Taipa is a settlement on the southern side of

Doubtless Bay Doubtless Bay is a bay on the east coast of the Northland Region, north-east of Kaitaia, in New Zealand. It extends from Knuckle Point on Karikari Peninsula in the north to Berghan Point at Hihi in the south. There are rocky headlands, backed ...

in Northland, New Zealand. runs through it. It is the westernmost of the

Taipa-Mangonui Taipa-Mangonui or Taipa Bay-Mangonui is a string of small resort settlements – Taipa, Cable Bay, Coopers Beach, and Mangōnui – that lie along the coast of Doubtless Bay in the Far North District of New Zealand. They are so close together ...

string of settlements, and separated from the others by the Taipa River. Taipa is traditionally the first landing place of

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, the Polynesian explorer of Aotearoa. There is a memorial near the bridge over the Taipa River. The name may have originated as Taiapa, a fence between two disputed shellfish beds.

Demographics

Statistics New Zealand describes Taipa as a rural settlement. It covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Taipa is part of the larger Doubtless Bay statistical area. Taipa had a population of 153 in the

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, a decrease of 6 people (−3.8%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 18 people (13.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 78 males and 78 females in 66 dwellings. 3.9% of people identified as

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. The median age was 53.0 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 21 people (13.7%) aged under 15 years, 18 (11.8%) aged 15 to 29, 60 (39.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 54 (35.3%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 68.6%

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), 41.2%

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, 9.8% Pasifika, and 5.9% Asian. English was spoken by 100.0%, Māori language by 17.6%, Samoan by 3.9% and other languages by 2.0%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.7, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 29.4%

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, 3.9%

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, 5.9%

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, and 2.0%

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. People who answered that they had no religion were 54.9%, and 3.9% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 15 (11.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 72 (54.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 39 (29.5%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $29,600, compared with $41,500 nationally. 12 people (9.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 51 (38.6%) people were employed full-time, 12 (9.1%) were part-time, and 6 (4.5%) were unemployed.

Education

Taipa Area School is a coeducational composite (years 1–15) school with a roll of students as of The school opened as Taipa District High School in 1956, and became an area school in 1976. A school existed at Taipa in 1883 and was eventually replaced by the District High School.

Marae

The Taipa area has three

Ngāti Kahu Ngāti Kahu is a Māori iwi of Northland, New Zealand. The iwi is one of the six Muriwhenua iwi of the far north of the North Island. Ngāti Kahu take their name from their founding ancestress, Kahutianui, and link their ancestry back to the wa ...

marae: * Karepori Marae and meeting house, a meeting place of the hapū of Matakairiri / Pikaahu. * Ko Te Ahua Marae and meeting house is a meeting place of the hapū of Ngāti Whata and Te Paatu. * Parapara Marae and Te Manawa o Ngāti Tara meeting house is a meeting place of the hapū of Ngāti Tara ki Parapara.

Notes

{{Far North District Far North District Populated places in the Northland Region