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Ruatoki North
Ruatoki North is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty of New Zealand, just south of the small town of Tāneatua and approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the town of Whakatāne. The Whakatāne River runs northwards through the Ruatoki Valley and has formed broad alluvial flats. The main settlement of Ruatoki North is on the eastern side of the river.
The population of approximately 600 people are predominantly Māori of the Tūhoe iwi. The main economic activities in the Ruatoki Valley are dairy farming and cropping.
Tūhoe people started dairy farming at Ruatoki from at least the 1890s. The first school – Ruatoki Native School – and the first post office opened at the same site on the eastern side of the Whakatāne River in 1896. In 1908 two telegraph offices opened, one at the school and known as Ruatoki, and the other a little to the north at the store in the township and known as Ruatoki North.
A cheese factory opened in the township in 1908. The factory burned down in the late 1920s and a new concrete factory replaced it in 1928. The factory closed in 1964 and has since been demolished.
Ruatoki was one of the main sites involved in the 2007 New Zealand police raids, conducted under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.
Ruatoki, including other small settlements further up the west bank of the Whakatāne River, covers 34.33 km2 (13.25 sq mi). It is part of the Waingarara-Waimana statistical area.
Ruatoki had a population of 582 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 63 people (12.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 96 people (19.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 276 males, 303 females, and 3 people of other genders in 159 dwellings. There were 153 people (26.3%) aged under 15 years, 129 (22.2%) aged 15 to 29, 216 (37.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 84 (14.4%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 10.3% European (Pākehā), 96.9% Māori, and 4.1% Pasifika. English was spoken by 89.2%, Māori by 75.3%, and Samoan by 0.5%. No language could be spoken by 2.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 1.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.
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Ruatoki North
Ruatoki North is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty of New Zealand, just south of the small town of Tāneatua and approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the town of Whakatāne. The Whakatāne River runs northwards through the Ruatoki Valley and has formed broad alluvial flats. The main settlement of Ruatoki North is on the eastern side of the river.
The population of approximately 600 people are predominantly Māori of the Tūhoe iwi. The main economic activities in the Ruatoki Valley are dairy farming and cropping.
Tūhoe people started dairy farming at Ruatoki from at least the 1890s. The first school – Ruatoki Native School – and the first post office opened at the same site on the eastern side of the Whakatāne River in 1896. In 1908 two telegraph offices opened, one at the school and known as Ruatoki, and the other a little to the north at the store in the township and known as Ruatoki North.
A cheese factory opened in the township in 1908. The factory burned down in the late 1920s and a new concrete factory replaced it in 1928. The factory closed in 1964 and has since been demolished.
Ruatoki was one of the main sites involved in the 2007 New Zealand police raids, conducted under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.
Ruatoki, including other small settlements further up the west bank of the Whakatāne River, covers 34.33 km2 (13.25 sq mi). It is part of the Waingarara-Waimana statistical area.
Ruatoki had a population of 582 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 63 people (12.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 96 people (19.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 276 males, 303 females, and 3 people of other genders in 159 dwellings. There were 153 people (26.3%) aged under 15 years, 129 (22.2%) aged 15 to 29, 216 (37.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 84 (14.4%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 10.3% European (Pākehā), 96.9% Māori, and 4.1% Pasifika. English was spoken by 89.2%, Māori by 75.3%, and Samoan by 0.5%. No language could be spoken by 2.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 1.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.