlement, is the largest freshwater lagoon on the east coast of the North Island.{{cite web|url=https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/hawkes-bay/projects/whakaki-lake/|title=Whakakī Lake|publisher=Hawke's Bay Regional Council|accessdate=8 January 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/assets/Document-Library/Projects/Whakaki/Whakaki-information-fact-sheet.pdf|title=Whakaki Lake and Wairoa River|publisher=Hawke's Bay Regional Council|date=May 2017}}
Whakakī is a Māori word meaning "to fill".{{Cite dictionary|url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?keywords=Whakakī|title=Whakakī|dictionary= Te Aka Online Māori Dictionary|accessdate=8 January 2021}}
Demographics
Whakaki's statistical area covers {{Convert|183.47|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787| access-date=27 January 2024|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Whakaki|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Whakaki|y}}|R}}/183.47|1}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|726|2013|672|2018|675|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}
Whakaki had a population of 675 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 3 people (0.4%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 51 people (−7.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 255 households, comprising 354 males and 321 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.1 males per female. The median age was 44.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 135 people (20.0%) aged under 15 years, 102 (15.1%) aged 15 to 29, 315 (46.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 117 (17.3%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 41.3% European/Pākehā, 71.6% Māori, 0.4% Pacific peoples, 1.3% Asian, and 0.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 4.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 31.1% had no religion, 43.6% were Christian, 16.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% were Muslim, and 0.4% were Buddhist.
Of those residents that were at least 15 years old, 54 (10.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 150 (27.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $24,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 48 people (8.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 240 (44.4%) people were employed full-time, 78 (14.4%) were part-time, and 39 (7.2%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Whakaki (207700)|whakaki|Whakaki}}
Marae
Whakakī is a marae (meeting place) and wharenui (meeting house) for the Ngāi Te Ipu hapu (subtribe) of Ngāti Kahungunu iwi.(tribe).{{cite web|url=https://maorimaps.com/marae/whakakī|title=Whakakī|publisher=Māori maps|accessdate=8 January 2021}}
Education
Whakaki Native School was established in 1912. It was damaged in the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake{{Cite web|url=https://collection.mtghawkesbay.com/objects/94015|title=Photograph, Earthquake damage, Whakaki Native School, near Nuhaka, Hawke's Bay|publisher=Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust|accessdate=8 January 2021}} and (as Whakaki Maori School) celebrated its golden jubilee in 1962.{{cite web|url=https://knowledgebank.org.nz/bibliography/golden-jubilee-of-the-whakaki-maori-school-1912-1962/|title=Golden Jubilee of the Whakaki Maori School 1912-1962|publisher=Wairo Star Print|year=1962}}{{cite news|url=https://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/issue/GPN94_19620419/t1-body-d38.html|title=School Jubilee|newspaper=Gisborne Photo News|date=19 April 1962|accessdate=8 January 2021}} but no longer exists.