Pahi is a settlement in Northland,

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. It is at the end of a peninsula in the

Kaipara Harbour Kaipara Harbour is a large enclosed harbour estuary complex on the north western side of the North Island of New Zealand. The northern part of the harbour is administered by the Kaipara District and the southern part is administered by the Auckl ...

, bounded by inlets to the Paparoa Creek to the west and the Pahi River to the east.

Paparoa Paparoa is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The Paparoa Stream flows from the east, through the settlement, and into the Paparoa Creek to the south, which joins the Arapaoa River which is part of the Kaipara Harbour. State Highway 12 pa ...

is 6 km to the north, and

Matakohe Matakohe is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The Matakohe River is a short river which runs from the north into the Arapaoa River, which is part of the Kaipara Harbour. State Highway 12 passes through Matakohe. Ruawai is 16 km to ...

is 4 km to the north-west. Pahi was one of several Kaipara settlements established by a religious group known as

Albertland Port Albert is situated on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour, approximately 8 kilometres west of Wellsford, in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. Originally called Albertland, it was the last of the major organised British settlements in New Z ...

ers.

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near

Wellsford Wellsford (Māori: ''Whakapirau'') is a town on the Northland Peninsula in the northern North Island of New Zealand. It is the northernmost major settlement in the Auckland Region, and is 77 kilometres northwest of the Auckland CBD. Wellsford i ...

was the main settlement, and

was another. After the Paparoa Block was settled in 1863, a road was constructed to the port at Pahi in 1865. The steamer ''Minnie Casey'' ran a weekly service from Pahi to

Helensville Helensville is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is sited northwest of Auckland, close to the southern extremity of the Kaipara Harbour. New Zealand State Highway 16, State Highway 16 passes through the town, connecting it to Waimauk ...

on the south side of the Kaipara from 1882, and the S.S. ''Ethel'' took over from 1891 to 1895, after which services went only to Matakohe and Pahi. Pahi is best known for its annual regatta; the Pahi Regatta Club was established in 1887, and a regatta has been held every year except 1925. Taking place over three days, events included sailing and later motorboat races, children's sports, foot races, aquatic events, rowing, and horse-swimming races across the strait to Whakapirau and back. Horse-swimming races ceased after a horse and rider drowned. The Pahi Reserve and Campground contains a

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tree (''Ficus macrophylla'') with a girth of over , one of the largest specimens of this species in the world, and considered "one of the ten finest exotic reesin New Zealand."

Demographics

Statistics New Zealand describes Pahi as a rural settlement, which covers . Pahi is part of the larger Otamatea statistical area. Pahi had a population of 255 at the

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, an increase of 75 people (41.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 57 people (28.8%) 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 99 households, comprising 120 males and 132 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.91 males per female. The median age was 57.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 42 people (16.5%) aged under 15 years, 15 (5.9%) aged 15 to 29, 105 (41.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 90 (35.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 95.3% European/Pākehā, 21.2% Māori, and 1.2% Asian. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 48.2% had no religion, 40.0% were Christian and 4.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 21 (9.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 57 (26.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $21,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 15 people (7.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 66 (31.0%) people were employed full-time, 39 (18.3%) were part-time, and 12 (5.6%) were unemployed.

Gallery

View of the Pahi Hotel and the coastline (AM 87577-1) (cropped).jpg, View of Pahi and the Kaipara Harbour coastline circa 1940 Pahi Moreton Bay fig.jpg, The

at Pahi Reserve Moreton Bay fig sign at Pahi.jpg, Signboard in front of the Pahi Moreton Bay fig

References

{{Kaipara District Kaipara District Populated places in the Northland Region Populated places around the Kaipara Harbour