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Tiroa
Tiroa is a rural locality in the Waitomo District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. runs through the area. The name means "tall Cordyline australis, cabbage tree". Pao Mīere, a Māori prophetic movement, built a cross-shaped whare wānanga (house of learning) called Te Miringa Te Kakara near Tiroa about 1887. It was destroyed by fire in 1983. Tiroa School operated from about 1900 with the buildings replaced in 1925. The school was open at least until 1958. Demographics Tiroa covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Tiroa had a population of 42 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 9 people (−17.6%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census, and a decrease of 42 people (−50.0%) since the 2006 New Zealand census, 2006 census. There were 18 households, comprising 27 males and 18 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.5 males per female. The median age was 26.8 years (compared with 37 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitomo District
Waitomo District is a territorial authority, located in the Waikato region, at the north of the King Country area in the North Island of New Zealand. A small part of the district, the locality of Tiroa, however, lies in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. The District covers the west coast from Te Maika, on Kawhia Harbour, to the north of Taharoa, to Mokau in the south and extends inland to Maniaiti / Benneydale and Mount Pureora. Demographics Waitomo District covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Waitomo District had a population of 9,303 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 396 people (4.4%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 135 people (−1.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,384 households, comprising 4,695 males and 4,605 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. The median age was 38.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 2,082 people (22.4%) aged under 15 years, 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
