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__NOTOC__ Havelock is a small town in the
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of New Zealand, at the head of Pelorus Sound, one of the
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, and at the mouth of the Pelorus and Kaituna Rivers State Highway 6 from
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to Blenheim passes through the town. Queen Charlotte Drive, which provides a shorter but very winding road to Picton proceeds east along the edge of the Sounds. Canvastown lies to the west. Renwick is to the south. Picton lies 35 km to the east. Havelock serves as the centre for much of the
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industry, and promotes itself as the greenshell mussel capital of the world. It also functions as the base for a mail boat servicing the remote communities in the Marlborough Sounds, as well as for many fishing and recreational boats. The name "Havelock" commemorates Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857), known from the
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during the
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. The streets were laid out in 1858, with Lucknow Street as the main thoroughfare. The gold rush to the Wakamarina Valley in 1864 boosted the growth of the township, with sawmilling becoming the main activity until the 1910s, later joined by dairying. The valleys around Havelock contain many
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plantations. Across the Kaituna River estuary, the Cullen Point Scenic Reserve and the Mahakipawa Hill Scenic Reserve offer a coastal walking-track to a lookout at Cullen Point.


Demographics

Havelock is defined by
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as a rural settlement. It covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. It is part of the larger Marlborough Sounds West statistical area. Before the 2023 census, the settlement had a smaller boundary, covering . Using that boundary, Havelock had a population of 588 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 81 people (16.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 78 people (15.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 234 households, comprising 306 males and 279 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.1 males per female, with 84 people (14.3%) aged under 15 years, 75 (12.8%) aged 15 to 29, 273 (46.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 150 (25.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 83.7% European/
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, 15.8%
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, 2.0% Pasifika, 5.6% Asian, and 4.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.7% had no religion, 26.5% were
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, 2.0% had
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, 2.0% were
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and 0.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 60 (11.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 117 (23.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 57 people (11.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 249 (49.4%) people were employed full-time, 72 (14.3%) were part-time, and 9 (1.8%) were unemployed.


Marlborough Sounds West

Marlborough Sounds West, which also includes Rai Valley and
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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 180 people (10.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 96 people (5.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 816 households, comprising 1,017 males and 966 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 48.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 345 people (17.4%) aged under 15 years, 252 (12.7%) aged 15 to 29, 933 (47.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 459 (23.1%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 90.9% 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 ...
, 13.1%
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 ...
, 1.8% Pasifika, 2.4% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 15.6, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.8% had no religion, 29.0% were
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, 0.6% 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 ...
, 0.9% were
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and 1.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 180 (11.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 405 (24.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $27,900, compared with $31,800 nationally. 189 people (11.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 762 (46.4%) people were employed full-time, 279 (17.0%) were part-time, and 30 (1.8%) were unemployed.


Education

Havelock School is a coeducational full primary school (years 1-8), with a roll of . The school was founded in 1861.


Notable people

* William Pickering, space scientist and former director of NASA's
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*
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,
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-winning physicist


See also

* Moenui


References


External links


Havelock School website

Havelock Community Association website

Havelock Community and Information Website

Havelock Info Centre
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