Horeke ( mi, Hōreke) is a settlement in the upper reaches of the
Hokianga Harbour in
Northland, New Zealand.
Kohukohu is just across the harbour. The
Horeke basalts are located near the town, and can be viewed on an easy stroll through the
Wairere Boulders, a commercial park.
The town is at the western end of the km (54 mi)
Pou Herenga Tai - Twin Coast Cycle Trail from
Opua
Opua is a locality in the Bay of Islands, in the sub-tropical Northland Region of New Zealand. It is notable as the first port for overseas yachts arriving in the country after crossing the Pacific Ocean. In the original 1870s plans for the ...
, which opened fully in 2017.
History and culture
European settlement
The town was initially called Deptford after
the Royal Navy shipyard in England. It was one of the first places settled by Europeans in New Zealand, with shipbuilding established in the late 1820s.
David Ramsay and Gordon Davies Browne came from Sydney to set up a trading post and shipbuilding settlement about 1826. Three ships were built - a 40-ton schooner called ''Enterprise'', a 140-ton brigantine called ''New Zealander'', and the 394 (or 392)-ton barque ''Sir George Murray'', but the firm went bankrupt in 1830.
The Wesleyan missionary
John Hobbs John Hobbs may refer to:
*John Hobbs (ornithologist) (1920–1990), police officer and ornithologist
*John Hobbs (baseball) (born 1956), Major League Baseball pitcher
*John Raymond Hobbs (1929–2008), professor of chemical immunology
*John Hobbs (m ...
opened
Māngungu Mission
Māngungu Mission was the second mission station established in New Zealand by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Located near Horeke, in the Hokianga harbour, it was founded in 1828 by the missionaries John Hobbs and James Stack after the first WMS ...
, about a mile from the shipyard, in 1828.
Thomas McDonnell
Thomas McDonnell ( – 8 November 1899) was a 19th-century New Zealand public servant, military leader and writer.
Biography
Childhood and early life
McDonnell was born to Thomas McDonnell Sr., an early British merchant and speculator who se ...
's station in Horeke was the centre of timber trading in the Hokianga in the 1830s.
Marae
Horeke has six
Ngāpuhi marae:
* Mataitaua Marae and Ngāti Toro meeting house is a meeting place of
Ngāti Toro
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 ...
.
* Motukiore Marae and Arohamauora meeting house is a meeting place of
Ngāti Toro
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 ...
,
Te Māhurehure and
Te Ngahengahe.
* Paremata Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of
Ngāti Hao
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
Ngāti Toro
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 ...
.
* Piki te Aroha or Rāhiri Marae and Whakapono meeting house is a meeting place of
Ngāi Tāwake ki te Moana
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 ...
,
Ngāi Tāwake ki te Tuawhenua
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 Hao
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
Ngāti Toro
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 ...
.
* Puketawa Marae is a meeting place of
Ngāi Tāwake ki te Moana
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 Hao
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 Toro
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 Honihoni.
* Tauratumaru Marae and Tahere meeting house is a meeting place of
Ngāi Tāwake ki te Moana
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 Toro
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 ...
,
Tauratumaru,
Te Honihoni and
Te Popoto.
In October 2020, the Government committed $441,900 from the
Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Mataitaua Marae, creating 10 jobs. It also committed $496,514 to upgrade the Puketawa Marae, creating 22 jobs.
The Maraeroa community, east of Horeke, has two Ngāpuhi marae:
* Rangatahi Marae and Maraeroa meeting house is a meeting place of
Ngāti Toro
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 ...
,
Te Honihoni,
Te Popoto and
Ngahengahe.
* Mokonuiārangi Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of
Ngāi Tāwake ki te Moana
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 Toro
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 Ngahengahe.
In October 2020, the Government committed $471,100 to upgrade Rangatahi Marae, creating 15 jobs.
Demographics
Horeke's
meshblock
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New Zealand
New Zealand's countrywide meshblock framework was first set up in 1976, although the term dates back to at least the 1916 census. The me ...
(0022000, which extends to the
Utukura River and Ruapapaka Island) had these census results -
Omahuta Forest-Horeke covers the upper Hokianga Harbour. It has an area of
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Omahuta Forest-Horeke had a population of 1,056 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 168 people (18.9%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 39 people (3.8%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 333 households, comprising 522 males and 531 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 40.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 264 people (25.0%) aged under 15 years, 159 (15.1%) aged 15 to 29, 462 (43.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 171 (16.2%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 50.9% European/Pākehā, 65.1% Māori, 3.7% Pacific peoples, 1.7% Asian, and 0.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 6.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.6% had no religion, 35.2% were Christian, 14.2% had
Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 69 (8.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 192 (24.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $18,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 39 people (4.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 264 (33.3%) people were employed full-time, 117 (14.8%) were part-time, and 75 (9.5%) were unemployed.
Education
Horeke School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-8) school has a roll of students as of The school was established in 1920.
Notes
External links
*
Welcome to the Town of Horeke{{Far North District
Hokianga
Populated places in the Northland Region