28-591: Wairau Valley is the valley of the Wairau River in Marlborough , New Zealand and also the name of the main settlement in the upper valley. State Highway 63 runs through the valley. The valley opens onto the Wairau Plain, where Renwick and Blenheim are sited. The Alpine – Wairau Fault runs along the length of the valley. Wairauite is an iron-cobalt alloy which is named after the valley. J. S. Cotterell surveyed
56-521: A bachelor's or higher degree, and 42 (21.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $ 29,300, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 21 people (10.9%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 108 (56.2%) people were employed full-time, 33 (17.2%) were part-time, and 3 (1.6%) were unemployed. The statistical area of Upper Wairau covers 4,177.50 km (1,612.94 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 2,230 as of June 2024, with
84-762: A population density of 0.53 people per km. Upper Wairau had a population of 1,938 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 192 people (11.0%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 246 people (14.5%) since the 2006 census . There were 741 households, comprising 999 males and 939 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.06 males per female. The median age was 46.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 384 people (19.8%) aged under 15 years, 222 (11.5%) aged 15 to 29, 1,035 (53.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 300 (15.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 95.5% European/ Pākehā , 6.3% Māori , 0.9% Pasifika , 0.9% Asian , and 1.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
112-420: A population density of 77 people per km. It is part of the larger Upper Wairau statistical area. Wairau Valley town had a population of 231 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 21 people (10.0%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 51 people (28.3%) since the 2006 census . There were 96 households, comprising 108 males and 123 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.88 males per female. The median age
140-699: Is located in Wairau Valley. It is a marae (meeting ground) of Ngāti Rārua and includes the Parerarua wharenui (meeting house). In October 2020, the Government committed $ 246,418 from the Provincial Growth Fund towards renovating the marae, creating an estimated 7 jobs. Wairau Valley town is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement. It covers 3.50 km (1.35 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 270 as of June 2024, with
168-424: 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 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
196-533: The Dawn Raids as "the most blatantly racist attack on Pacific peoples by 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
224-490: 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 the largest cohort of Pasifika MPs entering parliament: Terisa Ngobi , Barbara Edmonds , Tangi Utikere , Neru Leavasa for
252-742: The Second World War Pasifika in New Zealand numbered only a few hundred. Wide-scale Pasifika migration to New Zealand began in 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
280-521: The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands (also known as Pacific Islanders ) outside of New Zealand itself. They form 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
308-589: 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 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
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#1732848802718336-702: 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 the Manukau ward since 2010, and Efeso Collins in 2016, replacing Anae's for
364-506: 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 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
392-585: The Wairau Valley in November 1842, and reported it contained rich land. Settlers from Nelson , led by Arthur Wakefield , tried to take possession of the land but the Ngāti Toa , led by Te Rauparaha and Te Rangihaeata objected. The dispute escalated into the Wairau Affray at Tuamarina on 23 June 1843, in which 22 settlers and four Māori were killed. An enquiry held in 1844 by Governor Robert FitzRoy decided that
420-655: The Wairau valley in 1861. [REDACTED] Media related to Wairau Valley at Wikimedia Commons Wairau River The Wairau River is one of the longest rivers in New Zealand's South Island . It flows for 170 kilometres (110 mi) from the Spenser Mountains (a northern range of the Southern Alps ), firstly in a northwards direction and then northeast down a long, straight valley in inland Marlborough . The river's lower reaches and surrounding fertile plain provide
448-459: The basis for the Marlborough wine region . The river has its outflow into Cook Strait at Cloudy Bay , just north of Blenheim in the island's northeast. The Wairau River meets the sea at the Wairau Bar , an important archaeological site. In pre-European and early colonial New Zealand, one of the South Island's largest Māori settlements was close to the mouth of the Wairau. The Wairau Valley
476-538: 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 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
504-622: 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 , 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
532-618: 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 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
560-586: The flow of the river will be diverted into the canal. A resource consent has been granted for the scheme but opponents have already appealed to the Environment Court . This article about a river in the Marlborough Region is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pasifika New Zealanders Pasifika New Zealanders (also called Pacific Peoples ) are a pan-ethnic group of New Zealanders associated with, and descended from,
588-509: 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 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
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#1732848802718616-466: 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 : the Kaikōura district had the lowest concentration at 1.0%, with the neighbouring Hurunui district having
644-546: 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 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
672-414: The settlers were in the wrong. In November 1846, Nelson farmers Nathaniel Morse and John Cooper drove sheep into the Wairau valley and established settlements. Governor Sir George Grey purchased the land in the same year, but legal title to the land for the settlers was sorted out later. In the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake , the eastern end of the Wairau valley subsided by over a metre. Parerarua Marae
700-415: Was $ 40,300, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 354 people (22.8%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 918 (59.1%) people were employed full-time, 270 (17.4%) were part-time, and 12 (0.8%) were unemployed. Wairau Valley School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 48 students as of August 2024. A school first opened in
728-428: Was 16.9, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 56.8% had no religion, 32.8% were Christian , 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs , 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 339 (21.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 234 (15.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income
756-562: Was 47.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 39 people (16.9%) aged under 15 years, 36 (15.6%) aged 15 to 29, 108 (46.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 48 (20.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 96.1% European/ Pākehā , 6.5% Māori , 2.6% Pasifika , and 1.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 63.6% had no religion, 23.4% were Christian and 3.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 33 (17.2%) people had
784-417: Was the scene of the 1843 Wairau Affray , the first violent clash between Māori residents and English settlers over land in New Zealand and the only one to take place in the South Island. There are currently two hydroelectric power stations operating on tributaries of the river. The Wairau Hydro Scheme proposed by TrustPower will operate on a 48-kilometre (30 mi) long canal. Up to 60 percent of
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