Hatepe is a small community northeast of Tauranga Taupō and southwest of

Waitahanui Waitahanui is a village in the Taupō District, Waikato, Waikato region, New Zealand. The village is on the eastern shore of Lake Taupō, south of the district seat of Taupō. Waitahanui Marae and Pākira meeting house is a meeting place for ...

, on the southeastern side of New Zealand's

Lake Taupō Lake Taupō (also spelled Taupo; or ) is a large crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of Taupō Volcano. The lake is the namesake of the town of Taupō, which sits on a bay in the lake's northeastern shore. With ...

. runs past it.

Hinemaiaia River The Hinemaiaia Stream is a river of the central North Island of New Zealand. It flows northwest from Kaimanawa Forest Park, flowing into the eastern shore of Lake Taupō at Hatepe, halfway between Taupō and Tūrangi. It is a popular fly fishi ...

runs into the lake at the north end of the settlement. The name means "to cut off" or "to proceed in an orderly manner" in the

Māori language Māori (; endonym: 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to ) is an Eastern Polynesian languages, Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. The southernmost membe ...

. Hatepe was the site of a

pā The word pā (; often spelled pa in English) can refer to any Māori people, Māori village or defensive settlement, but often refers to hillforts – fortified settlements with palisades and defensive :wikt:terrace, terraces – and also to fo ...

in the mid-19th century. Land was gifted by

Ngāti Tūwharetoa Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua ( Tarawera River) at Matatā across the central plateau of the North ...

for a native school in 1886, but no school was built, and in 1890 the iwi requested the land be returned. It was finally returned in 1971. The area was farmed by the Morehu family from the 1930s. There was a campground on the foreshore. When the Hinemaiaia River was dammed for a hydroelectric scheme in 1952, the foreshore was flooded and more permanent structures erected on dry land.

Demographics

Statistics New Zealand describes Hatepe as a rural settlement, which covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². The settlement is part of the larger Lake Taupō Bays statistical area. Hatepe had a population of 42 in the

2023 New Zealand census The 2023 New Zealand census, which took place on 7 March 2023, was the thirty-fifth national census in New Zealand. It implemented measures that aimed to increase the Census' effectiveness in response to the issues faced with the 2018 census, i ...

, an increase of 18 people (75.0%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 15 people (−26.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 24 males and 18 females in 18 dwellings. The median age was 43.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 9 people (21.4%) aged under 15 years, 3 (7.1%) aged 15 to 29, 21 (50.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 9 (21.4%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 57.1%

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(

Pākehā ''Pākehā'' (or ''Pakeha''; ; ) is a Māori language, Māori-language word used in English, particularly in New Zealand. It generally means a non-Polynesians, Polynesian New Zealanders, New Zealander or more specifically a European New Zeala ...

), and 71.4%

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

. English was spoken by 92.9%, and Māori by 50.0%. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.3, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 14.3%

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, and 35.7%

Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

. People who answered that they had no religion were 50.0%, and 7.1% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 6 (18.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 18 (54.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 3 (9.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $45,200, compared with $41,500 nationally. 3 people (9.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 18 (54.5%) full-time and 3 (9.1%) part-time.

References

External links

Hatepe Village website
{{Taupō District Taupō District Populated places in Waikato Populated places on Lake Taupō