Matihetihe is a community in the

Hokianga The Hokianga is an area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour, also known as the Hokianga River, a long Estuary, estuarine drowned valley on the west coast in the north of the North Island of New Zealand. The original name, still used by local Mā ...

area of Northland,

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. The Warawara Forest lies to the north. The Matihetihe Stream runs into the

Tasman Sea The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about across and about from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 wa ...

to the west. The locality is named for the tihetihe tumbleweed that grows in the local sand dunes.

Demographics

Matihetihe is in an SA1 statistical area which covers . It is part of the

Hokianga North Panguru is a community in the northern Hokianga harbour, in Northland, New Zealand. The Whakarapa Stream flows from the Panguru Range in the Warawara Forest to the west, through Panguru and into the Hokianga. Demographics The SA1 statistical a ...

statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 180 in the

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, an increase of 27 people (17.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 57 people (46.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 96 males and 87 females in 66 dwellings. 1.7% of people identified as

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. The median age was 39.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 39 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 21 (11.7%) aged 15 to 29, 87 (48.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 30 (16.7%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 35.0%

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(

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 ...

), 90.0%

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, 6.7% Pasifika, 3.3% Asian, and 3.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.0%, Māori language by 33.3%, and Samoan by 1.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.7% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 5.0, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 55.0%

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, and 1.7%

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 ...

. People who answered that they had no religion were 41.7%, and 1.7% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 6 (4.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 87 (61.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 39 (27.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $21,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 3 people (2.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 33 (23.4%) people were employed full-time, 21 (14.9%) were part-time, and 9 (6.4%) were unemployed.

History and culture

Matehetihe Marae is affiliated with

Te Rarawa Te Rarawa is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New ...

iwi.

Education

Matihetihe School Matihetihe is a community in the Hokianga area of Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand. The Warawara Forest lies to the north. The Matihetihe Stream runs into the Tasman Sea to the west. The locality is named for the tihetihe tumbleweed that ...

is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of students as of The school was founded in 1890, and was initially a part-time Native School taught at the Matihetihe whare. The artist

Ralph Hotere Hone Papita Raukura "Ralph" Hotere (11 August 1931 – 24 February 2013) was a New Zealand artist. He was born in Mitimiti, Northland Region, Northland and is widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most important artists. In 1994 he was award ...

attended this school.

Notes

{{reflist Far North District Populated places in the Northland Region