Takahue is a rural community in the

Far North District The Far North District is the northernmost territorial authority district of New Zealand, consisting of the northern part of the Northland Peninsula in the North Island. It stretches from North Cape and Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua in th ...

and

Northland Region The Northland Region ( mi, Te Tai Tokerau) is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 local government regions. New Zealanders sometimes refer to it as the Winterless North because of its mild climate all throughout the year. The main population ...

of New Zealand's

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, south of

Kaitaia Kaitaia ( mi, Kaitāia) is a town in the Far North District of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula, about 160 km northwest of Whangārei. It is the last major settlement on State Highway 1. Ahipara Bay, the southern end of N ...

. The local Takahue Marae is a meeting place of the

Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the w ...

hapū In 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 and normally ope ...

of Te Tahawai. It includes the Ōkakewai meeting house. Takahue is part of a statistical area called

Herekino Herekino is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. It lies 26 km south west of Kaitaia. The Herekino Harbour, also called the Herekino River, is an estuary and inlet from the Tasman Sea to the west. The Herekino Forest, which contains a stand ...

-Takahue, which extends to the western coast.

Demographics

The SA1 statistical area which includes Takahue covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Herekino-Takahue statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 216 at the

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, an increase of 18 people (9.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 27 people (14.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 78 households, comprising 111 males and 105 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.06 males per female. The median age was 41.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 45 people (20.8%) aged under 15 years, 33 (15.3%) aged 15 to 29, 93 (43.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 42 (19.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 76.4% European/Pākehā, 34.7% Māori, and 1.4% Asian. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Of those people who chose to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.3% had no religion, 37.5% were Christian, 2.8% were Buddhist, 1.4% had Māori religious beliefs and 2.8% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 24 (14.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 42 (24.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $21,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 15 people (8.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 63 (36.8%) people were employed full-time, 30 (17.5%) were part-time, and 12 (7.0%) were unemployed.

Education

Takahue School operated from 1888 to 1973, when it was closed due to falling student numbers.

References

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