29-688: Kauaeranga Valley is a valley created by the Kauaeranga River , which flows from the Coromandel Range southwest to the Firth of Thames at Thames, New Zealand in the North Island . It contains the settlement of Kauaeranga ( 37°08′43″S 175°35′25″E / 37.1453°S 175.5902°E / -37.1453; 175.5902 ) on the Coromandel Peninsula . It is located near Thames , in
58-534: A car, 0.9% rode in a car, 1.9% used a bike, and 1.9% walked or ran. Berry, Allan, ed. (2007). The Kauaeranga Valley : a brief history of the Ngāti Maru in the valley and the immediate area, and of the pākehā pioneers and settlers . ISBN 9780473126735 . Kauaeranga River Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
87-574: A multicultural and urban lifestyle. As these houses were purchased, the available rental stock plummeted, and Pasifika families who tended to rent more began to relocate to suburbs further out from the city centre. The Pasifika populations in Ponsonby and Freemans Bay peaked in 1976. Grey Lynn continued to have a large Pasifika population (particularly Samoan ) until the mid-1980s. The umbrella term Pasifika , meaning "Pacific" in Polynesian languages ,
116-498: A particular Pacific nation and their descendants – are Samoan New Zealanders (182,721 people), Tongan New Zealanders (82,389), Cook Island Māori (80,532), and Niueans (30,867). In 1993, Samoan-born Taito Phillip Field became the first Pasifika member of parliament (MP), when he won the Otara electorate seat for Labour . Field was joined in 1996 by Samoan politicians Mark Gosche and Arthur Anae (the first Pasifika MP from
145-483: Is an information centre run by the Department of Conservation. It accepts payment for camping at the numerous campsites further along the road, and organises accommodation at two cottages next to the centre. The centre is 13 km (8.1 mi) from Thames on Kauaeranga Valley Road. The road is sealed to this point, and gravel for the remaining 9 km (5.6 mi). Short walks, day tramps and multi-day tramps start from
174-534: The 2013 census . Some of the increase between the 2013 and 2018 census was due to Statistics New Zealand starting to add ethnicity data from other sources (previous censuses, administrative data, and imputation) to the census data to reduce the number of non-responses. The median age of Pasifika New Zealanders was 24.9 years, compared to 38.1 years for all New Zealanders; 136,077 people (30.4%) were aged under 15 years, 123,828 (28.0%) were 15 to 29, 156,534 (35.4%) were 30 to 64, and 26,193 (5.9%) were 65 or older. At
203-464: The Kaikōura district had the lowest concentration at 1.0%, with the neighbouring Hurunui district having the second-lowest concentration at 1.3%. According to responses to the 2018 census, 91.6% of Pacific Peoples spoke English, and 37.8% spoke two languages. At the 2018 census, 59.4% of Pasifika reported belonging to a single ethnic group. The largest Pacific Peoples ethnic groups – immigrants from
232-598: The National Party ), and by Winnie Laban in 1999. In 2008, Field left the Labour Party and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party , a short-lived political party aimed at representing conservative Christian Pasifika communities. For the 2008 New Zealand general election , Samoan-born Sam Lotu-Iiga was elected as MP for Maungakiekie , and was joined by Labour list MPs William Sio and Carmel Sepuloni , who
261-615: The Thames-Coromandel District in the Waikato region. It covers a land area of 180.51 km. Kauaeranga Valley Road is the only significant road in the valley. The local iwi, Ngāti Maru , called the area Waiwhakauaeranga ("waters of the stacked jaw bones") in memory of a battle after which they piled the jaw bones of their enemies on the side of the river. The valley was a rich source of kauri timber, and numerous dams and several tramlines were built to facilitate harvesting in
290-670: The 1950s and 1960s, typically from countries associated with the Commonwealth and the Realm of New Zealand , including Western Samoa (modern-day Samoa), the Cook Islands and Niue . In the 1970s, governments (both Labour and National ), migration officials, and special police squads targeted Pasifika illegal overstayers. Pacific Studies academic Dr Melani Anae describes the Dawn Raids as "the most blatantly racist attack on Pacific peoples by
319-509: The 2018 census, there were 191,391 males and 190,254 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.006 males per female. The majority of Pasifika were born in New Zealand: 66.4% at the 2018 census, up from 62.3% at the 2013 census and 60.0% at the 2006 census. In terms of population distribution as at the 2023 census, 275,079 (62.1%) Pasifika New Zealanders lived in the Auckland region, 126,678 (28.6%) live in
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#1732869425170348-443: The 2023 census, the statistical area had a larger boundary, covering 180.50 km (69.69 sq mi). Using that boundary, Kauaeranga had a population of 588 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 24 people (4.3%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 57 people (10.7%) since the 2006 census . There were 207 households, comprising 294 males and 291 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.01 males per female. The median age
377-587: The Auckland Education Board establish a school in the valley in 1896, but the Kauaeranga Valley School did not open until 1903. The initial roll was 30 students. By 1946, with the road to Thames having improved and many children going to school there, the roll had fallen to seven, and the school closed. A post and telegraph office opened in 1903 The Post Office closed in 1953, with rural delivery taking its place. A telephone office operated from
406-715: The New Zealand government in New Zealand's history". Immigrant Pasifika families settled in the inner city suburbs of Auckland and other major cities in the country, when middle-class Pākehā families were tending to move outwards to newer, more distant suburbs. Pasifika immigrants also tended to replace Urban Māori in central suburbs. By the mid-1970s, gentrification became an issue for Pasifika communities in Auckland. The cheap housing found in Ponsonby and other inner city Auckland suburbs were attractive to Pākehā young professionals, especially socially liberal families searching for
435-609: The North Island outside the Auckland region, and 40,845 (9.2%) live in the South Island. The Māngere-Ōtāhuhu local board area of Auckland had a majority Pasifika population at 60.4%, with the next highest concentrations in the nearby Ōtara-Papatoetoe local board area (48.7%) and Manurewa local board area (39.9%). Porirua City had the highest concentration of Pacific people outside of Auckland at 26.5%. The lowest concentrations of Pasifika New Zealanders are in northern Canterbury :
464-752: The Piraunui Valley, across the Hihi saddle, and down the third branch of Tairua River . In 1926, a track was created over this route, and the following year, 100 men started work to convert it to a road, but the work was abandoned later that year. After the Second World War, a route further south along the Kirikiri Stream gained favour, and the road which is now State Highway 25A was built from 1961, opening to traffic in March 1967. From 1957, an electric power line
493-574: The closure of the post office until 1955, when an automatic exchange would have rendered it unnecessary. The Kauaeranga Valley Dairy Company opened a factory in November 1907 to produce milk and butter. It closed in September 1908 and moved to Parawai, where it was defunct by 1910. A road between Thames and Tairua was proposed in 1909, with the recommended route going through the Kauaeranga Valley, up
522-550: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 817746907 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:37:05 GMT Pasifika New Zealanders Pasifika New Zealanders (also called Pacific Peoples ) are a pan-ethnic group of New Zealanders associated with, and descended from, the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands (also known as Pacific Islanders ) outside of New Zealand itself. They form
551-535: The fourth-largest ethnic grouping in the country, after European descendants , indigenous Māori , and Asian New Zealanders . Over 380,000 people identify as being of Pacific origin, representing 8% of the country's population, with the majority residing in Auckland . Prior to the Second World War Pasifika in New Zealand numbered only a few hundred. Wide-scale Pasifika migration to New Zealand began in
580-644: The largest cohort of Pasifika MPs entering parliament: Terisa Ngobi , Barbara Edmonds , Tangi Utikere , Neru Leavasa for the Labour Party, and the first Pasifika MP from the Green Party , Teanau Tuiono . 2023 saw Efeso Collins , formerly a member of the Auckland Council , joining as a member of the Green Party. The Auckland Council has had three Pasifika councillors since its founding in 2010: Alf Filipaina and former National MP Arthur Anae representing
609-626: The late 19th and early 20th centuries. The last big removal of timber from the Kauraeranga Valley started with the Kauri Timber Company building a 14 mi (23 km) tramway up the valley from the Parawai booms in 1915. Later they extended the line to a dump at the Waihou river below Kopu. All bush operations were finished by January 1928, and the line was lifted. Over 40 million feet of timber
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#1732869425170638-428: The road beyond the centre. The Pinnacles Walk is a tramp from the end of Kauaeranga Valley Road to the summit of a volcanic plug, 759 metres (2,490 ft) above sea level. The return tramp takes eight hours and is often done over two days. Pinnacles Hut with 80 bunks and Crosbies Hut with 10 bunks provide basic overnight accommodation for the multi-day tramps. As of 2018, among those who commute to work, 67.9% drove
667-547: Was $ 28,900, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 78 people (16.0%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 222 (45.7%) people were employed full-time, 96 (19.8%) were part-time, and 15 (3.1%) were unemployed. In 2018, 13.2% of the workforce worked in healthcare, 10.4% worked in construction, 9.4% of the workforce worked in primary industries, 9.4% worked in manufacturing, 9.4% worked in education, 4.7% worked in transport and 3.8% worked in hospitality. Kauaeranga Visitor Centre
696-446: Was 15.3, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 62.2% had no religion, 26.5% were Christian , 1.0% had Māori religious beliefs , 0.5% were Hindu , 1.0% were Buddhist and 1.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 105 (21.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 87 (17.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income
725-401: Was 48.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 102 people (17.3%) aged under 15 years, 72 (12.2%) aged 15 to 29, 285 (48.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 129 (21.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 88.3% European/ Pākehā , 18.9% Māori , 1.0% Pacific peoples , 1.0% Asian , and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
754-420: Was built from Thames, through the Kauaeranga Valley and north to Coroglen . This was complete by 1959. Coromandel Forest Park was established in 1970 to provide protection for the remaining native forest, and took over the remaining farmland. Kauaeranga covers 179.01 km (69.12 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 630 as of June 2024, with a population density of 3.5 people per km. Before
783-532: Was carried over this line. Parts of driving dams, Webb Creek staircase, a log hauling skid road, the Parawai Boom and the Billy Goat incline remain. In some parts of the valley, farms were established with five lots made available in 1880. Lack of roads and severe weather made farming difficult, so land was allowed to revert to bush. There was little farmed land left by the late 1960s. Residents first requested that
812-535: Was first used by government agencies in New Zealand in the 1980s to describe all migrants from the Pacific islands and their descendants. There were 442,632 people identifying as being part of the Pacific Peoples ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census , making up 8.9% of New Zealand's population. This is an increase of 60,990 people (16.0%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 146,691 people (49.6%) since
841-606: Was the first MP of Tongan heritage. In 2010, Kris Faafoi entered parliament by winning the 2010 Mana by-election , becoming the first MP of Tokelauan descent. In 2011, Alfred Ngaro became the first MP of Cook Island descent by winning the Maungakiekie electorate. Further Pasifika MPs entered parliament in the 2010s: Asenati Taylor for New Zealand First (2011), Christchurch East MP Poto Williams (2013), Manukau East MP Jenny Salesa (2014) and Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki (2017). The 2020 New Zealand general election saw
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