Te Haumi is a settlement south-east of

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and north-west of

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in the

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area of

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. The

Rangatira In Māori culture, () are tribal chiefs, the hereditary Māori leaders of a hapū. Ideally, rangatira were people of great practical wisdom who held authority () on behalf of the tribe and maintained boundaries between a tribe's land and that ...

(Chief)

Tohitapu Tohitapu also known as Tohi or Toi-Tapu (died 14 July 1833) was a rangatira (chief) of the Te Roroa iwi (tribe) of Northland, New Zealand, and a tohunga and Māori warrior. An account told by a Ngāpuhi informant to British ethnographer John Whi ...

lived at Te Haumi until his death in 1833.Smith, S. Percy – Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century (Christchurch 1910) page 458
online
at NZETC He is remembered in the naming of Tohitapu Road.

Demographics

Te Haumi is in two SA1 statistical areas which cover . The SA1 areas are part of the larger Opua statistical area. Te Haumi had a population of 375 at the

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, an increase of 15 people (4.2%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 15 people (−3.8%) since the

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. There were 180 households, comprising 174 males and 204 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.85 males per female, with 36 people (9.6%) aged under 15 years, 27 (7.2%) aged 15 to 29, 186 (49.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 129 (34.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 84.8% European/Pākehā, 17.6% Māori, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 2.4% Asian, and 0.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.2% had no religion, 43.2% were Christian, 0.8% were Buddhist and 2.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 75 (22.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 42 (12.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 33 people (9.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 144 (42.5%) people were employed full-time, 45 (13.3%) were part-time, and 6 (1.8%) were unemployed.

References

{{Far North District Far North District Populated places in the Northland Region Bay of Islands