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Horeke
Māngungu Mission House
Māngungu Mission House
Country New Zealand
Region Northland Region
District Far North District
Ward Kaikohe/Hokianga

Horeke (Māori: [Hōreke] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a settlement in the upper reaches of the Hokianga Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. Kohukohu is just across the harbour. The Horeke basalts are located near the town, and can be viewed on an easy stroll through the Wairere Boulders, a commercial park.

The town is at the western end of the 87 km (54 mi) km (54 mi) Pou Herenga Tai - Twin Coast Cycle Trail from Opua, which opened fully in 2017.

History

The town was initially called Deptford after the Royal Navy shipyard in England. It was one of the first places settled by Europeans in New Zealand, with shipbuilding established in the late 1820s. David Ramsay and Gordon Davies Browne came from Sydney to set up a trading post and shipbuilding settlement about 1826. Three ships were built - a 40-ton schooner called Enterprise, a 140-ton brigantine called New Zealander, and the 394 (or 392)-ton barque Sir George Murray - but the firm went bankrupt in 1830. The Wesleyan missionary John Hobbs opened a mission at Mangungu, about a mile from the shipyard, in 1828.

Thomas McDonnell's station in Horeke was the centre of timber trading in the Hokianga in the 1830s.

Demographics

Horeke's meshblock (0022000, which extends to the Utukura River and Ruapapaka Island) had these census results -

Year Population Median age Households Average income National average
2001 171 23.7 51 $8,800 $18,500
2006 108 34 39 $13,300 $24,100
2013 114 39.5 45 $12,500 $27,900

Omahuta Forest-Horeke covers the upper Hokianga Harbour. It has an area of 463.55 km2 (178.98 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,190 as of June 2022, with a population density of 2.6 people per km2.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
2006 1,017 —    
2013 888 −1.92%
2018 1,056 +3.53%

Omahuta Forest-Horeke had a population of 1,056 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 168 people (18.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 39 people (3.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 333 households, comprising 522 males and 531 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 40.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 264 people (25.0%) aged under 15 years, 159 (15.1%) aged 15 to 29, 462 (43.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 171 (16.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 50.9% European/Pākehā, 65.1% Māori, 3.7% Pacific peoples, 1.7% Asian, and 0.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 6.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.6% had no religion, 35.2% were Christian, 14.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 69 (8.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 192 (24.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $18,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 39 people (4.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 264 (33.3%) people were employed full-time, 117 (14.8%) were part-time, and 75 (9.5%) were unemployed.

Education

Horeke School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1-8) school has a roll of 17 students as of April 2023. The school was established in 1920.

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