Tauwhare is a small rural community in the

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on the outskirts of

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. The Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park is located here. There is a Community Committee and a

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. The 1902

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noted that Tauwhare had a scattered population, a school, a cheese factory (owned by the

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) and could be reached by coach from Tamahere railway station.

Demographics

The 2006 census counted a Tamahere and Tauwhare area of . In 2018 Tauwhare was grouped in the Eureka Tauwhare area, which covers . These areas had the statistics in the table below, which show people are wealthier and slightly older than the 37.4 years of the national average. In 2013 Tauwhere was covered by meshblocks 0957700 and 0958200 with a population totalling 486 in 156 households. In 2018 the main ethnic groups of the area were 89.4% European, 9.5% Māori and 5.3% Asian.

Marae

Te Iti o Hauā Marae is the mana whenua in Tauwhare of the local sub-tribe of the same name of Ngāti Hauā. The people here belong to the Mangaonua river.

Waimakariri Marae Tauwhare is a small rural community in the Waikato District on the outskirts of Hamilton. The Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park is located here. There is a Community Committee and a Memorial Hall. The 1902 Cyclopedia of New Zealand n ...

and Waenganui meeting house is a meeting place for the

Ngāti Hauā Ngāti Hauā is a Māori people, Māori iwi of the eastern Waikato of New Zealand. It is part of the Tainui confederation. Its traditional area includes Matamata, Cambridge, New Zealand, Cambridge, Maungakawa, the Horotiu district along the Wai ...

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of Ngāti Waenganui and Ngāti Waenganui, and the

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. In October 2020, the Government committed $734,311 from the

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to upgrade the marae and 4 other Ngāti Hauā marae, creating 7 jobs.

Education

Tauwhare School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of .

References

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