Pōhara is a rural locality in the Tasman District of

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. The locality is northeast of

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and southwest of

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. To the north is Limestone Bay, part of Golden Bay / Mohua The official spelling was changed from "Pohara" to "Pōhara" by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa on 5 November 2018. In the peak holiday season between Christmas and the end of the year, Pōhara beach has up to 700 visitors a day.

Demographics

Pōhara

Pōhara, comprising the SA1 statistical areas of 7022534, 7022535, 7022536 and 7022539, covers . It had a population of 516 at the

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, an increase of 9 people (1.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 12 people (2.4%) since the

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. There were 231 households. There were 240 males and 282 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.85 males per female, with 69 people (13.4%) aged under 15 years, 30 (5.8%) aged 15 to 29, 264 (51.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 150 (29.1%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 95.9% European/Pākehā, 7.0% Māori, 2.9% Asian, and 1.7% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Although some people objected to giving their religion, 61.0% had no religion, 25.0% were Christian, 1.2% were Buddhist and 4.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 111 (24.8%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 66 (14.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 159 (35.6%) people were employed full-time, 93 (20.8%) were part-time, and 12 (2.7%) were unemployed.

Pōhara-Abel Tasman statistical area

The larger Pōhara-Abel Tasman SA2 statistical area also includes Motupipi and

, and covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Pōhara-Abel Tasman had a population of 1,470 at the

, an increase of 27 people (1.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 48 people (3.4%) since the

. There were 597 households. There were 708 males and 762 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.93 males per female. The median age was 50.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 234 people (15.9%) aged under 15 years, 159 (10.8%) aged 15 to 29, 744 (50.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 330 (22.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 94.3% European/Pākehā, 7.1% Māori, 0.8% Pacific peoples, 2.0% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 22.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 64.3% had no religion, 21.4% were Christian, 0.6% were Hindu, 1.4% were Buddhist and 3.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 276 (22.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 186 (15.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $25,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 471 (38.1%) people were employed full-time, 297 (24.0%) were part-time, and 33 (2.7%) were unemployed.

Marae

Onetahua Kōkiri Marae is located in Pōhara. It includes Te Ao Marama '' wharenui'' (meeting house) and it is a '' marae'' (meeting ground) for

Ngāti Rārua Ngāti Rārua are a Māori iwi (tribe) of the Tainui tribal confederation, descendants of the people who arrived in Aotearoa aboard the ''Tainui'' waka (canoe). Ngāti Rārua stem from the marriage of Rārua-ioio and Tū-pāhau and had their ...

Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu 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 Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui is a Māori iwi (tribe) in the upper South Island of New Zealand. Its rohe (tribal area) extends from Golden Bay and Marlborough Sounds at the top of the South Island to Cape Campbell, St Arnaud and Westport. Marae ...

References

{{Tasman District Populated places in the Tasman District