Paparoa is a settlement in
Northland,
New Zealand
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. The Paparoa Stream flows from the east, through the settlement, and into the Paparoa Creek to the south, which joins the
Arapaoa River
The Arapaoa River is a northeastern arm of the Kaipara Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. Officially designated as a river, it is some long and an average of wide.
See also
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which is part of 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 ...
.
State Highway 12 passes through Paparoa.
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 t ...
is 6 km to the south west, and
Maungaturoto
Maungaturoto is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand.
The township is located close to the Otamatea River, an estuarial arm of the Kaipara Harbour 25 kilometres north of Wellsford and 45 kilometres south of Whangārei.
The New ...
is 12 km east.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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gives a translation of "long flats" for ''Paparoa''.
History and culture
European settlement
Paparoa 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.
Port Albert
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L ...
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
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 t ...
was another. They settled at the Paparoa Block in 1863. The land was burnt off so that corn and grass could be planted.
A road was constructed to the port at
Pahi in 1865, and one to Matakohe shortly afterwards. A pottery using local clay and a factory making rope and matting from
flax
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operated in the 1870s, and brick and tile yards were established, but their business suffered from the poor roads and high freight charges. The nearest stores were in Pahi, to the south.
The steamer ''Minnie Casey'' connected Paparoa with
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 with a weekly service from 1882, and the S.S. ''Ethel'' took over from 1891–95, after which services went only to Matakohe and Pahi. The network of roads in the area were improved in the 1880s and 1890s.
20th century
In the 1890s, Paparoa had 35 families and about 200 people, mostly living along the banks of the Paparoa River. Including Pahi, there were 400 people in the area. By 1906, the population of Paparoa had doubled. Pastoral farming became established in the area, and a dairy factory was opened in Paparoa in January 1895. A branch of a Helensville-based department store was operating in the town in the 1900s.
The
North Auckland railway line reached Huarau, to the east of Paparoa, in the early 1920s. A route through Paparoa was planned at one stage but this did not eventuate. The road to Maungaturoto, which passes through Huarau, was metalled in 1922.
Marae
The local Ōtamatea
marae
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and its Aotearoa
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'' ( ...
are a tribal meeting place for
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It comprises a confederation of four hapū (subtribes) interconnected both by ancestry and by association over time: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, ...
and
Te Uri o Hau.
Demographics
Statistics New Zealand describes Paparoa as a rural settlement, which covers .
Paparoa is part of the larger Otamatea statistical area.
Paparoa had a population of 357 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 27 people (8.2%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 87 people (32.2%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 141 households, comprising 186 males and 177 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female, with 69 people (19.3%) aged under 15 years, 54 (15.1%) aged 15 to 29, 162 (45.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 72 (20.2%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 91.6% European/Pākehā, 11.8% Māori, 2.5% Pacific peoples, 3.4% Asian, and 0.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 34.5% had no religion, 58.0% were Christian and 1.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 27 (9.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 63 (21.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 51 people (17.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 120 (41.7%) people were employed full-time, 48 (16.7%) were part-time, and 6 (2.1%) were unemployed.
Otamatea statistical area
Otamatea statistical area includes
Pahi, and surrounds but does not include
Maungaturoto
Maungaturoto is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand.
The township is located close to the Otamatea River, an estuarial arm of the Kaipara Harbour 25 kilometres north of Wellsford and 45 kilometres south of Whangārei.
The New ...
. It covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Otamatea statistical area had a population of 1,713 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 231 people (15.6%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 306 people (21.7%) 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 687 households, comprising 879 males and 834 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 47.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 348 people (20.3%) aged under 15 years, 234 (13.7%) aged 15 to 29, 744 (43.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 387 (22.6%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 90.7% European/Pākehā, 17.0% Māori, 2.5% Pacific peoples, 1.4% Asian, and 1.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 12.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.3% had no religion, 37.8% were Christian, 1.8% had
Māori religious beliefs, 0.5% were Hindu, 0.4% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 147 (10.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 309 (22.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $23,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 147 people (10.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 555 (40.7%) people were employed full-time, 246 (18.0%) were part-time, and 51 (3.7%) were unemployed.
Notable people
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Alex Tait, cricketer, born in Paparoa.
*
James Wright, potter, worked in Paparoa in the mid-1870s.
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Lockwood Smith
Sir Alexander Lockwood Smith (born 13 November 1948) is a New Zealand politician and diplomat who was High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2017, and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2013.
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, politician, born in Paparoa.
*
Sam Hunt
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, poet, lives in Paparoa.
Education
Paparoa School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of students as of The school was established in 1870, and had a roll ranging from 27 to 42 students up to 1899.
[Ryburn, pp 45, 222]
Notes
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Kaipara District
Populated places in the Northland Region