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Matakawau Point
Matakawau Point is a rural settlement on the east side of the Āwhitu Peninsula and west side of the Manukau Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. The mouth of Matakawau Creek is south of Matakawau Point. Demographics Statistics New Zealand describes Matakawau Point as a rural settlement, which covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Matakawau Point is part of the larger Āwhitu Peninsula#Demographics, Āwhitu statistical area. Matakawau Point had a population of 102 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 33 people (47.8%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census, and an increase of 18 people (21.4%) since the 2006 New Zealand census, 2006 census. There were 51 households, comprising 54 males and 48 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.12 males per female. The median age was 55.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 12 people (11.8%) aged under 15 years, 6 (5.9%) aged 15 to 29, 54 (52.9%) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
