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Te Horo and Te Horo Beach are two localities on the
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of New Zealand's
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. Te Horo Beach is the larger of the two settlements and, as its name implies, is located on the
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coast. Te Horo is located to the east, a short distance inland. They are situated between Peka Peka and
Waikanae Waikanae (, ) is a town on the Kāpiti Coast, north of the Wellington, New Zealand. The name is a Māori language, Māori word meaning "waters" (''wai'') "of the flathead grey mullet, grey mullet". The area surrounding the town is notable fo ...
to the south and Ōtaki to the north. "Te Horo" in the
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means "the landslide".


Demographics


Te Horo Beach

Te Horo Beach is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement and covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Before the 2023 census, the settlement had a smaller boundary, covering . Using that boundary, Te Horo Beach had a population of 342 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 60 people (21.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 117 people (52.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 153 households, comprising 177 males and 162 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female, with 45 people (13.2%) aged under 15 years, 42 (12.3%) aged 15 to 29, 195 (57.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 57 (16.7%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 93.9% 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 ...
, 11.4%
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, 1.8% Pasifika, 0.9% Asian, and 0.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 57.0% had no religion, 28.1% were
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, 0.9% 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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, 0.9% were
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and 5.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 75 (25.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 42 (14.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 60 people (20.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 141 (47.5%) people were employed full-time, 45 (15.2%) were part-time, and 18 (6.1%) were unemployed.


Te Horo statistical area

The statistical area of Te Horo covers , and includes both Te Horo Beach and Te Horo town. It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. The statistical area had a population of 1,422 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 135 people (10.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 306 people (27.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 585 households, comprising 717 males and 705 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. The median age was 50.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 219 people (15.4%) aged under 15 years, 159 (11.2%) aged 15 to 29, 765 (53.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 282 (19.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 93.9% 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 ...
, 11.2%
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 ...
, 1.5% Pasifika, 1.3% Asian, and 1.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 21.1, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 54.9% had no religion, 32.5% 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 ...
, 0.4% 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 ...
, 0.2% were
Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
, 0.8% were
Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
and 3.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 285 (23.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 165 (13.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $37,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 291 people (24.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 612 (50.9%) people were employed full-time, 198 (16.5%) were part-time, and 45 (3.7%) were unemployed.


Marae

The local Katihiku Marae and Tamatehura meeting house is a traditional meeting place of Ngāti Huia, a hapū of Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga.


Economy

Some farming takes place around Te Horo, as well as small-scale
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. Many residents of Te Horo commute to either
Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
or
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. The beach is popular for swimming and boating and attracts visitors to the town.


Transport

Te Horo is situated on the North Island's former main highway route and main rail routes, Old state highway 1 and the
North Island Main Trunk The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland. The line is long, built to the New Zealand rail gauge of and ser ...
railway. The railway was built by the
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(WMR) as part of its Wellington–Manawatu Line that opened on 1 December 1886 with a station in Te Horo. The WMR was incorporated into the
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's national network on 8 December 1908. The railway station, opened on 2 August 1886 was closed to passengers on 27 June 1971 and from 2 November 1987 became a crossing loop only.''New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas'', fourth edition, edited by John Yonge (Essex: Quail Map Company), 15. Te Horo Beach is situated off the Old state highway 1 road that sits alongside the ne
Ōtaki expressway
and is accessible by a local road, Te Horo Beach Road, that leaves the Old state highway at Te Horo.


Education

Te Horo School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . Year 9 to 13 students must travel outside of Te Horo for secondary education, to schools in the Kapiti coast such as
Ōtaki College Ōtaki College is an intermediate and secondary school located in Ōtaki, New Zealand, Ōtaki, in the north of the Kāpiti Coast in New Zealand. With a roll of in , the college has been recognised for achieving success in spite of its Socioecon ...
.


References

{{Kāpiti Coast District Populated places in the Wellington Region Kāpiti Coast District Beaches of the Wellington Region