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Te Kūiti
Te Kūiti is a town in the north of the King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of State Highways 3 and 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk railway, 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Hamilton. The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships.
Te Kūiti is approximately 80 km south of Hamilton and 19 km south-east of Waitomo. The area around Te Kūiti, commonly known as the King Country, gives its name to the Heartland Championship rugby team based in Te Kūiti.
Te Kūiti is the Māori name given to the area. In its original form of "Te Kūititanga", it literally means "the valley", "the squeezing in" or "the narrowing".
Several marae are located in and around Te Kūiti, associated with Ngāti Maniapoto hapū:
Limestone deposits and water have created the Waitomo Caves, northwest of the town, one of New Zealand's most-visited tourist locations. The town itself is located in a valley with many rich limestone deposits. The Manga-o-Kewa Stream runs through the valley and is a tributary of the Waipā River. Te Kūiti's hinterland consist mainly of farmland and limestone quarries. The land surrounding Te Kūiti has steep hilly relief which reflects the nature of the North King Country region. The climate of Te Kūiti is wet during the winter and dry during the late summer with an average of 1,450mm of rainfall each year.
Stats NZ describes Te Kūiti as a small urban area which covers 8.41 km2 (3.25 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 4,850 as of June 2024, with a population density of 576.7 people per km2.
Te Kūiti had a population of 4,659 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 87 people (1.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 402 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,298 males, 2,349 females, and 12 people of other genders in 1,638 dwellings. 2.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 37.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,035 people (22.2%) aged under 15 years, 852 (18.3%) aged 15 to 29, 1,935 (41.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 837 (18.0%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 50.9% European; 54.2% Māori; 6.6% Pasifika; 7.6% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.0%, Māori by 15.2%, Samoan by 1.9%, and other languages by 6.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.
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Te Kūiti
Te Kūiti is a town in the north of the King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of State Highways 3 and 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk railway, 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Hamilton. The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships.
Te Kūiti is approximately 80 km south of Hamilton and 19 km south-east of Waitomo. The area around Te Kūiti, commonly known as the King Country, gives its name to the Heartland Championship rugby team based in Te Kūiti.
Te Kūiti is the Māori name given to the area. In its original form of "Te Kūititanga", it literally means "the valley", "the squeezing in" or "the narrowing".
Several marae are located in and around Te Kūiti, associated with Ngāti Maniapoto hapū:
Limestone deposits and water have created the Waitomo Caves, northwest of the town, one of New Zealand's most-visited tourist locations. The town itself is located in a valley with many rich limestone deposits. The Manga-o-Kewa Stream runs through the valley and is a tributary of the Waipā River. Te Kūiti's hinterland consist mainly of farmland and limestone quarries. The land surrounding Te Kūiti has steep hilly relief which reflects the nature of the North King Country region. The climate of Te Kūiti is wet during the winter and dry during the late summer with an average of 1,450mm of rainfall each year.
Stats NZ describes Te Kūiti as a small urban area which covers 8.41 km2 (3.25 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 4,850 as of June 2024, with a population density of 576.7 people per km2.
Te Kūiti had a population of 4,659 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 87 people (1.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 402 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,298 males, 2,349 females, and 12 people of other genders in 1,638 dwellings. 2.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 37.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,035 people (22.2%) aged under 15 years, 852 (18.3%) aged 15 to 29, 1,935 (41.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 837 (18.0%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 50.9% European; 54.2% Māori; 6.6% Pasifika; 7.6% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.0%, Māori by 15.2%, Samoan by 1.9%, and other languages by 6.3%. No language could be spoken by 2.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.