Ngapuna ( mi, Ngāpuna) is a suburb in eastern

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in the

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of New Zealand's

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. The New Zealand

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gives a translation of "the springs" for ''Ngāpuna''. The Rotorua Wastewater Treatment Plant is in Ngapuna.

Marae

The suburb has two

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 ...

. Ngāpuna or Hurunga o te Rangi Marae and meeting house is a meeting place for the

Ngāti Whakaue Ngāti Whakaue is a Māori iwi, of the Te Arawa confederation of New Zealand. The tribe lives in the Rotorua district and descends from the Arawa waka. The Ngāti Whakaue village Ōhinemutu is within the township of Rotorua. Ngāti Whakaue tra ...

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 opera ...

Ngāti Hurunga Te Rangi 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 Taeotu, and the

Tūhourangi Tūhourangi is a Māori iwi of New Zealand with a rohe centered on Lake Tarawera, Lake Rotomahana, Lake Okaro, Lake Okareka, Lake Rotokākahi, Lake Tikitapu and Lake Rotorua. They have 3 marae, Te Pakira Marae in Whakarewarewa, Hinemihi (Te Pa ...

hapū of Hurunga Te Rangi and Ngāti Kahu Upoko. Hinemihi Marae and meeting house is a meeting place for the

hapū of Ngāti Hinemihi and Ngāti Tuohonoa), and the

Ngāti Tarāwhai Ngāti Tarāwhai is a Māori iwi of the Rotorua area of New Zealand, and a member of the Te Arawa confederation of tribes. The iwi's rohe (tribal area) covers the western shore of Lake Ōkataina. The tribe's carving has been noted historically. ...

hapū of Ngāti Hinemihi. In October 2020, the Government committed $4,525,104 from the

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to upgrade the marae and nine other marae, creating an estimated 34 jobs.

Demographics

Ngapuna covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Ngapuna had a population of 357 at the

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, an increase of 72 people (25.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 30 people (9.2%) since the

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. There were 102 households, comprising 192 males and 165 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.16 males per female. The median age was 34.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 84 people (23.5%) aged under 15 years, 69 (19.3%) aged 15 to 29, 165 (46.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 39 (10.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 23.5% European/

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, 88.2%

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, 3.4% Pacific peoples, and 4.2%

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. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 3.4, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 37.0% had no religion, 48.7% were

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, 2.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were

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and 1.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 21 (7.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 63 (23.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $23,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 12 people (4.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 141 (51.6%) people were employed full-time, 21 (7.7%) were part-time, and 30 (11.0%) were unemployed.

References

{{Rotorua District Suburbs of Rotorua Populated places in the Bay of Plenty Region Populated places on Lake Rotorua