Wainoni is one of the eastern suburbs of

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

. It is a lower socio-economic area.

Etymology

Wainoni is a

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word, with ''wai'' meaning stream and ''noni'' meaning a bend or turn. The name was applied by Alexander William Bickerton to his new home on the Avon River.

History

In 1884, Bickerton and his family moved into a new home near New Brighton,

that he named ''Wainoni''. Bickerton, who purchased a property around what is now Bickerton Street, was one of the three foundation professors of

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. It became a centre for the social life of students at the Canterbury College. The property included a small theatre, a vast garden, and fireworks displays for entertainment. Bickerton's idea for the property was to create a new form of society based around his socialist beliefs, however this social experiment was discontinued after several years. From 1903 the property was turned more into a theme park to provide family income, with a zoo, 7,000 person amphitheatre, conservatory, aquariums, cinema, medicine and fireworks factories, and mock naval battles on a man-made lake. It attracted hundreds of thousands of people over the coming years. In the end the Pleasure Gardens, as they were called, started running at a loss and was closed by 1914. The suburb developed for housing during the 1960s.

Geography

Porritt Park, an old loop of the Avon River, lies within Wainoni. Going clockwise from there, boundary roads of the suburb are Wainoni, Breezes, Pages, and Kerrs Roads. Wainoni is approximately from the

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. Wainoni Park is located in the adjacent suburb of

Aranui Aranui is one of the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. It is a lower socio-economic area. The area is predominantly residential with pockets of light industry. There is a cluster of shops and service facilities at the intersection of Breezes Roa ...

. Wainoni and its neighbouring suburb of

are often considered together and intermixed. For example, Wainoni School and Wainoni Park are located in Aranui, and

Aranui High School Aranui High School was a large secondary school for years 9–13, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Aranui high school took its name from the suburb of Aranui, meaning 'big pathway' in Māori. Aranui High School was a coeducational alternative to oth ...

is located in Wainoni.

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publishes a combined community profile for the two suburbs.

Demographics

Wainoni covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Wainoni had a population of 2,799 at the

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, an increase of 105 people (3.9%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 60 people (-2.1%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 1,029 households. There were 1,410 males and 1,386 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. The median age was 36 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 552 people (19.7%) aged under 15 years, 591 (21.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,305 (46.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 351 (12.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 78.6% European/Pākehā, 19.8% Māori, 9.5% Pacific peoples, 7.8% Asian, and 2.1% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 16.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 53.1% had no religion, 33.1% were Christian, 1.3% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 4.2% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 213 (9.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 585 (26.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $27,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,092 (48.6%) people were employed full-time, 345 (15.4%) were part-time, and 105 (4.7%) were unemployed.

Education

Haeata Community Campus is a coeducational composite school for years 1 to 13 with a roll of students as of It was created by merging Aranui School (primary school located in Aranui), Avondale School (primary school located in the neighbouring Avondale), Wainoni School (primary school in Aranui) and Aranui High School on the Aranui High site in January 2017.

References

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