Bay View, previously known as Kai-arero and Petane, is a settlement in the
Hawke's Bay region
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of the eastern
North Island
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of
New Zealand
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. It lies on
State Highway 2, nine kilometres north of the city centre of
Napier. The
Esk River flows into the sea just to the north.
Hawke's Bay Airport and the Napier suburb of
Westshore lie just to the south. Bay View has been administered by the Napier City Council since the
1989 local government reforms
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History
In 1826, the Māori rangatira (chief) Tuakiaki ate the tongue of his brother-in-law Te Mautaranui of Ngāi Tūhoe, whom he had killed in revenge for an earlier murder, at Bay View. In memory of this event, the location was named Kai-arero ("eating of the tongue").
William Colenso
William Colenso (17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) FRS was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician. He attended the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and later wrote an acco ...
of the Church Missionary Society
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established a mission outstation named ''Bethany'' near the mouth of the Esk River. Māori transliterated ''Bethany'' as ''Pētane'' and this became the name of the wider area.[ Pētane was seized by Māori in the early 1860s with the idea of attacking Napier.]Petone
Petone (Māori language, Māori: ''Pito-one'') is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. It stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. Europeans first settled in Petone in Januar ...
in the Wellington region.
Demographics
Bay View covers 2018 New Zealand census
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Resu ...
, an increase of 318 people (16.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 465 people (26.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 762 households, comprising 1,122 males and 1,119 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 46.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 444 people (19.8%) aged under 15 years, 294 (13.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,122 (50.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 381 (17.0%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 90.8% European/Pākehā
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, 17.0% Māori, 0.9% Pacific peoples, 2.3% Asian, and 1.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 13.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 60.6% had no religion, 30.2% were Christian
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, 1.2% had Māori religious beliefs
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* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
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, 0.3% were Hindu
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, 0.3% were Buddhist
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and 1.6% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 324 (18.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 300 (16.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $36,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. 360 people (20.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 939 (52.3%) people were employed full-time, 294 (16.4%) were part-time, and 33 (1.8%) were unemployed.
See also
Bay View railway station
References
{{Napier, New Zealand
Beaches of Hawke's Bay
Suburbs of Napier, New Zealand
Populated places around Hawke Bay
Populated places in Hawke's Bay