Taitā () is one of the northernmost suburbs of the city of
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...
in
New Zealand
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, situated toward the northern end of the city. It lies considerably south of the
Taitā Gorge which separates
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...
City from
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area.
Geography
The Upper Hutt city cent ...
City, and to the west of the Taitā Cemetery in the suburb of
Naenae
Naenae (, occasionally spelled NaeNae) is a suburb of Lower Hutt. It lies on the eastern edge of the floodplain of the Hutt River, four kilometres from the Lower Hutt Central business district. A small tributary of the Hutt, the Waiwhetu Strea ...
.
The historic
Christ Church, erected in 1853, is the oldest surviving church building in the Wellington region.
Taitā's urban development began around the middle of the 20th century as part of the
Labour Government's
state-housing scheme. The
Taita Railway Station
Taita may refer to:
* Taita people, a Bantu ethnic group in Kenya
* Taita language, a Bantu language
*Taitā, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt City
* Taita Hills, a mountain range in Kenya
* Taita Cushitic languages, an extinct pair of Afro-Asi ...
opened in 1947 to serve the developing suburb.
The main road through the western part of the suburb, Taita Drive, has its southern end in the suburb of
Avalon
Avalon (; la, Insula Avallonis; cy, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; kw, Enys Avalow; literally meaning "the isle of fruit r appletrees"; also written ''Avallon'' or ''Avilion'' among various other spellings) is a mythical island featured in the ...
, south of the Kennedy-Good Bridge.
On the eastern side of Taitā, above
Taita College, stand the buildings of the former
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* Department of Scientific and Industria ...
(DSIR)
Soil Bureau. The Soil Bureau became part of
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*Landcare Research, New Zealand
*The Landcare movement in Australia
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in 1992 and much of the functionality formerly carried out at Taitā has moved to the
Turitea
Turitea is a suburb of Palmerston North in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. It is located on the southern side of the Manawatu River, south of Massey University.
Turitea is the home to Palmerston North's water supply and location ...
campus of
Massey University
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in
Palmerston North
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.
In December 2019, the approved official geographic name of the suburb was gazetted as "Taitā".
Demographics
Taitā, comprising the statistical areas of Taita North and Taita South, covers .
It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Taitā had a population of 6,153 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 615 people (11.1%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 96 people (1.6%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 1,950 households. There were 2,997 males and 3,156 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 1,440 people (23.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,410 (22.9%) aged 15 to 29, 2,592 (42.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 714 (11.6%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 43.9% European/Pākehā, 25.9% Māori, 29.4% Pacific peoples, 15.6% Asian, and 3.9% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 27.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 34.4% had no religion, 47.1% were Christian, 4.1% were Hindu, 2.0% were Muslim, 1.7% were Buddhist and 3.9% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 642 (13.6%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,122 (23.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,112 (44.8%) people were employed full-time, 630 (13.4%) were part-time, and 300 (6.4%) were unemployed.
Education
Taita has four schools:
* Pomare School, a state contributing primary (Year 1 to 6) school with students as of
* Saint Michael's School, a
state-integrated Catholic full primary (Year 1 to 8) school with students as of
* Taita Central School, a state contributing primary (Year 1 to 6) school with students as of The school opened in 1948.
* Taita College, a state secondary (Year 9 to 13) school with students as of The school opened in 1957.
Intermediate (Year 7 and 8) students from Taitā can attend Avalon Intermediate School, in the neighbouring suburb of
Avalon
Avalon (; la, Insula Avallonis; cy, Ynys Afallon, Ynys Afallach; kw, Enys Avalow; literally meaning "the isle of fruit r appletrees"; also written ''Avallon'' or ''Avilion'' among various other spellings) is a mythical island featured in the ...
.
External links
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References
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Suburbs of Lower Hutt
Populated places on Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River