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Tūrangi is a small town on the west bank of the Tongariro River, 50 kilometres south-west of Taupō on the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand. It was built to accommodate the workers associated with the Tongariro hydro-electric power development project and their families. The town was designed to remain as a small servicing centre for the exotic forest plantations south of Lake Taupō and for tourists. It is well known for its trout fishing and calls itself "the trout fishing capital of the world". The major Māori hapū (tribe) of the Tūrangi area is Ngāti Tūrangitukua.
The Tūrangi area covers some 2273 km², and is located close to the edge of the Kaimanawa Ranges and ten kilometres north of the stretch of State Highway 1 known as the Desert Road.
The streets around Tūrangi in autumn are lined with "brilliant" foliage.
Built on the banks of the Tongariro River, Tūrangi and its surrounding countryside offers challenging hunting, fishing, mountain biking, hiking or leisurely bush walks, white water rafting, kayaking and sight seeing.
Stats NZ describes Tūrangi as a small urban area, which covers 7.53 km2 (2.91 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 3,960 as of June 2025, with a population density of 526 people per km2. It is the second largest population centre in the Taupō District after Taupō. Tūrangi's population peaked at 9,000 during the 1970s. After the end of the Project in the 1980s the population declined but has since remained stable due to the town's handy location for tourists.
Tūrangi had a population of 3,792 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 348 people (10.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 840 people (28.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,860 males, 1,920 females, and 6 people of other genders in 1,461 dwellings. 2.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 39.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 774 people (20.4%) aged under 15 years, 708 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,557 (41.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 750 (19.8%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 51.4% European (Pākehā); 64.2% Māori; 5.8% Pasifika; 4.1% Asian; 0.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.4%, Māori by 22.8%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 5.1%. 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 12.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 25.6% Christian, 0.3% Hindu, 15.5% Māori religious beliefs, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.5% New Age, and 0.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 49.4%, and 7.8% of people did not answer the census question.
Tūrangi
Tūrangi is a small town on the west bank of the Tongariro River, 50 kilometres south-west of Taupō on the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand. It was built to accommodate the workers associated with the Tongariro hydro-electric power development project and their families. The town was designed to remain as a small servicing centre for the exotic forest plantations south of Lake Taupō and for tourists. It is well known for its trout fishing and calls itself "the trout fishing capital of the world". The major Māori hapū (tribe) of the Tūrangi area is Ngāti Tūrangitukua.
The Tūrangi area covers some 2273 km², and is located close to the edge of the Kaimanawa Ranges and ten kilometres north of the stretch of State Highway 1 known as the Desert Road.
The streets around Tūrangi in autumn are lined with "brilliant" foliage.
Built on the banks of the Tongariro River, Tūrangi and its surrounding countryside offers challenging hunting, fishing, mountain biking, hiking or leisurely bush walks, white water rafting, kayaking and sight seeing.
Stats NZ describes Tūrangi as a small urban area, which covers 7.53 km2 (2.91 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 3,960 as of June 2025, with a population density of 526 people per km2. It is the second largest population centre in the Taupō District after Taupō. Tūrangi's population peaked at 9,000 during the 1970s. After the end of the Project in the 1980s the population declined but has since remained stable due to the town's handy location for tourists.
Tūrangi had a population of 3,792 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 348 people (10.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 840 people (28.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,860 males, 1,920 females, and 6 people of other genders in 1,461 dwellings. 2.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 39.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 774 people (20.4%) aged under 15 years, 708 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,557 (41.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 750 (19.8%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 51.4% European (Pākehā); 64.2% Māori; 5.8% Pasifika; 4.1% Asian; 0.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.4%, Māori by 22.8%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 5.1%. 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 12.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 25.6% Christian, 0.3% Hindu, 15.5% Māori religious beliefs, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.5% New Age, and 0.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 49.4%, and 7.8% of people did not answer the census question.
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