Ohakuri is a rural community in the
Taupō District
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and
Waikato
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region of New Zealand's
North Island
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. It features the
Orakei Korako Geothermal Area, the artificial
Lake Ohakuri and the
Ohakuri Dam
Ohakuri is a rural community in the Taupō District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It features the Orakei Korako Geothermal Area, the artificial Lake Ohakuri and the Ohakuri Dam.
Marae
The area also includes Maroanui Mara ...
.
Marae
The area also includes Maroanui Marae, a
meeting place
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Definiti ...
of the local
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua ( Tarawera River) at Matatā across the central plateau of the North ...
hapū
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of
Ngāti Hinerau. It features a
meeting house
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Terminology
Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist Protestant denominations distinguish between a:
* chu ...
of the same name.
The marae was renovated between 2008 and 2010,
with a grant from the nearby
Wairakei Power Station
The Wairakei Power Station is a geothermal power station near the Wairakei Geothermal Field in New Zealand. Wairakei lies in the Taupō Volcanic Zone.
History
The power station was built in 1958, the first of its type (wet steam) in the world ...
.
The renovations included wheelchair ramps and accessible toilets for disabled members of the hapū.
Demographics
Ohakuri statistical area
Ohakuri statistical area, which also includes
Ātiamuri
Ātiamuri is a former hydro village in the central North Island of New Zealand. It lies alongside State Highway 1 about 27 km south of Tokoroa and 38 km north of Taupō. It is bordered by the Waikato River and surrounded by pine planta ...
and
Oruanui
Oruanui () is a rural community in the Taupō District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, located northwest of Wairakei on State Highway 1.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place of many ...
, covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Ohakuri statistical area had a population of 1,953 in the
2023 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 111 people (6.0%) since the
2018 census, and an increase of 282 people (16.9%) since the
2013 census. There were 1,014 males, 936 females, and 6 people of
other genders in 681 dwellings.
1.8% of people identified as
LGBTIQ+
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. The median age was 38.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 402 people (20.6%) aged under 15 years, 342 (17.5%) aged 15 to 29, 960 (49.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 246 (12.6%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 82.3%
European
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(
Pākehā
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); 22.1%
Māori
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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 ...
; 2.3%
Pasifika; 6.0%
Asian; 0.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.9%, Māori by 4.1%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 6.0%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk).
New Zealand Sign Language
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was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 15.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 24.9%
Christian
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, 0.2%
Hindu
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, 0.3%
Islam
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, 1.2%
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 ...
, 0.5%
Buddhist
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, 0.5%
New Age
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, and 2.2% other religions. People who answered that they had
no religion were 64.4%, and 6.1% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 237 (15.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 954 (61.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 360 (23.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $47,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 183 people (11.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 924 (59.6%) full-time, 246 (15.9%) part-time, and 30 (1.9%) unemployed.
Ohakuri proper
Ohakuri community is in meshblocks 1263500 and 1276201, which cover
and had a population of 39 in the 2023 census.
See also
*
Ohakuri Caldera
References
{{Taupo District
Taupō District
Populated places in Waikato
Populated places on the Waikato River