Rāwhiti or Te Rāwhiti is a small beachfront town about 27km from

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in the

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. Most of the land in the area is owned by

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

.Patukeha Webpage
/ref> There are 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 ...

— Kaingahoa and Te Rāwhiti.Te Rawhiti Marae
/ref> Rāwhiti was home to the Ngāre Raumati

iwi 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 ...

prior to 1826, when elements of the

Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2018 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 165, ...

iwi raided the eastern regions of the

, defeating them and taking their lands by conquest. This was in retaliation for a raid on Okuratope pā at

Waimate North Waimate North is a small settlement in Northland, New Zealand. It is situated between Kerikeri and Lake Ōmāpere, west of the Bay of Islands. It was one of the earliest centres of European settlement and features the second-oldest surviving Eu ...

by the Ngāre Raumati in 1800, where the chief Te Maoi's wife, Te Auparo, and their daughter, Te Karehu, were murdered and eaten.Sissons, Wi Hongi & Hohepa, 2001 Rāwhiti is now home to the descendants of a number of former Ngāpuhi war chiefs including brothers Rewa and

Moka 'Kainga-mataa' Moka Kainga-mataa e Kaingamataa/Te Kaingamata/Te Kainga-mata/Te Kainga-mataa'' (1790s–1860s) was a Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngā Puhi iwi from Northland in New Zealand. He was distinguished in war and an intelligent participant in the T ...

. Their older brother

Te Wharerahi Te Wharerahi (born c. 1770) was a highly respected ''rangatira'' (chief) of the Ipipiri (Bay of Islands) area of New Zealand. Origins and mana Aside from other connections, he was Ngati Tautahi. His mother was Te Auparo and his father Te Ma ...

chose to reside nearby at Paroa Bay. These three brothers formed the Patukeha (killing in a turnip garden)

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 ...

in memory of their slain mother, Te Auparo.

Marae

The area has two

. Kaingahoa Rāwhiti Marae and its Tūmanako meeting house are affiliated with the

of Patukeha. Te Rāwhiti or Omakiwi Marae and Te Rāwhiti meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Kuta and Patukeha. In October 2020, the Government committed $205,804 from the

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to upgrade Te Rāwhiti Marae, creating 9 jobs.

Demographics

Rāwhiti is in an SA1 statistical area which includes

Cape Brett Peninsula Cape Brett Peninsula ( mi, Rākaumangamanga) is a long peninsula in the Bay of Islands, in the Northland Region of New Zealand. The head of the peninsula is Cape Brett itself (also known by the Māori, ), a promontory which extends north into ...

and the eastern islands in the

. It covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Russell Forest-Rawhiti statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 138 at the

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, an increase of 3 people (2.2%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 12 people (−8.0%) 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 45 households, comprising 57 males and 81 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.7 males per female. The median age was 43.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 30 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 27 (19.6%) aged 15 to 29, 57 (41.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 24 (17.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 37.0% European/Pākehā, 82.6% Māori, 13.0% Pacific peoples, 2.2% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 37.0% had no religion, 28.3% were Christian, 21.7% had Māori religious beliefs, and 4.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 3 (2.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 21 (19.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $20,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 33 (30.6%) people were employed full-time, 12 (11.1%) were part-time, and 15 (13.9%) were unemployed.

Russell Forest-Rawhiti statistical area

Russell Forest-Rawhiti statistical area, which also includes

Waikare Waikare is a locality in Northland, New Zealand. The Waikare River flows from the Russell Forest past Waikare and into the Waikare Inlet, which leads into the Bay of Islands. The population is largely of the Te Kapotai ''hapū'' and Ngāti ...

and

Karetu Karetu ( mi, Kāretu) is a community in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Kawakawa is to the west, and Waikare is northeast. The Karetu River flows from the Russell Forest in the southeast through Karetu, and joins the Kaw ...

, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Russell Forest-Rawhiti had a population of 690 at the

, an increase of 30 people (4.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 42 people (6.5%) since the

. There were 255 households, comprising 324 males and 363 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female. The median age was 48.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 123 people (17.8%) aged under 15 years, 123 (17.8%) aged 15 to 29, 288 (41.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 153 (22.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 47.0% European/Pākehā, 66.5% Māori, 5.7% Pacific peoples, 0.9% Asian, and 1.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 8.7, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.4% had no religion, 33.9% were Christian, 12.6% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 51 (9.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 135 (23.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $20,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 27 people (4.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 198 (34.9%) people were employed full-time, 108 (19.0%) were part-time, and 30 (5.3%) were unemployed.

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