Atawhai is a suburb of

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

, New Zealand. It lies north of Nelson and is the location of

Wakapuaka Cemetery Wakapuaka Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brooklands, Nelson, New Zealand. "Wakapuaka" is Māori for "heaps of aka leaves". Location Wakapuaka Cemetery is located at the southern end of Atawhai Drive in Nelson. The cemetery is located on a h ...

, a burial place since 1861. It also has a coastline on

Nelson Haven Nelson Haven is an extensive area of mudflats northeast of Nelson, New Zealand. It is separated from Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere by the Boulder Bank and over 8 km long and up to 2 km wide. The area is regularly completely drowned and expose ...

and access to

Boulder Bank The Boulder Bank (Māori: ''Te Taero a Keropa'' or ''Te Tāhuna o Tama-i-ea'') is a very unusual naturally formed landform in Nelson, New Zealand. It is a 13 kilometre long stretch of rocky substrate which begins at the Mackay Bluff and ends a ...

from .

Geography

Atawhai covers an area of 4.53 km², including a land area of 4.53 km². Miyazu Japanese Garden, a Japanese public garden and public reserve, is located in Atawhai.

is also located in the area. Atawhai also has several local parks: Bayview Reserve, Corder Park, Frenchay Reserve, Montrose Reserve, Ngapua Reserve, Queen Elizabeth II Reserve, Te-Ata Reserve, Titoki Reserve, Tresillian Reserve and Werneth Reserve.

History and culture

The estimated population of Atawhai reached 2,000 in 1996. It reached 2,220 in 2001, 2,208 in 2006, 2,556 in 2013, and 2,790 in 2018. Whakatū Marae is located in Atawhai. It is the ''

marae A ' (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan), ' (in Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves religious and social purposes in Polynesian societies. In all these languages, the term a ...

'' (meeting ground) of

Ngāti Kōata Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Rārua are a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Tainui tribal confederation, descendants of the people who arrived in Aotearoa aboard the ''Tainui'' waka (canoe). Ngāti Rārua stem from the marriage of Rārua-ioio and Tū-pāhau and had their ...

Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

Ngāti Toa Rangatira Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

and

Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui is a Māori iwi (tribe) in the upper South Island of New Zealand. Its rohe (tribal area) extends from Golden Bay and Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island to Cape Campbell, St Arnaud and Westport. Marae ...

. It includes the Kākāti ''

wharenui A wharenui (; literally "large house") is a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand, generally situated as the focal point of a ''marae''. Wharenui are usually called meeting houses in New Zealand English, or simply called ''whare'' ( ...

'' (meeting house).

Demography

The Atawhai statistical area had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Atawhai had a population of 2,790 at the

2018 New Zealand census Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ...

, an increase of 234 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 582 people (26.4%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 1,131 households. There were 1,329 males and 1,461 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.91 males per female. The median age was 49.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 477 people (17.1%) aged under 15 years, 291 (10.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,425 (51.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 603 (21.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 92.5% European/Pākehā, 7.8% Māori, 1.4% Pacific peoples, 3.4% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 27.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 60.4% had no religion, 29.6% were Christian, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.8% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 693 (30.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 303 (13.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $36,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,035 (44.7%) people were employed full-time, 447 (19.3%) were part-time, and 63 (2.7%) were unemployed.

Economy

In 2018, 6.9% worked in manufacturing, 8.5% worked in construction, 4.0% worked in hospitality, 4.6% worked in transport, 7.9% worked in education, and 13.5% worked in healthcare.

Transport

As of 2018, among those who commute to work, 73.5% drove a car, 3.4% rode in a car, 7.1% use a bike, and 7.1% walk or run. No one used public transport.

References

{{coord, 41, 14, S, 173, 19, E, display=title, region:NZ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand Populated places in the Nelson Region Populated places around Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere