Wainui

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'''Wainui''' is a locality in the Rodney Ward of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is {{convert|5|km}} north-east of Waitoki and {{convert|10|km}} west of Orewa. The Wainui Stream flows south-west through the area and into the Kaukapakapa River.<ref>{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas |year=2004 |isbn=0-7900-0952-8|editor=Peter Dowling |publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand |year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 35}}</ref>

==Etymology==

Wainui is Māori for 'big river'.<ref>{{LINZ |id=46294 |name=Wainui |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>

The earliest recorded name for the area is Parakakau, which referred to the inland forested areas of the upper Weiti River during the mid-19th Century.<ref name="Grover">{{cite book|title=Why the Hibiscus? Place Names of the Hibiscus Coast|first=Robin |last=Grover |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-473-13484-6 |publisher=Silverdale Printing |pages=49–50}}</ref> The locality was named after the Wainui Creek,<ref name="Grover"/> a tributary of the Waiwera River geographically distant from Wainui township, located to the northeast along Weranui Road.<ref>{{LINZ |id=46319 |name=Wainui Stream |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>

==History== The area was settled soon after the Mahurangi purchase by the Crown in 1841. By the mid-19th century, kauri gum diggers often frequented the area.<ref name="Grover"/> Wainui was settled by people from England, Scotland and Ireland around 1850, including the Hutson, Thick, King, Lloyd and Jacobs families.<ref name=schoolhistory/> Early settlers to the area were met with mānuka and fern scrubland and kauri forest, and made a living by timber milling and kauri gum digging.<ref name=schoolhistory/> From around the year 1860, families began clearing land for agriculture.<ref name=schoolhistory/> New Zealand explorer Charles Heaphy owned much of the land at Wainui, selling {{convert|104|acre}} to brickmaker William Lamont in 1862.<ref name="Heritage">{{cite web|url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/486/486 |title=Church (Presbyterian) |access-date=9 January 2024 |website=Heritage New Zealand}}</ref>

In 1867, the Wainui Presbyterian Church was built, was the first public building constructed at Wainui. It quickly becoming the social hub of the Wainui community.<ref name="Heritage"/> School lessons began informally in homes around the year 1860, and Wainui School was constructed in 1879.<ref name=schoolhistory/> In 1894, cartoonist Trevor Lloyd married Lamont's daughter Emily at the church.<ref name="Heritage"/>

The Wainui Road District was formed 14 April 1870. In 1883 the area was transferred from Rodney County to Waitemata County. In 1892 the road district was dissolved.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bloomfield | first=Gerald Taylor | title=The Evolution of Local Government Areas in Metropolitan Auckland, 1840-1971 | publisher=Auckland University Press | publication-place=Auckland | date=1973 | isbn=0-19-647714-X |page=128}}</ref>

Wainui was originally a rural farming area. During the 1960s the Waitemata County Council allowed for land to be subdivided into lifestyle blocks.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bioletti | first=Harry | title=Rodney Coast to Coast | date=1992 | isbn=0-473-01296-0 |pages=69–71 | publisher=Rodney District Council }}</ref>

==Demographics== Wainui-Waiwera statistical area, which includes Waiwera, covers {{convert|62.24|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Wainui-Waiwera|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Wainui-Waiwera|y}}|R}}/62.24|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.

{{Historical populations|2006|1,326|2013|1,323|2018|1,557|2023|1,686|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Wainui-Waiwera (112100)|wainui-waiwera|Wainui-Waiwera}}</ref><ref name="Census 2023"/>|footnote=The 2006 population is for a larger area of 78.72 km<sup>2</sup>.}} Wainui-Waiwera had a population of 1,686 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 129 people (8.3%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 363 people (27.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 828 males, 852 females and 6 people of other genders in 621 dwellings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.112101.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}}</ref> 1.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 48.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 246 people (14.6%) aged under 15 years, 279 (16.5%) aged 15 to 29, 816 (48.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 348 (20.6%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 92.5% European (Pākehā); 9.4% Māori; 1.6% Pasifika; 4.1% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.0%, Māori language by 1.4%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 10.0%. No language could be spoken by 1.4% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 24.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 33.5% Christian, 0.2% Hindu, 0.4% Islam, 0.2% Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% Buddhist, 0.7% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 58.0%, and 5.3% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 291 (20.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 786 (54.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 276 (19.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $44,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 243 people (16.9%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 720 (50.0%) people were employed full-time, 243 (16.9%) were part-time, and 18 (1.2%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.112101.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Wainui-Waiwera (112101)}}</ref>

==Education== Wainui School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1552|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}<ref>{{TKI|1552|Wainui School}}</ref> The school opened in 1879<ref name=schoolhistory>{{cite web|url=http://wainui.school.nz/?page_id=10|title=Wainui School - History|publisher=Wainui School|accessdate=2008-09-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511052802/http://wainui.school.nz/?page_id=10|archivedate=2010-05-11}}</ref> and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2004.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php?action=view&id=59329|title=Wainui School, 125th Jubilee|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|volume=82|issue=13|date=21 July 2003|accessdate=2008-09-30}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.wainui.school.nz/ Wainui School] * [http://www.hibiscuscoastpresbyterian.org.nz/facilities.aspx Wainui Settlers' Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712182104/http://hibiscuscoastpresbyterian.org.nz/facilities.aspx |date=12 July 2014 }}

Category:Rodney Local Board Area Category:Populated places in the Auckland Region