Tauhoa

Tauhoa is a rural community in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Tauhoa
Tauhoa
Coordinates: 36°22′38″S 174°27′8″E
Country	New Zealand
Region	Auckland Region
Local board	Rodney

State Highway 16 runs through the area, connecting to Wellsford 15 km to the north-east and Glorit 12 km to the south. Te Pahi Stream flows through the area and into the Tauhoa River, which drains into the southern Kaipara Harbour to the west.[1][2]

History and culture

European settlement

The Tauhoa block, together with the Hoteo block inland of it, together comprising 41,400 acres (16,800 ha), were purchased from the Māori chief Te Keene and others in March 1867. Land at Tauhoa was first offered for sale to settlers in 1868, but in 1875 some of the land was still being surveyed for future settlement.[3] Some of the land occupied by settlers in the 1870s was abandoned in the 1880s.[4]

A tramway operated during the 1880s to bring kauri logs down to Te Pahi Stream, where sailing ships could take them away. The barque Mary Mildred was stranded and wrecked in the Tauhoa River with a load of kauri. The small steamer S.S. Mary Allen was built at Tauhoa and transported goods between Te Pahi Creek and the northern Wairoa River in the early 1880s.[5]

A Highway Board operated in the area from 1876 to 1906.[6] A road north to Port Albert was described as "a good summer road" in 1880. By 1886, a route south to Kaukapakapa was complete and bridged, but was still impassable in winter. A small portion of the road at Tauhoa was metalled in 1899.[7] In the late 1920s, the road from Tauhoa to the railway station at Hoteo was designated a highway, and metalled. Other roads in the area were mostly metalled by the mid-1930s.[8]

Gum-diggers were active in the area up before 1910.[9]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	1,473	—
2013	1,686	+1.95%
2018	1,965	+3.11%
Source: [10]

The statistical area of Kaipara Hills, which at 283 square kilometres is much larger than this locality, had a population of 1,965 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 279 people (16.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 492 people (33.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 630 households. There were 1,005 males and 963 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female. The median age was 41.3 years, with 465 people (23.7%) aged under 15 years, 288 (14.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,008 (51.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 204 (10.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 87.6% European/Pākehā, 18.5% Māori, 1.7% Pacific peoples, 2.9% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 22.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 59.2% had no religion, 26.1% were Christian, and 7.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 258 (17.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 252 (16.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $34,400. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 843 (56.2%) people were employed full-time, 261 (17.4%) were part-time, and 30 (2.0%) were unemployed.[10]

Marae

The local Puatahi Marae is a traditional meeting ground for local Māori. It is affiliated with Ngāti Whātua and Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, and their iwi of Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Rāngo or Rongo.[11]

The marae includes Te Manawanui, a wharenui or meeting house.[12]

Education

Tauhoa School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of 38 students as of March 2020.[13][14]

The school celebrated its 125th jubilee in 2004.[15]

Notes

1. Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 11. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 31. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
3. Ryburn, Wayne (1999). Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. p. 26. ISBN 0-473-06176-7.
4. Ryburn, p 87
5. Ryburn, pp 50, 112, 138. Ryburn says the steamer was operating in 1881 on page 50, but also says it was constructed in 1884 on page 138.
6. Ryburn, pp 37, 187
7. Ryburn, pp 87-89
8. Ryburn, p 189
9. Ryburn, pp 131, 201
10. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Kaipara Hills (110800). 2018 Census place summary: Kaipara Hills
11. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
12. "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
13. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
14. Education Counts: Tauhoa School
15. "Tauhoa School 125th Jubilee". Education Gazette New Zealand. 83 (8). 10 May 2004.