Kinloch, New Zealand
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Kinloch (from ) is a small town on the most northerly bay of
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 ...
, by road northwest of
Taupō Taupō (), sometimes written Taupo, is a town located in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the edge of Lake Taupō, which is the largest freshwater lake in New Zealand. Taupō was constituted as a borough in 1953. It h ...
on the
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of New Zealand. It is in the
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region.


History

Sir Keith Holyoake, then the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture of New Zealand, purchased the land in 1953 in partnership with his friend Theodore Nisbet Gibbs and Gibbs' son Ian. The land, which had been purchased from
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 ...
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in 1884, was a block of 5,385 acres largely covered in scrub and fern. In 1956 Holyoake's son purchased an additional 769-acre block of land to the west of the existing block, with additional lake frontage, from the
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 ...
iwi 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. ...
. The land was originally named Whangamatā Station, but the town was renamed Kinloch partly to distinguish it from
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in the Bay of Plenty. Kinloch was developed into a holiday destination. The first sections were sold in 1959 for between
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550 to NZ£1500 each. The Kinloch
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was built in 1962. The town was extended by a large subdivision called "Holy Oaks" to the northwest in 2001, despite opposition from local residents and concerns about environmental impacts held by local iwi. In December 2018, new town signs were installed that misspelled the town's name as "Kinlock". Replacement signs were installed in January 2019. In February 2021, a lakefront three-bedroom house sold for 4.075 million, which was a record for the town. In November 2022 public transport was introduced in Kinloch for the first time with the launch of the Connect2Taupō service, providing a weekly bus service from Kinloch to Taupō.


Recreation and community

Kinloch has a mixture of permanent residents and holiday makers. In 2013, 70% of Kinloch's houses were classified as holiday homes. The lake is used for trout fishing, alongside
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and
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. Walking and cycling tracks include the Kawakawa to Kinloch (K2K) track. The Kinloch Club golf course was designed by
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and opened in March 2007. In 2018 the course was ranked as the best 18-hole course in New Zealand by the New Zealand Professional Golfers Association. There is also a public 10-hole golf course located in Kinloch village. Kinloch has a general store, and a café at the Kinloch Club golf course. The Kinloch Triathlon has been held annually since 1985 and is New Zealand's longest running
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. The Kinloch Volunteer Fire Brigade services the area. It is an auxiliary brigade meaning it is run by Taupō's fire brigade.


Demographics

Statistics New Zealand describes Kinloch as a small urban area, which covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Kinloch had a population of 1,191 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 327 people (37.8%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 702 people (143.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 579 males and 612 females in 492 dwellings. 2.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 52.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 186 people (15.6%) aged under 15 years, 99 (8.3%) aged 15 to 29, 606 (50.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 303 (25.4%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 95.5%
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(
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); 11.3%
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 ...
; 0.8% Pasifika; 1.5% Asian; 0.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.0%, Māori by 2.5%, and other languages by 7.8%. No language could be spoken by 1.5% (e.g. too young to talk).
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was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 18.9, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 27.5%
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, 0.3%
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, 0.5%
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 ...
, 0.8%
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, 0.3%
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, and 0.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 63.2%, and 7.6% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 246 (24.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 618 (61.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 147 (14.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $47,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 189 people (18.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 504 (50.1%) full-time, 165 (16.4%) part-time, and 15 (1.5%) unemployed.


Mapara statistical area

Mapara statistical area surrounds but does not include Kinloch and covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Mapara had a population of 1,179 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 105 people (9.8%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 294 people (33.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 597 males, 585 females, and 3 people of other genders in 429 dwellings. 2.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 44.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 228 people (19.3%) aged under 15 years, 162 (13.7%) aged 15 to 29, 585 (49.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 201 (17.0%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 93.9%
European European, or Europeans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other West ...
(
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 ...
); 13.2%
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 ...
; 0.5% Pasifika; 2.0% Asian; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.2%, Māori by 1.8%, and other languages by 4.6%. No language could be spoken by 1.3% (e.g. too young to talk).
New Zealand Sign Language New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL () is the main language of the deaf community in New Zealand. It became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006 under the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. The purpose of the act was to create rights ...
was known by 0.8%. The percentage of people born overseas was 15.3, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 23.7%
Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
, 0.5%
Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
, 0.5%
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 ...
, 0.5%
Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
, 0.5%
New Age New Age is a range of Spirituality, spiritual or Religion, religious practices and beliefs that rapidly grew in Western world, Western society during the early 1970s. Its highly eclecticism, eclectic and unsystematic structure makes a precise d ...
, and 0.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 62.3%, and 11.5% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 186 (19.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 612 (64.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 153 (16.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $49,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 141 people (14.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 534 (56.2%) full-time, 174 (18.3%) part-time, and 15 (1.6%) unemployed.


References

{{Taupō District Populated places in Waikato Taupō District Populated places on Lake Taupō