Clive () is a small town, ten kilometres from the city centres of both Napier and

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...

in the

Hawke's Bay region Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...

of New Zealand's

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. It is close to the mouth of the

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. The town is part of the

district. It was named (like many of the towns in the vicinity) after a prominent person from imperial India, in this case

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, better known as "Clive of India". The name was given by John Curling. The town of Clive is mainly rural, yet with the increasing number of people moving into Hawke's Bay, and Clive being at the meeting point of Hastings and Napier, new subdivisions are being built to accommodate the growing population. Clive is home to the Hawke's Bay Rowing Club who train on the

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. The Hawke's Bay Rowing Regatta is held on the first weekend of the year and was started in 1872.

Demographics

Clive covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Before the 2023 census, Clive had a larger boundary, covering . Using that boundary, Clive had a population of 2,247 at the

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, an increase of 165 people (7.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 372 people (19.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 771 households, comprising 1,116 males and 1,131 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female. The median age was 44.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 438 people (19.5%) aged under 15 years, 333 (14.8%) aged 15 to 29, 1,068 (47.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 414 (18.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 86.2% European/

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, 19.5%

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, 3.1% Pacific peoples, 3.6% Asian, and 0.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.8, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.7% had no religion, 33.9% were

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, 2.0% had

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, 0.5% were

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, 0.5% were

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and 2.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 306 (16.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 402 (22.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $30,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 258 people (14.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 915 (50.6%) people were employed full-time, 279 (15.4%) were part-time, and 33 (1.8%) were unemployed.

Marae

The town has two

marae A ' (in Māori language, New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Māori, Tahitian language, Tahitian), ' (in Tongan language, Tongan), ' (in Marquesan language, Marquesan) or ' (in Samoan language, Samoan) is a communal or sacred place that serves reli ...

. Kohupātiki Marae and Tanenuiarangi meeting house are a meeting place of the

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi (tribe) located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The Kahungunu iwi also comprises 86 hapū (sub-tribes ...

hapū In Māori language, Māori and New Zealand English, a ' ("subtribe", or "clan") functions as "the basic political unit within Māori society". A Māori person can belong to or have links to many hapū. Historically, each hapū had its own chief ...

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and

Ngāti Toaharapaki Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori, roughly means or , and is often translated as "tribe". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. ...

. Matahiwi Marae and Te Matau a Māui meeting house are a meeting place of the

hapū of

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and

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. In October 2020, the Government committed $6,020,910 from the

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to upgrade a group of 18 marae, including both Kohupātiki and Matahiwi. The funding was expected to create 39 jobs.

Education

Clive School is a co-educational state primary school, with a roll of as of

Railway station

Farndon railway station, across the river, near

Farndon Park Farndon Park, also known as Farndon Park Domain, is a public park in Clive, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. It hosts many sporting events, including swimming, tennis, rugby union, and rowing on the adjacent Clive River. It was formerly also a cricke ...

, opened on 12 October 1874, with the first section of the Palmerston North–Gisborne Line, from Napier to

. However, it wasn't until 1 January 1875 that a contract for a 5th class station and stationmaster's house was let to Richard Trestral. A platform was added in 1876, when a x goods shed was moved from Te Aute. In 1877 a waiting room was moved from Paki Paki, when Angus McKay built a Post & Telegraph office at Farndon. By 1896 Farndon had a 4th class station, platform, cart approach, goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards, stationmaster's house, urinals and a

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for 20 wagons, extended to 41 in 1911 and 80 in 1940. Sheep yards were added in 1899 and a luggage room and verandah in 1900. In 1912 it became a tablet station. On 20 August 1923 the station's name was changed from Farndon to Clive. In 1926 it was noted the platform was . In 1931 Clive had a stationmaster and two clerks. A railway house was built in 1933. On 29 December 1961 the station burnt down. It was replaced in 1962 by a x station, which closed to all traffic on Sunday 25 May 1975. Only a single track now runs through the former station site.

References

{{Hastings District Hastings District Populated places in Hawke's Bay Populated places around Hawke Bay