Pokuru is a rural community in the

Waipā District Waipā District (or Waipa District) is a municipality in the Waikato region of New Zealand that is administered by the Waipā District Council. Its most populous town is Cambridge. The seat of the council is at the second most populous town, Te ...

and

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region of New Zealand's

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. It is located southwest of

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, southeast of

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and north of

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, between

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and

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Marae

The community of Pokuru 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 ...

: * Kakepuku Marae and Papakainga meeting house is a meeting place of the

Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Maniapoto is an iwi (tribe) based in the Waikato-Waitomo region of New Zealand's North Island. It is part of the Tainui confederation, the members of which trace their whakapapa (genealogy) back to people who arrived in New Zealand on th ...

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 ...

of Kahu, Mākino,

Ngāti Matakore Matakore was a Māori ''rangatira'' (chieftain) of Ngāti Maniapoto in the Tainui tribal confederation from the Waikato region, New Zealand. He is an ancestor of the Ngāti Matakore hapū (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Maniapoto and of the southern branch ...

, Ngutu and Waiora. * Te Kōpua Marae and Ko Unu meeting house is a meeting place of the Ngāti Maniapoto hapū of Kahu and

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, and the

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hapū of Apakura and

Ngāti Mahuta Ngāti Mahuta is a sub-tribe (or hapū) of the Waikato (iwi), Waikato tribe (or iwi) of Māori people, Māori in the North Island of New Zealand. The territory (rohe) of Ngāti Mahuta is the Kawhia Harbour, Kawhia and Huntly, New Zealand, Hunt ...

Demographics

Pokuru settlement and its surrounds cover . The settlement is part of the larger Pokuru statistical area. Pokuru had a population of 237 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 30 people (14.5%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 39 people (19.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 120 males, 114 females, and 3 people of other genders in 72 dwellings. 2.5% of people identified as

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. The median age was 35.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 57 people (24.1%) aged under 15 years, 45 (19.0%) aged 15 to 29, 108 (45.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 27 (11.4%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 84.8%

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(

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), 15.2%

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, 2.5% Pasifika, 7.6% Asian, and 7.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.2%, Māori by 2.5%, and other languages by 7.6%. No language could be spoken by 2.5% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 19.0, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 27.8%

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, 1.3%

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, 1.3%

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, and 3.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 59.5%, and 6.3% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 45 (25.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 102 (56.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 39 (21.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $54,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 24 people (13.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 99 (55.0%) full-time and 30 (16.7%) part-time.

Pokuru statistical area

Pokuru statistical area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Pokuru had a population of 1,527 in the

, an increase of 111 people (7.8%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 276 people (22.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 777 males, 744 females, and 3 people of other genders in 516 dwellings. 1.4% of people identified as

. The median age was 37.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 354 people (23.2%) aged under 15 years, 255 (16.7%) aged 15 to 29, 681 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 237 (15.5%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 89.6%

(

); 15.9%

; 1.8% Pasifika; 2.9% Asian; 0.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.1%, Māori by 3.7%, and other languages by 4.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.2% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.4, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 30.3%

, 0.6%

, 0.2%

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, 0.4%

, and 0.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 59.1%, and 8.8% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 237 (20.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 660 (56.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 267 (22.8%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $51,600, compared with $41,500 nationally. 174 people (14.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 633 (54.0%) full-time, 192 (16.4%) part-time, and 15 (1.3%) unemployed.

Education

Pokuru School is a co-educational state primary school, with a roll of as of . The school opened as Kakepuku School in 1907, and became Pokuru School in 1926.

References

{{Waipa District Waipa District Populated places in Waikato