Tauwhare
Tauwhare is a small rural community in the Waikato District on the outskirts of Hamilton, NZ. The Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park is located here.
There is a Community Committee and a Memorial Hall.
The 1902 Cyclopedia of New Zealand noted that Tauwhare had a scattered population, a school, a cheese factory and could be reached by coach from Tamahere railway station.
Demographics
The 2006 census counted a Tamahere and Tauwhare area of. In 2018 Tauwhare was grouped in the Eureka Tauwhare statistical area, which covers.Tauwhare and its surrounds had a population of 468 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 24 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 18 people since the 2013 census. There were 228 males and 240 females in 147 dwellings. 1.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 114 people aged under 15 years, 78 aged 15 to 29, 234 aged 30 to 64, and 45 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 86.5% European ; 19.2% Māori; 3.8% Pasifika; 5.1% Asian; 1.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 5.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.2%, Māori language by 5.1%, Samoan by 4.5%, and other languages by 10.3%. No language could be spoken by 0.6%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 17.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 24.4% Christian, 1.9% Māori religious beliefs, 0.6% Buddhist, 1.3% New Age, and 1.9% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 63.5%, and 5.8% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 93 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 201 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 66 people exclusively held high school qualifications. 75 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 237 people were employed full-time and 54 were part-time.
Marae
Te Iti o Hauā Marae is the mana whenua in Tauwhare of the local sub-tribe of the same name of Ngāti Hauā. The people here belong to the Mangaonua river. Waimakariri Marae and Waenganui meeting house is a meeting place for the Ngāti Hauā hapū of Ngāti Waenganui and Ngāti Waenganui, and the Waikato Tainui hapū of Ngāti Hauā.In October 2020, the Government committed $734,311 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae and 4 other Ngāti Hauā marae, creating 7 jobs.