Atawhai is a suburb of

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

, New Zealand. It lies north of Nelson and is the location of

Wakapuaka Cemetery Wakapuaka Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brooklands, Nelson, New Zealand. "Wakapuaka" is Māori for "heaps of aka leaves". Location Wakapuaka Cemetery is located at the southern end of Atawhai Drive in Nelson. The cemetery is located on a h ...

, a burial place since 1861. It also has a coastline on

Nelson Haven Nelson Haven is an estuary with coastal salt marsh and mudflats, northeast of Nelson, New Zealand. It is separated from Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere Tasman Bay (; officially Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere), originally known in English as ...

and access to

Boulder Bank The Boulder Bank ( Māori: ''Te Taero a Keropa'' or ''Te Tāhuna o Tama-i-ea'') is a very unusual naturally formed landform in Nelson, New Zealand. It is a long stretch of rocky substrate which begins at the Mackay Bluff and ends at the Cut ...

from .

Geography

Atawhai covers an area of 4.54 km², including a land area of 4.54 km². Miyazu Japanese Garden, a Japanese public garden and public reserve, is located in Atawhai.

is also located in the area. Atawhai also has several local parks: Bayview Reserve, Corder Park, Frenchay Reserve, Montrose Reserve, Ngapua Reserve, Queen Elizabeth II Reserve, Te-Ata Reserve, Titoki Reserve, Tresillian Reserve and Werneth Reserve.

History and culture

The estimated population of Atawhai reached 2,000 in 1996. It reached 2,220 in 2001, 2,208 in 2006, 2,556 in 2013, and 2,790 in 2018. Whakatū Marae is located in Atawhai. It is the ''

marae A ' (in Māori language, New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian language, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan language, Tongan), ' (in Marquesan language, Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan language, Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves reli ...

'' (meeting ground) of

Ngāti Kōata Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Rārua are a Māori tribe ( of the Tainui tribal confederation. Ngāti Rārua stem from the marriage of Rārua-ioio and Tū-pāhau and, like other Tainui tribes, had their original home in the Waikato, specifically on the west coast of ...

Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

Ngāti Toa Rangatira Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

and

Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui is a Māori iwi (tribe) in the upper South Island of New Zealand. Its rohe (tribal area) extends from Golden Bay and Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island to Cape Campbell, St Arnaud and Westport. Mar ...

. It includes the Kākāti ''

wharenui A wharenui (; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a ''marae''. Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called ''wikt:wh ...

'' (meeting house).

Demography

The Atawhai statistical area had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Atawhai had a population of 2,790 at the

2018 New Zealand census The 2018 New Zealand census, which took place on Tuesday 6 March 2018, was the thirty-fourth national census in New Zealand. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,699,755 – an increase of 457,707 (10.79%) over the 2013 census. Resu ...

, an increase of 234 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 582 people (26.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,131 households, comprising 1,329 males and 1,461 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.91 males per female. The median age was 49.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 477 people (17.1%) aged under 15 years, 291 (10.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,425 (51.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 603 (21.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 92.5% European/

Pākehā ''Pākehā'' (or ''Pakeha''; ; ) is a Māori language, Māori-language word used in English, particularly in New Zealand. It generally means a non-Polynesians, Polynesian New Zealanders, New Zealander or more specifically a European New Zeala ...

, 7.8%

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, 1.4% Pasifika, 3.4% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 27.2, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 60.4% had no religion, 29.6% were

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

, 0.1% had

Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, 0.8% were

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

, 0.2% were

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

, 0.8% were

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

and 1.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 693 (30.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 303 (13.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $36,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 450 people (19.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,035 (44.7%) people were employed full-time, 447 (19.3%) were part-time, and 63 (2.7%) were unemployed.

Economy

In 2018, 6.9% worked in manufacturing, 8.5% worked in construction, 4.0% worked in hospitality, 4.6% worked in transport, 7.9% worked in education, and 13.5% worked in healthcare.

Transport

As of 2018, among those who commute to work, 73.5% drove a car, 3.4% rode in a car, 7.1% use a bike, and 7.1% walk or run. No one used public transport.

References

{{coord, 41, 14, S, 173, 19, E, display=title, region:NZ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand Populated places in the Nelson Region Populated places around Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere