Raupunga is a small settlement in the northern

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region i ...

Region of

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's eastern North Island. It is located close to the country's highest railway bridge, the Mohaka Viaduct, which crosses the

Mohaka River The Mohaka river is on the North Island of New Zealand in the east central region of Hawke’s Bay. Mohaka is a Māori language, Maori word, roughly translated it means “place for dancing”. The iwi (Māori tribes) associated with the Mohaka Ri ...

. The predominantly Māori village is expected to have a population of 266 people by 2033. The village got running water for the first time in 2017, when a 9 kilometre electric pump system was built from Mangawharangi Stream for $1 million. Until that time, many of the 56 households had got water from buckets.

Demographics

Maungataniwha-Raupunga statistical area, which includes Mohaka, Kotemaori, Putere and

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, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Maungataniwha-Raupunga had a population of 1,188 at the

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, an increase of 21 people (1.8%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 54 people (−4.3%) since the

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. There were 405 households, comprising 624 males and 564 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female. The median age was 35.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 309 people (26.0%) aged under 15 years, 228 (19.2%) aged 15 to 29, 501 (42.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 147 (12.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 50.8% European/

Pākehā Pākehā (or Pakeha; ; ) is a Māori term for New Zealanders primarily of European descent. Pākehā is not a legal concept and has no definition under New Zealand law. The term can apply to fair-skinned persons, or to any non- Māori New Z ...

, 63.1%

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, 4.5% Pacific peoples, 0.8% Asian, and 1.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 5.3, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 39.1% had no religion, 40.4% were Christian, 11.6% had Māori religious beliefs and 1.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 72 (8.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 222 (25.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $25,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 84 people (9.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 426 (48.5%) people were employed full-time, 138 (15.7%) were part-time, and 57 (6.5%) were unemployed.

Marae

Raupunga includes a number of ''

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 ...

'' (meeting grounds) and ''

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'' ( ...

'' (meeting houses) for the local ''

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, ...

'' (tribe) of

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The tribe is organised into six geographical and administrative ...

and its ''

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 op ...

'' (sub-tribes): * Kurahikakawa Marae, affiliated with Ngāti Pāhauwera hapū, and Ngāti Pāhauwera iwi. * Rangiāhua marae and Te Poho o Tamaterangi wharenui, affiliated with Ngāi Tamaterangi hapū. * Raupunga Marae and Te Huki wharenui, affiliated with Ngāti Pāhauwera hapū. In October 2020, the Government committed $1,949,075 from the

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to upgrade Rangiāhua, Raupunga and 22 other Ngāti Kahungunu marae. The funding was expected to create 164 jobs.

References

{{Wairoa District Wairoa District Populated places in the Hawke's Bay Region