Whau Valley

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At the end of the 4 km long Whau Valley Road is the principal water reservoir for Whangārei City, created by the Whau Valley Earth Dam. The reservoir is stocked with rainbow and brown trout.[3][4]

History

Some of the early settlers in what was then called Whauwhau Valley were William Hawken and his family, who arrived in 1859, and John MacDonald and his family, in 1860. The MacDonald family was part of the group of people from Nova Scotia who settled in the Whangārei area.[5]

Coal was discovered in the Whauwhau Valley on 24 August 1864.[6] Henry Walton and William Grahame took a 99-year lease on the land and developed a mine. A wooden tramway was built from the mine to the Hātea River so coal wagons could be pulled by horses to be loaded onto ships. The railway line between Kamo and Whangārei, opened in March 1881,[7] replaced the tramway. Output of the mine was Script error: No such module "convert". by 1885.[8]

Demographics

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People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 74.9% European (Pākehā); 28.4% Māori; 4.3% Pasifika; 8.3% Asian; 1.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.7% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.9%, Māori language by 6.5%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 9.7%. No language could be spoken by 3.1% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 19.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 34.7% Christian, 1.4% Hindu, 0.3% Islam, 1.4% Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 51.6%, and 8.7% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 354 (15.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,218 (53.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 597 (26.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $36,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 219 people (9.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,098 (48.2%) people were employed full-time, 276 (12.1%) were part-time, and 48 (2.1%) were unemployed.[11]

Education

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St Francis Xavier School is a Catholic contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students as of Template:NZ school roll data[13]

Whangarei Adventist Christian School is a full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students as of Template:NZ school roll data[14]

All these schools are coeducational. St Francis Xavier and Whangarei Adventist schools are state integrated.

Notes

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External links

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