Raupunga is a small settlement in the northern

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...

Region of

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 Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

's eastern

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. It is located close to the country's highest railway bridge, the

Mohaka Viaduct The Mohaka Viaduct is a railway viaduct spanning the Mohaka River in northern Hawke’s Bay, on the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, near the small settlement of Raupunga. It was built between 1930 and 1937 by the New Zealand Minis ...

, which crosses the

Mohaka River The Mohaka river is on the North Island of New Zealand in the east central region of Hawke’s Bay. Mohaka is a Māori language, Maori word, roughly translated it means “place for dancing”. The iwi (Māori tribes) associated with the Mohaka R ...

. The village has a predominantly Māori population as of the 2018 Census. The village got running water for the first time in 2017, when a 9 kilometre electric pump system was built from Mangawharangi Stream for $1 million. Until that time, many of the 56 households had got water from buckets.

Demographics

Maungataniwha-Raupunga statistical area, which includes

Mohaka Mohaka is a small settlement in the northern Hawke's Bay region of the eastern North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the coast of Hawke Bay, 20 kilometres southwest of Wairoa. The Mohaka River reaches the coast close to Mohaka. Marae ...

, Kotemaori,

Putere Putere is a village and rural community in the Wairoa District of the Hawke's Bay Region, on New Zealand's North Island. It is located around the small Lake Rotoroa and Lake Rotonuiaha. The main road to Putere runs from Raupunga on State Highwa ...

and

Tuai Tuai is a village and rural community located around Lake Whakamarino, in the Wairoa District of the Hawke's Bay Region, on New Zealand's North Island. The local Tuai Power Station was opened in 1929 on the shores of Lake Whakamarino, as part ...

, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Maungataniwha-Raupunga had a population of 1,188 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 21 people (1.8%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 54 people (−4.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 405 households, comprising 624 males and 564 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female. The median age was 35.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 309 people (26.0%) aged under 15 years, 228 (19.2%) aged 15 to 29, 501 (42.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 147 (12.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 50.8% 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 ...

, 63.1%

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 ...

, 4.5% Pacific peoples, 0.8% Asian, and 1.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 5.3, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 39.1% had no religion, 40.4% 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 ...

, 11.6% 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 ...

and 1.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 72 (8.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 222 (25.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $25,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 84 people (9.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 426 (48.5%) people were employed full-time, 138 (15.7%) were part-time, and 57 (6.5%) were unemployed.

Marae

Raupunga includes a number of ''

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 grounds) and ''

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 houses) for the local ''

iwi 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. ...

'' (tribe) of

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...

and its ''

hapū In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ...

'' (sub-tribes): * Kurahikakawa Marae, affiliated with

Ngāti Pāhauwera Ngāti Pāhauwera is a Māori iwi (tribe) of New Zealand. See also *List of Māori iwi This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes). List of iwi This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also ...

hapū, and

iwi. * Rangiāhua marae and Te Poho o Tamaterangi wharenui, affiliated with

Ngāi Tamaterangi 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. ...

hapū. * Raupunga Marae and Te Huki wharenui, affiliated with

hapū. In October 2020, the Government committed $1,949,075 from the

Provincial Growth Fund Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party. Jones' political career began 2005 New Zealand general election, in 2005 as a l ...

to upgrade Rangiāhua, Raupunga and 22 other Ngāti Kahungunu marae. The funding was expected to create 164 jobs.

References

{{Wairoa District Wairoa District Populated places in Hawke's Bay