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Horotiu is a small township on the west bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is on the Waikato Plains 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Hamilton and 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Ngāruawāhia. From early in the 20th century it developed around a freezing works and other industries.
The North Island Main Trunk railway runs through the town, as did State Highway 1 until opening of part of the Waikato Expressway in 2013. An hourly bus runs between Huntly and Hamilton.
The name, Horotiu, seems to have been used interchangeably with Waikato River, or Pukete. Its first use for the current township seems to occur in 1864, shortly after the invasion of the Waikato. Until then, Horotiu was the name of the upper Waikato river, where its current became faster and of Horotiu pā, on its banks, near Cambridge. An 1858 map only shows the name as Horotiu Plains in the area near the pā. The name, Horotiu, for the Waikato River, upstream from Ngāruawāhia, seems to have remained in use until the 1920s, though the 1859 map named it as Waikato.
Horotiu and Pukete parishes existed from at least 1867, but, until the 1900s, Horotiu was often referred to as Pukete, a name now used for the Hamilton suburb 6 km (3.7 mi) upstream. The railway station changed its name on 23 June 1907, when the proposed post office was referred to as Horotiu (Pukete), and the name of the school was changed from Pukete to Horotiu in 1911. The post office closed in 1988.
Stats NZ describes Horotiu as a rural settlement. It covers 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 780 as of June 2024, with a population density of 186 people per km2.
Horotiu had a population of 678 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 42 people (6.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 171 people (33.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 336 males and 339 females in 201 dwellings. 1.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 147 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 141 (20.8%) aged 15 to 29, 324 (47.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 66 (9.7%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.5% European (Pākehā); 37.6% Māori; 4.9% Pasifika; 5.8% Asian; 0.4% 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 96.5%, Māori language by 11.9%, and other languages by 5.3%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 10.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 21.2% Christian, 1.3% Hindu, 0.9% Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% Jewish, and 1.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 67.3%, and 7.1% of people did not answer the census question.
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Horotiu
Horotiu is a small township on the west bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is on the Waikato Plains 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Hamilton and 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Ngāruawāhia. From early in the 20th century it developed around a freezing works and other industries.
The North Island Main Trunk railway runs through the town, as did State Highway 1 until opening of part of the Waikato Expressway in 2013. An hourly bus runs between Huntly and Hamilton.
The name, Horotiu, seems to have been used interchangeably with Waikato River, or Pukete. Its first use for the current township seems to occur in 1864, shortly after the invasion of the Waikato. Until then, Horotiu was the name of the upper Waikato river, where its current became faster and of Horotiu pā, on its banks, near Cambridge. An 1858 map only shows the name as Horotiu Plains in the area near the pā. The name, Horotiu, for the Waikato River, upstream from Ngāruawāhia, seems to have remained in use until the 1920s, though the 1859 map named it as Waikato.
Horotiu and Pukete parishes existed from at least 1867, but, until the 1900s, Horotiu was often referred to as Pukete, a name now used for the Hamilton suburb 6 km (3.7 mi) upstream. The railway station changed its name on 23 June 1907, when the proposed post office was referred to as Horotiu (Pukete), and the name of the school was changed from Pukete to Horotiu in 1911. The post office closed in 1988.
Stats NZ describes Horotiu as a rural settlement. It covers 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 780 as of June 2024, with a population density of 186 people per km2.
Horotiu had a population of 678 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 42 people (6.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 171 people (33.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 336 males and 339 females in 201 dwellings. 1.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 147 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 141 (20.8%) aged 15 to 29, 324 (47.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 66 (9.7%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.5% European (Pākehā); 37.6% Māori; 4.9% Pasifika; 5.8% Asian; 0.4% 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 96.5%, Māori language by 11.9%, and other languages by 5.3%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 10.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 21.2% Christian, 1.3% Hindu, 0.9% Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% Jewish, and 1.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 67.3%, and 7.1% of people did not answer the census question.