Cape Runaway ( mi, Whangaparāoa) is the eastern extremity of the

Bay of Plenty The Bay of Plenty ( mi, Te Moana-a-Toi) is a region of New Zealand, situated around a bight of the same name in the northern coast of the North Island. The bight stretches 260 km from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaw ...

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. It is located 157 kilometres northeast off

Whakatāne Whakatāne ( , ) is the seat of the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatāne River. Whakatāne District is the encompassing territorial authority, whi ...

and 65 kilometres west of

East Cape East Cape is the easternmost point of the main islands of New Zealand. It is located at the northern end of the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It can also refer to the broader Gisborne cape. East Cape was originally named "C ...

. The name ''Cape Runaway'' was bestowed by English

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during his first voyage of discovery in 1769. It was so named after Māori in canoes who had approached Cooks' ship '' Endeavour'' in a hostile manner scurried off after a cannon shot was fired.

Demographics

The statistical area of Cape Runaway, which covers 1,569 square kilometres and includes

Tōrere Tōrere, previously known as Torere, is a small settlement in the Ōpōtiki District of the Bay of Plenty Region on New Zealand's North Island. It is the ancestral home of the Ngāitai people. One of the area's largest businesses is Torere Maca ...

Hāwai Hāwai is a coastal settlement in the Ōpōtiki District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. History Hāwai is in the ''rohe'' (traditional tribal area) of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. Te Whānau ā Apanui placed a rāhui on o ...

, Ōmāio,

Te Kaha Te Kaha is a small New Zealand community situated in the Bay of Plenty near Ōpōtiki. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "the rope" for . The full name of Te Kaha is Te-Kahanui-A-Tikirākau. Te Kaha is ...

, Papatea Bay and Raukokore, had a population of 1,449 at the

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, a decrease of 84 people (-5.5%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 231 people (-13.8%) 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 579 households. There were 711 males and 738 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female. The median age was 46 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 297 people (20.5%) aged under 15 years, 201 (13.9%) aged 15 to 29, 657 (45.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 294 (20.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 27.1% European/Pākehā, 85.7% Māori, 3.7% Pacific peoples, and 0.4% Asian (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 5.4%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 29.0% had no religion, 41.0% were Christian, 0.2% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 24.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 129 (11.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 294 (25.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $20,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 477 (41.4%) people were employed full-time, 177 (15.4%) were part-time, and 78 (6.8%) were unemployed.

Marae

Whangaparāōa Marae, located near Cape Runaway, is a traditional meeting place for

Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is a Māori iwi (Iwi is the Maori word for tribe) located in the eastern Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions of New Zealand's North Island. In 2006, the iwi registered 11,808 members, representing 13 hapū. History Early ...

hapū In Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or " clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief and normally op ...

of Te Whānau a Kauaetangohia. It includes Kauaetangohia or Te Putahou meeting house

Education

Te Kura Mana Maori o Whangaparaoa is a co-educational Māori immersion primary school, with a roll of as of

References

{{Ōpōtiki District Ōpōtiki District Landforms of the Bay of Plenty Region Runaway Populated places in the Bay of Plenty Region