Tāmaki is a small suburb of

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, 11 kilometres from the

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, in the

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of New Zealand. It is located by the banks of the estuarial

Tāmaki River The Tāmaki River or Tāmaki Estuary is mostly an estuarial arm and harbour of the Hauraki Gulf, within the city of Auckland in New Zealand.

, which is a southern arm of the

Hauraki Gulf The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2,Point England, New Zealand, Point England to the north and Panmure to the south. Tāmaki is under the local governance of

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. It is part of the much larger Tāmaki parliamentary electorate.

Demographics

Tamaki covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Tamaki had a population of 4,278 at the

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, an increase of 324 people (8.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 345 people (8.8%) since the

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. There were 1,167 households, comprising 2,118 males and 2,160 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 30.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 1,026 people (24.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,080 (25.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,785 (41.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 384 (9.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 30.5% European/

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, 25.5%

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, 42.6% Pacific peoples, 18.7%

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, and 2.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 35.8, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 29.9% had no religion, 51.3% were

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, 3.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.2% were

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, 2.4% were

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, 2.2% were

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and 2.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 531 (16.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 687 (21.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $22,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. 276 people (8.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,479 (45.5%) people were employed full-time, 399 (12.3%) were part-time, and 222 (6.8%) were unemployed.

Education

Tāmaki Primary School is a contributing primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of . Sommerville School is a school for students with special educational needs with a roll of . These schools are adjacent to each other. Both schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of

Volcano

To the west of the suburb is Mount Wellington, a 137-metre

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peak which is part of the

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, and which was formed by an eruption around 9,000 years ago.

Related names

By a quirk of geographical naming, the suburb of

East Tāmaki East Tāmaki is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is a largely industrial area adjacent to a rapidly growing population. Prior to the 1960s it was largely a dairy farming area. A landmark is Smales Mountain which in 2010 has the remains of ...

is located several kilometres to the south of Tāmaki because it takes its name from the fact that it is on the eastern side of the Tamaki River, rather than from its relationship to Tāmaki. The name ''Tāmaki'' was the

name for the

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, and was later applied to the eastern part of early Auckland (towards the Tamaki River), as in the name of the Tamaki Road Board. The name ''Tāmaki'' is of contested origin. It is an ancient Polynesian word for ''battle''; it can also mean ''full of people'', i.e., heavily populated – an ironic possibility given that the Maori name of the heavily populated Auckland isthmus in

is ''Tāmaki-makau-rau''. A third possible origin of the names is ''Tā-Maki'', meaning ''successful attack by Maki'', which was the name of a local tribal chief.

References

{{Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland Populated places on the Tāmaki River