{{Short description|Village in Canterbury, New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tuahiwi | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = St Stephen’s Anglican Church Tuahiwi (15488804031).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = St Stephen’s Anglican Church | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | coordinates = {{coord|43|20|S|172|39|E|display=inline,title|region:NZ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = New Zealand | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of New Zealand|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Canterbury Region|Canterbury]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of New Zealand|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Waimakariri District]] | subdivision_type3 = Ward | subdivision_name3 = {{ubl|Rangiora-Ashley Ward|Kaiapoi-Woodend Ward}} | subdivision_type4 = Community | subdivision_name4 = {{ubl|Rangiora-Ashley Community|Kaiapoi-Woodend Community}} | seat_type = Electorates | seat = {{ubl|[[Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)|Waimakariri]]|[[Te Tai Tonga]] (Māori)}} | leader_title = Territorial Authority | leader_name = [[Waimakariri District Council]] | leader_title1 = Regional council | leader_name1 = [[Environment Canterbury]] | leader_title2 = [[Mayor of Waimakariri]] | leader_name2 = {{NZ officeholder data|Waimakariri District Mayor|y}} | leader_title3 = [[Waimakariri (New Zealand electorate)|Waimakariri MP]] | leader_name3 = {{NZ officeholder data|Waimakariri MP|y}} | leader_title4 = [[Te Tai Tonga|Te Tai Tonga MP]] | leader_name4 = {{NZ officeholder data|Te Tai Tonga MP|y}} | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="Area"/> | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 22.71 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Tuahiwi|y}} | population_as_of = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}} | population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}} | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | timezone = [[Time in New Zealand|NZST]] | utc_offset = +12 | timezone_DST = NZDT | utc_offset_DST = +13 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Tuahiwi''' is a small [[New Zealand]] settlement located between [[Woodend, New Zealand|Woodend]] and [[Rangiora]]. It is {{convert|6|km}} north of [[Kaiapoi]].<ref name=TeAra>[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-places/page-5 Teara], retrieved 20 April 2016</ref>
==History== ===Pre-European=== Tuahiwi is the modern day primary domicile of [[Ngāi Tahu#Te Ngai Tuahuriri|Ngāi Tūahuriri hapū]] of [[Ngāi Tahu]]. In 1831, prior to European settlement, this [[pā]], and the main [[Kaiapoi Pā]] nearby had been attacked by [[Te Rauparaha]] in a revenge raid ([[Utu (Māori concept)|utu]]). Following a protracted siege which saw Kaiapoi Pā razed and subsequently abandoned, Tuahiwi became the central Ngāi Tūāhuriri [[pā]]. The site was reserved for Māori in 1848 by [[Walter Mantell]] following the signing of [[Kemp's Deed]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hight |first1=James |title=A History of Canterbury : to 1854 |last2=Straubel |first2=Carl Rudolf |publisher=Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd |year=1957 |volume=I |location=Christchurch |p=106 |ref={{sfnRef|Hight and Straubel|1957}} |authorlink1=James Hight}}</ref> Meanwhile, a new European settlement arose along the banks of the north branch of the Waimakariri River, named [[Kaiapoi]].<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18690115.2.11 Maori Pa], Press, Volume XIII, Issue 1797, 15 January 1869, Page 2, retrieved 12 October 2024.</ref>
===Development=== The carved [[Wharenui|meeting house]] Tūtekawa that almost burnt down in 1870<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18720416.2.9&srpos=16&e=-------10--11-byDA---0Tuahiwi-- News of the day], Press, Volume XIX, Issue 2794, 16 April 1872, Page 2, retrieved 20 April 2016</ref> succumbed to fire in 1879.<ref>https://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/opportunities-and-resources/publications/te-karaka/a-puzzling-absence/</ref> Significant colonial developments included the establishment of a Māori mission, which included a church, Saint Stephen's, built in 1867 with its foundation stone having been laid by Governor [[George Grey]] on his visit to the settlement.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19020624.2.10&srpos=29&e=--1901-----10--21-byDA---0tuahiwi-- Suicide of a well known Maori], Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11307, 24 June 1902, Page 3, retrieved 22 April 2016</ref>
In 1890, Tuahiwi was described as having a neat village of Māori residences. The old whare had been replaced by fenced cottages with gardens<!-- By whom? -->. A school, the Anglican church and country meeting hall functioning as a [[wharenui]], were in the centre of the community. The Native Land Court used the hall from time to time.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18900815.2.17 Middle Island natives], Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7631, 15 August 1890, Page 3, retrieved 12 October 2024.</ref>
===Events=== In 1900 the Tuahiwi hall was used as a base by D Company of the 1st North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Battalion, a volunteer unit.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS19000611.2.11&srpos=49&e=--1870-----10--41-byDA---0tuahiwi-- The Volunteers], Star, Issue 6818, 11 June 1900, Page 1</ref> The Mounted Rifles included Tuahiwi Māori who protested to the Premier [[Richard Seddon]] in 1901 on being refused permission to fight in the [[Second Boer War]] .<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS19000730.2.47&srpos=56&e=--1870-----10--51-byDA---0tuahiwi-- The Volunteers], Star, Issue 6860, 30 July 1900, Page 3, retrieved 21 April 2016</ref><ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19020409.2.41&srpos=19&e=--1901-----10--11-byDA---0tuahiwi-- The Premier at Tuahiwi], Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11244, 9 April 1902, Page 8, retrieved 22 April 2016</ref>
[[Reginald Koettlitz]] and a number of members of [[Robert Falcon Scott|Scott's]] [[Discovery Expedition]] made a goodwill visit to Tuahiwi in December 1901 prior to the expedition's departure from [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]] for [[Antarctica]].<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19011212.2.23&srpos=10&e=--1901-----10--1-byDA---0tuahiwi-- The Discovery], Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11146, 12 December 1901, Page 3</ref>
== Demographics == The Tuahiwi statistical area covers {{Convert|22.71|km2||abbr=on}}.<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=9 January 2024|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> It had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Tuahiwi|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Tuahiwi|y}}|R}}/22.71|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.
{{Historical populations|2006|858|2013|963|2018|945|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}} Tuahiwi had a population of 945 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], a decrease of 18 people (−1.9%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 87 people (10.1%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 318 households, comprising 483 males and 462 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 44.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 156 people (16.5%) aged under 15 years, 189 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 465 (49.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 132 (14.0%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 85.7% European/[[Pākehā]], 23.2% [[Māori people|Māori]], 1.9% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]], 1.9% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]], and 1.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 14.0, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.7% had no religion, 29.2% were [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 2.2% had [[Religion of Māori people|Māori religious beliefs]], 0.6% were [[Islam in New Zealand|Muslim]] and 1.9% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 105 (13.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 150 (19.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 126 people (16.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 432 (54.8%) people were employed full-time, 123 (15.6%) were part-time, and 24 (3.0%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Tuahiwi (315200)|tuahiwi|Tuahiwi}}</ref>
[[File:Tuahiwi School.jpg|thumb|Tuahiwi School]]
==Education== Tuahiwi School is a full primary state school, covering years 1 to 8, with {{NZ school roll data|3563|y}} students (as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||).}}<ref>{{TKI|3563|Tuahiwi School}}</ref> The school is bilingual, offering students a choice of tuition in [[Māori language|Māori-language]] or English education.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tuahiwi.school.nz/a/wFidyu5|title=Bilingual Education @ Our Kura|publisher=Tuahiwi School|date=13 January 2021}}</ref>
==Notable people== *[[Aroha Reriti-Crofts]] - Community worker *[[Erihana Ryan]] - Māori psychiatrist *Wiremu Nahira Te-hoika - a Māori chief born about 1812 at Kaiapoi who moved to Tuahiwi in 1850, where he died in February 1903<ref>{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19030206.2.17 | title=Funeral of a Maori Chief | work=[[The Press]] | volume=LX | issue=11501 | date=6 February 1903 | page=5 | accessdate=24 October 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Waimakariri District}}
[[Category:Waimakariri District]] [[Category:Populated places in the Canterbury Region]]