66-926: Tāpora is a locality on the Okahukura Peninsula, which is on the eastern side of the Kaipara Harbour in New Zealand . It is part of the Rodney District . Wellsford lies to the East, as does Port Albert and the Wharehine River , while Manukapua Island lies to the West. Early history of Māori tells how the western shores of Okahukura once extended to the entrance of the Kaipara Harbour as sand dunes with two channels into
132-444: A few weeks before census day. It was rescheduled for March 2013, so the 2013 census is the previous census completed before this one. In July 2018, it was estimated that the 2018 census had a "full or partial" response for 90 percent of individuals, down from 94.5 percent in the 2013 census and the planned release date for census information was changed from October of the same year to March 2019. This drop, which already amounted to
198-524: A museum which commemorates the kauri industry and the early Pākehā settlers. Today, Dargaville is the principal centre in the Kaipara area. Its population levelled in the 1960s. It is the country's main kūmara (sweet potato) producer. Much of the coastal fishing industry in New Zealand depends on mangrove forests . About 80% of fish caught commercially are linked to food chains dependent on
264-434: A perception amongst locals that commercial fishers have damaged fisheries in the Kaipara. Locals have been frustrated in their attempts to gain government support. The veteran filmmaker Barry Barclay has examined this in his 2005 documentary, The Kaipara affair . Currently (2007) about 219,000 cubic metres of sand is mined each year from the entrance and tidal deltas of the Kaipara. This sand contributes over half
330-695: A population of 1,491 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 132 people (9.7%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 111 people (8.0%) since the 2006 census . There were 522 households, comprising 777 males and 714 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female. The median age was 41.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 306 people (20.5%) aged under 15 years, 234 (15.7%) aged 15 to 29, 732 (49.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 216 (14.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 88.3% European/Pākehā, 20.5% Māori, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 3.2% Asian, and 1.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
396-779: A sheltered harbour as elongated sand dune barriers formed at the harbour's mouth. Over the last two million years, the harbour has cycled between periods of being a forested river valley and a flooded harbour, depending on changes in the global sea level . The present harbour formed approximately 8,000 years ago, after the Last Glacial Maximum . The Kaipara Harbour is a productive marine ecosystem , with diverse habitats and ecotones . There are tidal reaches, intertidal mudflats and sandflats, freshwater swamps , maritime rushes , reed beds and coastal scrublands . The area includes 125 square kilometres of mangrove forest . with subtidal fringes of seagrass . The Kaipara
462-801: Is a migratory bird habitat of international significance. Forty–two coastal species are known, and up to 50,000 birds are common. Rare species use the harbour for feeding during summer before returning to the Northern Hemisphere to breed, such as the bar-tailed godwit , lesser knot , and turnstone . Threatened or endangered native species, such as the North Island fernbird , fairy tern , crake , Australasian bittern , banded rail , grey‑faced petrels , banded and NZ dotterels , South Island pied oystercatcher , pied stilt , and wrybill are also present . Significant local populations of black swan , pūkeko , and grey duck also breed in
528-765: Is a large enclosed harbour estuary complex on the north western side of the North Island of New Zealand. The northern part of the harbour is administered by the Kaipara District and the southern part is administered by the Auckland Council . The local Māori tribe is Ngāti Whātua . By area, the Kaipara Harbour is one of the largest harbours in the world. It covers 947 square kilometres (366 sq mi) at high tide, with 409 square kilometres (158 sq mi) exposed as mudflats and sandflats at low tide. According to Māori tradition,
594-502: Is dairying on the rich Ruāwai flats . These flats are below sea level, and are protected by a stopbank and a drainage system. Coastal sawmill settlements at Tinopai , Arapaoa, Batley , Matakohe , Oneriri, Ōruawharo, Pahi , Paparoa , Tanoa and Whakapirau (history photos on the Whakapirau Community Website) have become quiet backwaters. Pahi has become a launch point for houseboats and fishing. Matakohe has
660-482: Is expected to generate 0.75 MW averaged over time. The peak level of generation for the combined turbines is about 200 MW. This exceeds the projected peak electricity needs of Northland . It would have environmental benefits in offsetting annual carbon emissions from a thermal-based, gas turbine generator of 575,000 tonnes of carbon. The project was costed at about $ 600 million and to be economic would have to be scaled up rapidly to near full capacity. However, while
726-454: Is for the census usually-resident population count. New Zealanders who declare Māori descent. 18.5% of New Zealanders have at least some Māori descent. Data is for the census usually-resident population count. The largest age group is people aged 25 to 29, who comprise 7.3% of the population. Data is the census usually-resident population count. Data is the census usually-resident population count. Declared sex of New Zealanders Data
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#1732801632565792-411: Is for the census usually-resident population count. Results add up to over 100% due to people declaring multiple ethnicities. Most New Zealanders, 48.5% of the population, identify as being irreligious. Data is for the census usually-resident population count. The vast majority of New Zealanders, 95.4%, speak English; in second place is Māori, with 4.0% of the population being able to speak it. Data
858-420: Is needed on biodiversity in the Kaipara Harbour and habitats in associated coastal areas. A recent pilot survey found that habitats in the estuaries are still extensive, but ninety percent of land cover is no longer indigenous wetland or vegetation. Even if the key existing areas were to be protected, further buffers and corridors that give better connection between the natural areas would be needed to encourage
924-569: The 2013 census , and an increase of 6 people (5.1%) since the 2006 census . There were 36 households, comprising 66 males and 57 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.16 males per female. The median age was 35.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 27 people (22.0%) aged under 15 years, 24 (19.5%) aged 15 to 29, 54 (43.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 15 (12.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 80.5% European/Pākehā, 31.7% Māori, 4.9% Pacific peoples, and 2.4% Asian. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer
990-607: The Caspian tern . The birds have moved to other parts of Kaipara Harbour, possibly due to human disturbance. An air weapons range used by the New Zealand Defence Force is a short distance south of the spit. Māori settlements and marae have been scattered around the harbour margins for hundreds of years. The waterways of the Kaipara provided, and still provide, Māori with resources and a ready means of moving between marae. Today most marae are associated with
1056-510: The Manukau , and is the single most significant wetland for west coast fisheries. In 2009, NIWA scientists discovered that 98 percent of snapper on the west coast of the North Island were originally juveniles from nurseries in the Kaipara. Snapper is New Zealand's largest recreational fishery , and is also a commercial fishery with an annual export value of $ 32 million. The findings show how fragile some fish stocks can be, and highlights
1122-453: The Ngāti Whātua sub-tribes, Te Taoū and Te Uri-o-Hau . These sub-tribes both descend from the chief Haumoewhārangi who settled on the north end of the Kaipara entrance at Poutō . He was killed in an argument about kūmara (sweet potatoes). His widow Waihekeao developed a partnership with a Tainui warrior chief, Kāwharu. Kāwharu led several destructive campaigns around Kaipara. Eventually
1188-495: The State Services Commissioner , reporting that too little attention had been paid to the non-digital aspects of the census, but also blamed operational complexity and flaws in management. Due to a decision to conduct the census primarily online, the census attracted only an 83% response rate, even lower than the 90% earlier reported, and well short of the 94% census percent target and a nine percent drop from
1254-485: The Tasman to Australia. The Kaipara River is the principal river feeding Kaipara Harbour from the south. From 1863 Helensville established itself as a timber port on this river, and provided shipping services about the Kaipara. When the timber ran out, Helensville developed sheep and dairy farms, and more recently nut plantations, vineyards and deer farms. Further south, Riverhead was an important trading link with
1320-465: The Tasman Sea . It narrows to a width of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), and is over 50 metres (160 ft) deep in parts. On average, Kaipara tides rise and fall 2.10 metres (6.9 ft). Spring tidal flows reach 9 km/h (5 knots) in the entrance channel and move 1,990 million cubic metres per tidal movement or 7,960 million cubic metres daily. The harbour head is a hostile place. Big waves from
1386-478: The Auckland region means the road costs of transporting sand from further parts of the country are avoided. Concerns about possible negative consequences of this sand mining have also been raised. In 2008, Crest Energy, a power company, received resource consent to install about 200 underwater tidal turbines in the Kaipara Harbour, which would use the substantial tidal flows moving in and out every day near
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#17328016325651452-532: The Crown settled the historical claims of Te Uri o Hau , a hapū of the northern Kaipara Harbour. As part of the settlement, access to and the rights of the hapū to gather oysters within the existing "Maori Oyster Areas" were recognised. In 2008, resource consent was given to Biomarine to establish New Zealand's largest oyster farm in the Kaipara. The farm is projected to produce about NZ$ 30 million in annual exports and 100 new jobs. In recent years, there has been
1518-529: The Dairy Farms in Tāpora were converted to Orchards, with tens of thousands of Avocado Trees planted. Tāpora is in an SA1 statistical area which also includes Birds Beach and covers 42.72 km (16.49 sq mi). The SA1 area is part of the larger Okahukura Peninsula statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 123 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 9 people (7.9%) since
1584-593: The Department of Conservation had approved the project, and had made substantial environmental monitoring conditions part of the consent, the project also had objectors on the grounds of claimed influences on the local ecosystems and charter fishing (see the section above on fisheries ). Appeals before the Environment Court are still likely. The project was put on hold by Crest Energy in late 2013; its director Anthony cited several issues that prevented
1650-494: The Kaipara and Helensville, and a centre for gum digging. Also set by a river, it milled timber and flour, and made paper. Later it turned to tobacco. From 1929 to 1933, the Riverhead State Forest was developed from 5,000 ha of exhausted gum land. As the kauri ran out, the Kaipara became a backwater. After 1920 the gum and timber industries dwindled, and farming, mainly dairying, took over. In particular, there
1716-567: The Kaipara became a busy timber port from the 1860s, shipping thousands of tonnes of kauri timber and gum . The first sailing ship wrecked at the entrance to the harbour was the Aurora in April 1840. The brigantine Sophia Pate was wrecked at South Head in August 1841 with the loss of all 21 on board. The Wairoa is the main river feeding the Kaipara from the north. Thirty kilometres upstream,
1782-535: The Tasman Sea break over large sandbanks about five metres below the surface, two to five kilometres from the shore. The sand in these sandbanks comes mainly from the Waikato River . Sand discharged from this river is transported northward by the prevailing coastal currents. Some of this sand is carried into the Kaipara harbour entrance, but mostly cycles out again and then continues moving northwards along
1848-533: The added data into account. Population counts for regions of New Zealand . All figures are for the census usually-resident population count. In 2018, 3,370,122 people (71.7%) were born in New Zealand, with 1,329,633 (28.3%) born overseas. Data is for the census's usually-resident population. Birthplace of New Zealanders There was no change in the top five ethnicities between the 2013 and 2018 censuses, which are New Zealand European (64.1%), Māori (16.5%), Chinese (4.9%), Indian (4.7%), and Samoan (3.9%). Data
1914-508: The area after a place in their Polynesian homeland. The name Okahukura refers to Kahukura, one of the rangatira who arrived to Aotearoa New Zealand aboard the Tākitimu migratory waka. For ten generations the land of Okahukura remained in the possession of Ngāti Whātua . For more than ten years after the Government had purchased the neighbouring land known as Albertland , the peninsula
1980-427: The area. Land habitats adjacent to the harbour support some rare botanical species, including native orchids, the king fern , and the endangered kaka beak . In particular, Papakanui Spit on the south head of the harbour entrance, a mobile sandspit , is important as a breeding and roosting area for the New Zealand dotterel and the fairy tern . It also has areas of pingao . The spit was an important habitat for
2046-413: The causes of which have not been identified. Concerns in recent years about the size and availability of scallops have resulted in temporary closures of the scallop fisheries. Early versions of oyster farming occurred between the early 1900s and 1950s. Thousands of tons of rocks were placed along the shorelines to act as an additional substrate on which the natural rock oyster could grow. In 2002,
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2112-437: The census's question about religious affiliation, 63.4% had no religion, 24.4% were Christian and 2.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 3 (3.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 27 (28.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $ 31,400, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 12 people (12.5%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
2178-414: The country on census night (6 March 2018), and excludes overseas visitors and New Zealand residents who are temporarily overseas. Due to the high rate of non-response in the census, the published results combine answers from census forms with data from the 2013 Census and from government administrative data. Reports from an External Data Quality Review Panel include quality ratings for each variable, taking
2244-420: The descendants of Waihekeao and Haumoewhārangi came to control the Kaipara Harbour. Te Uri-o-Hau was founded by Hakiputatōmuri, and controlled the northern part of Kaipara Harbour. Te Taoū was founded by Mawake, and controlled the south. In 1839, European settlers began arriving in the Kaipara to fell and mill kauri trees and build boats for local requirements. Despite the perilous bar at the harbour entrance,
2310-596: The end of 1910 Okahukura was sold to Messrs Bowron and Smith of Christchurch . Kemp was still manager of the Okahukura property and split the property up, selling sections to others and developed roads for access into the new sections as well as communications through a telephone line. The land changed ownership numerous times between World War One and World War Two. During World War Two the United States Marines set up camp on 'the run' (Sea View) and used
2376-447: The greater area for target practice. The New Zealand Government then took over Okahukura to use as a soldier rehabilitation settlement in April 1945. The name Okahukura was then changed to Tāpora to avoid confusion with another Okahukura elsewhere in New Zealand. The Minister of 'Land and Returned Services' Association brokered a pact to develop the Okahukura peninsula for returned servicemen through ballots. A community to be called Tapora
2442-503: The harbour instead of one, as it is now. This portion of land that was more or less sand dunes was known as Tāpora, and was inhabited by Māori. Great storms gradually caused the sand dunes to drift away, allowing the sea to encroach, leaving only sand bars in the harbour where there was once a whare or meeting house on the original sand dunes. The name Tāpora was given by the crew of the Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi migratory waka, who named
2508-426: The harbour mouth to produce electricity for approximately 250,000 homes. Crest planned to place the turbines at least 30 metres deep along a ten kilometre stretch of the main channel. Historical charts show this stretch of the channel has changed little over 150 years. The output of the turbines will cycle twice daily with the predictable rise and fall of the tide. Each turbine will have a maximum output of 1.2 MW, and
2574-457: The importance of protecting natural habitats, like the Kaipara. Native rock oysters are plentiful on the rocky shores, and the introduced Pacific oysters flourish lower in the intertidal zone. There are cockles and tuatua on the lower tidal flats, mussels from low tide on the rocks to subtidal beds closer to the mouth of the harbour, and scallops in the tidal channels. The scallop population has periodic incidences of high mortality,
2640-515: The interior of the peninsula at the northeast of the harbour, one of them ending near the town of Maungaturoto , only ten kilometres (6 mi) from the Pacific Ocean coast. The harbour has extensive catchments feeding five rivers and over a hundred streams, and includes large estuaries formed by the Wairoa , Otamatea, Oruawharo , Tauhoa (Channel) and Kaipara . A number of small islands off
2706-449: The land and sedimentation in the harbour. Shellfish abundance has declined, especially toheroa, scallops, tuatua, cockles and pipi. Finfish like mullet, snapper, kanae and school shark have diminished. Habitat fragmentation has also occurred. Natural vegetation in the Kaipara catchments have been reduced to islands of wetlands and forest in human-made landscapes—separated by urban areas, roads, exotic forests and pastures. More information
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2772-436: The large number of kauri trees, FitzGerald leased the rights of this land to gum-diggers . Due to old age FitzGerald had to retire and terminate his twenty years of occupancy at Okahukura. Following FitzGerald's retirement A. H. Walker leased this land for two and a half years and dramatically changed the landscape by re-fencing and sowing grass. T.C. Williams now leased the land with W. Williams taking over management. For
2838-617: The lowest census response rate for fifty years, was blamed on a 'digital-first' policy for the census. An independent review was initiated by the Government Statistician in October 2019, and in November Statistics NZ announced that release of census data would be pushed back to at least April 2019 due to "the complex nature of the task". In early April 2019, the Government Statistician, Liz MacPherson
2904-446: The main issues, with "ninety-nine per cent of the rivers in the catchment [are] polluted". As part of the worldwide trend, there is a decline in biodiversity within the Kaipara. The timber industry removed most of the native forest. Much of the kauri and kahikatea forest, and scrub and riparian vegetation, has been replaced with farm and urban areas. Mangrove forests and wetlands have been "reclaimed". Soil erosion has increased on
2970-521: The mangroves, and at least 30 species of fish use mangrove wetlands at some stage of their life cycle. The marine and estuarine areas in the Kaipara Harbour breed snapper , mullet , flounder , sole , kahawai , white trevally , gurnard , yellow‑eyed mullet and skates , rays and sharks . The Kaipara is the largest estuarine harbour on the west coast of New Zealand and provides significant areas of suitable breeding grounds and habitats for juvenile fish. It has fewer problems with water quality than
3036-579: The name Kaipara had its origins back in the 15th century when the Arawa chief, Kahumatamomoe , travelled to the Kaipara to visit his nephew at Pouto . At a feast, he was so impressed with the cooked root of the para fern , that he gave the name Kai-para to the district. Kaipara comes from the Māori kai meaning "food", and para meaning "king fern". The harbour extends for some 60 kilometres (37 mi) from north to south. Several large arms extend into
3102-436: The next ten years Williams and his workers spent many days cutting and burning down bush to allow for sowing grasslands, while opening gumfields and a store at one of FitzGerald's old homes. In the year 1910 Williams was in the process of transferring the management of the block to C. Kemp, when he accidentally fatally shot himself. Kemp took over management of Okahukura, continuing with the development of boundary fences. Nearer
3168-582: The north west region of New Zealand as a whole, but does not tailor quota specifically for the Kaipara. Local iwi feel they are not sufficiently involved in management issues, and to further compound matters, the local iwi is split between Te Uri-o-Hau in the northern part and Te Taoū in the southern part. As of 2011, the environmental state of the harbour has been called as "nearing crisis" and "in significant decline", with shrinking fish and shellfish stocks, more sedimentation, declining water quality and competition for resource use and development being noted as
3234-516: The northern arm of the entrance ( Pouto Peninsula ). It was automated in 1947 and closed in the mid 1950s. The structure still exists and was renovated in 1982–84. In Māori mythology , the ocean-going canoe Māhuhu voyaged from Hawaiki to New Zealand and overturned on the northern side of the entrance. It was commanded by the chief Rongomai , who drowned. His body was eaten by araara (white trevally), and his descendants to this day will not eat that type of fish. The first European shipwreck
3300-420: The previous 2013 New Zealand census . On 13 August 2019 the report was released to the public and Liz MacPherson offered her resignation, taking ultimate responsibility for the results, stating "I'm sorry, the buck stops with me." State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes agreed with her assessment, and asked MacPherson to remain in her role until Christmas of 2019, noting that "she is the best person to finish
3366-577: The project from proceeding. He also sold the majority of his shareholdings to Todd Energy Ltd the same year. Management of the Kaipara Harbour does not have a central administration. Management is distributed among the Kaipara District Council, Auckland Council , Northland Regional Council , the Department of Conservation's Northland and Auckland section, and the Ministry of Fisheries. The Ministry of Fishing allocates quota for
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#17328016325653432-543: The recovery of biodiversity. 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 . Results from the 2018 census were released to the public on 23 September 2019, from the Statistics New Zealand website. The most recent New Zealand census
3498-466: The remediation work". The 2018 census collected data on the following topics: Statistics New Zealand annually conducts population projections for New Zealand as a whole, which are based on data from the previous census (in this case, the 2013 census) and calculated using a cohort-component method. Population projections also take into consideration births, deaths, and net migration. In 2016, New Zealand's population at
3564-416: The sand requirements for Auckland . The sand is used in the production of concrete and asphalt, and also in drainage systems and beach nourishment . A suction pump is usually used to extract the sand from the seabed. It is pumped into a barge as a sand and water slurry. As the barge loads, shells and other objects are screened out and the sea water drained back to the sea. The availability of sea sand within
3630-403: The shoreline are connected to the mainland by mudflats at low tide. The Kaipara Harbour is broad and mostly shallow, as it is formed from a system of drowned river valleys . The harbour shoreline is convoluted by the entry of many rivers and streams, and is about 800 kilometres (500 mi) long, being the drainage catchment for about 640,000 ha of land. The harbour entrance is a channel to
3696-421: The time of the 2018 census was projected to be between 4,807,000 and 4,944,000. Data uses fixed random rounding to protect confidentiality; each data point is rounded either to the nearest multiple of 3 ( 2 ⁄ 3 chance) or the next-nearest multiple of 3 ( 1 ⁄ 3 chance). The census usually-resident population count of New Zealand is a count of all people who usually live in and were present in
3762-509: The town of Dargaville was established. The stretch of water to Dargaville is broad and straight and provides an easy to navigate route into what were then kauri forests in the interior. Dargaville flourished and immigrants from Britain and Croatia were attracted to the area. Ships up to 3,000 tons carried timber and logs out along the Wairoa to defy the bar at the harbour entrance before continuing on, usually to another New Zealand port or across
3828-407: The west coast. The southern sandbanks at the entrance are constantly accumulating and releasing this sand. These treacherous sandbanks shift and change position, and are known locally as the graveyard . The graveyard is responsible for more shipwrecks than any other place in New Zealand, and has claimed at least 43 vessels—some say as many as 110. For this reason, a lighthouse was built in 1884 on
3894-451: Was $ 32,600, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 162 people (13.7%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 639 (53.9%) people were employed full-time, 198 (16.7%) were part-time, and 39 (3.3%) were unemployed. Tapora School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of 17 as of August 2024. The school was founded in 1956. Kaipara Harbour Kaipara Harbour
3960-439: Was 15.9, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 56.9% had no religion, 31.0% were Christian, 0.8% had Māori religious beliefs , 0.6% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim and 1.2% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 141 (11.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 225 (19.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income
4026-469: Was facing possible charges of contempt of parliament. She had twice refused, on 13 February and in early April, to disclose the number of partially and fully completed responses. On 9 April, she reported that one in seven New Zealanders, 700,000 people, failed to complete the census. In July 2019 the independent inquiry returned its findings to the Government Statistician, the Minister of Statistics and
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#17328016325654092-583: Was held in March 2023. The Census Act 1877 required censuses to be held every fifth year and is well embedded in legislation and government systems. Since 1881, censuses have been held every five years, with the exceptions of those in 1931 and 1941 and the one in 2011 which was cancelled due to the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch , which displaced many Canterbury residents from their homes only
4158-495: Was occupied by the Ngāti Whātua tribe. About the year 1876 T. E. FitzGerald purchased the land from Ngāti Whātua which included the Okahukura point and 24,000 acres (97 km) of land. FitzGerald built his first homestead around 1880 on a ridge overlooking Ōruawharo River . Here he built a jetty for small boats for access when there was sufficient high tide, but there was a main landing point in deeper water for any tide. Due to
4224-701: Was planned with a shop, school, church and workers' houses (only the school and a few houses were constructed). The ballots for the Returned Services' Association were created in 1947 and Tāpora turned into a dairy farming settlement. In 2006 Pierre and Jackie Chatelanat gifted Atiu Creek Regional Park to the Auckland Regional Council. In 2013 a substantial fire which began near Okahukura Road burned through 85ha of land at Tāpora, much of it wild pines, Gorse , Pampas Grass and coastal scrub/conservation land. In recent years, many of
4290-508: Was that 48 (50.0%) people were employed full-time, 12 (12.5%) were part-time, and 3 (3.1%) were unemployed. Okahukura Peninsula statistical area, which includes Port Albert and Te Hana , covers 211.06 km (81.49 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,610 as of June 2024, with a population density of 7.6 people per km. Before the 2023 census, the statistical area had a larger boundary, covering 211.18 km (81.54 sq mi). Using that boundary, Okahukura Peninsula had
4356-518: Was the Aurora , a 550-ton barque, in 1840, and the most recent was the yacht Aosky in 1994. Today, the remains of wrecks still become visible under certain tidal and sand conditions. The Kaipara is rarely used today for shipping, and no large settlements lie close to its shores, although many small communities lie along its coastline. The Kaipara Harbour is a drowned river valley system, which first formed 2-3 million years ago as an open bay, becoming
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