Ahuroa
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Etymology
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "Long Mound" for Ahuroa.[4]
History
The Ahuroa road board was created c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".1891–1896 and dissolved c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".1906–1911.[5]
The North Auckland Line reached Ahuroa from Kaukapakapa in 1905, allowing exploitation of the local forests.[6] Because it had a railway station, the road between Ahuroa and Glorit on the western coast was chosen to be a highway in the late 1920s, and metalled.[7]
Education
Ahuroa is the site of King's College's Venture Camp. The school owns land and forests there and runs camps such as the 8 days stay as part of the 26 days Year 10 Adventure Challenge at Kings College and the Ahuroa venture camp hosts the Year 12 Leadership camp, preparing them to become prefects in Year 13, as well as leasing out the facility to many corporations from New Zealand.
Demographics
Ahuroa is in an SA1 statistical area which covers Script error: No such module "convert"..[8] The SA1 area is part of the larger Kaipara Hills statistical area.[9]
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People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 96.2% European (Pākehā), 13.2% Māori, 1.9% Pasifika, and 1.9% Asian. English was spoken by 98.1%, Māori language by 3.8%, and other languages by 3.8%. The percentage of people born overseas was 17.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.[11]
Religious affiliations were 20.8% Christian. People who answered that they had no religion were 69.8%, and 9.4% of people did not answer the census question.[11]
Of those at least 15 years old, 27 (21.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 81 (64.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 21 (16.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $37,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 18 people (14.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 72 (57.1%) people were employed full-time, 24 (19.0%) were part-time, and 3 (2.4%) were unemployed.[11]
Education
Ahuroa School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school[12] with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data as of Template:NZ school roll data
Notes
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