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Tuahiwi is a small New Zealand settlement located between Woodend and Rangiora. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Kaiapoi.[3]

Tuahiwi
Village
St Stephen’s Anglican Church
Coordinates: 43°20′S 172°39′E
Country	New Zealand
Island	South Island
Region	Canterbury
District	Waimakariri District
Ward	Rangiora-Ashley Ward Kaiapoi-Woodend Ward
Area [1]
• Total	22.70 km2 (8.76 sq mi)
Population  (June 2021)[2]
• Total	980
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+12 (NZST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+13 (NZDT)

The settlement includes Tuahiwi Marae, a marae (tribal meeting ground) of Ngāi Tahu and its Te Ngāi o Tūāhuriri Rūnanga branch. The marae includes the Māhunui II wharenui (meeting house).[4][5]

History

Pre-European

The land on which Tuahiwi was founded was originally a Ngāi Tūahuriri hapū of Ngāi Tahu pā site.[6] With European settlement, the site was reserved for Māori in 1848 by Walter Mantell following the signing of Kemp's Deed.[7] In 1831, prior to European settlement, the pa had been attacked by Te Rauparaha. The attack was a revenge raid (utu) and the pa returned to the Ngāi Tūahuriri when the attackers left.

Development

There was a meeting house on the site in 1870 that almost burnt down.[8] Significant developments included the establishment of a Māori mission which included a church built in 1867 with its foundation stone having been laid by Governor George Grey on his visit to the settlement.[9]

In 1890 Tuahiwi was described as having a neat village of Maori residences. The old whares had been replaced by more substantial fenced cottages with gardens. A school, church (St Stephens), and meeting hall were in the centre of the township and there was a flagpole in front of the meeting hall. The Maori Land Court used the hall from time to time.[10]

Events

In 1900 the Tuahiwi hall was used as a base by D Company of the 1st North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Battalion, a volunteer unit.[11] The Mounted Rifles included Tuahiwi Maori who on being refused permission to fight in the Second Boer War protested to the Premier Richard Seddon in 1901.[12][13]

Dr Reginald Koettlitz and a number of members of Scott's Discovery Expedition made a goodwill visit to Tuahiwi in December 1901 prior to the expedition's departure from Lyttelton for Antarctica.[14]

Te Wai Pounamu College for Māori girls was founded there in 1909. It relocated to Christchurch.[3]

Demographics

The Tuahiwi statistical area covers 22.70 km² (8.76 sq mi).[1] It had an estimated population of 980 as of June 2021,[2] with a population density of 43 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	858	—
2013	963	+1.66%
2018	945	−0.38%
Source: [15]

Tuahiwi had a population of 945 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 18 people (-1.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 87 people (10.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 318 households. There were 483 males and 462 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 44.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 156 people (16.5%) aged under 15 years, 189 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 465 (49.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 132 (14.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.7% European/Pākehā, 23.2% Māori, 1.9% Pacific peoples, 1.9% Asian, and 1.9% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 14.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.7% had no religion, 29.2% were Christian, 0.6% were Muslim and 4.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 105 (13.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 150 (19.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 432 (54.8%) people were employed full-time, 123 (15.6%) were part-time, and 24 (3.0%) were unemployed.[15]

Education

Tuahiwi School is a full primary state school, covering years 1 to 8, with 164 students (as of March 2022).[16][17] The school is bilingual, offering students a choice of tuition in Māori-language or English education.[18]

Notable people

• Aroha Reriti-Crofts - Community worker
• Erihana Ryan - Māori psychiatrist
• Wiremu Nahira Te-hoika - a Māori chief born about 1812 at Kaiapoi who moved to Tuahiwi in 1850, where he died in February 1903[19]

References

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