List of localities in Waikato

This is a list of localities in Waikato as defined by government agency Statistics New Zealand in 2013, listed by the territorial authorities to which each locality belongs. Waikato is a region of New Zealand in the central North Island which reaches from coast to coast and from Coromandel Peninsula in the north to Lake Taupō and King Country in the south.[1] Many boundaries and names were changed in the 2018 census.[2] It is bordered by Auckland to the north, Bay of Plenty to the east, and Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke's Bay to the south.

Waikato Region

Thames-Coromandel District

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Whitianga

The Thames-Coromandel District is located in the area around the Firth of Thames and Coromandel Peninsula, to the southeast of Auckland. At the 2006 Census, Thames-Coromandel had 25,941 people (including 4,020 self-identified Māori) and 22,704 occupied dwellings. The district council is seated in the district's largest town, Thames, and was constituted before any other district council in 1975. Thames is located in the southwest of the district; the other major settlements are Whitianga in the northeast and Whangamatā in the southeast.

Locality Population Occupied Dwellings
Whitianga 3,768 (2006)[3] 1,674 (2006)[4]
Coromandel 1,473 (2006)[5] 642 (2006)[6]
Te Rerenga 4,173 (2006)[7] 1,896 (2006)[8]
Whangamatā 3,555 (2006)[9] 1,701 (2006)[10]
Tairua 1,269 (2006)[11] 603 (2006)[12]
Moanataiari (northern area of Thames) 2,472 (2006)[13] 1,146 (2006)[14]
Parawai (southern area of Thames) 4,284 (2006)[15] 1,734 (2006)[16]
Pauanui Beach 750 (2013)[17] 399 (2013 - 1,749 unoccupied)[18]
Hikuai 3,252 (2006)[18] 1,314 (2013)[18]
Te Puru-Thornton Bay 942 (2006)[19] 426 (2006)[20]
Inlets-Thames-Coromandel District n/a n/a
Islands-Thames-Coromandel District 12 (2006)[21] n/a

Hauraki District

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Locality Population Occupied Dwellings Features and Facilities
Ngatea 1,245 531 (2013)[22]
Hauraki Plains 2,508 930 (2013)[22]
Turua 1,317 483 (2013)[22]
Kerepehi 429 162 (2013)[22]
Ohinemuri 3,111 1,278 (2013)[22] includes Karangahake Gorge, Waikino and Whiritoa
Paeroa 3,885 1,647 (2013)[22]
Waihi 4,527 2,001 (2013)[22]

Waikato District

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Locality 2013 Population[22] 2013 Occupied Dwellings Features and Facilities
Buckland 846 294
Redoubt 198 72 south west of Tuakau
Opuawhanga 234 81 south east of Tuakau
Pōkeno 1,782 615
Mangatāwhiri 1,533 543
Otaua 2,268 810 see Awaroa River, Maioro, Parkinsons Lake and Karioitahi Beach
Tuakau 4,185 1,443
Onewhero 3,381 1,401
Rotowaro 0 0
Raglan 2,736 1,143
Waikato Western Hills 3,978 1,437 Waikato Western Hills is a New Zealand census area unit covering a large low population area within Waikato District.[23] It includes the localities of Rotongaro, Ruawaro, Renown, Mahuta, Glen Afton, Glen Massey, Waingaro, Ohautira, Waitetuna, Glen Tui and Karakariki.[24]
Te Uku 1,896 681 Area unit includes Te Mata, Ruapuke and the north side of Aotea Harbour.
Te Ākau 930 348
Te Kauwhata 1,473 552
Matangi 2,157 735
Whitikahu 2,115 708
Taupiri 417 162
Eureka 2,187 750 includes Tauwhare and Waitakaruru Stream
Gordonton 1,137 342
Tauwhare see Tamahere
Kainui 2,766 942 includes Hopuhopu
Tamahere 5,628 1,875
Waerenga 2,538 666
Maramarua 1,011 372
Meremere 468 150
Huntly West 2,835 906 see Huntly
Huntly East 4,119 1,539
Horotiu 771 279
Te Kowhai 1,512 549
Whatawhata 2,475 831
Ngāruawāhia 5,127 1,719
Inlet-Raglan Harbour 0 0
Inlet-Aotea Harbour North 0 0

Matamata-Piako District

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Locality 2013 Population[22] 2013 Occupied Dwellings Features and Facilities
Tahuroa 2,652 948 includes Mangateparu
Waitoa 306 120
Springdale 2,454 891
Waihou-Walton 3,999 1,470 includes Walton
Te Aroha 3,906 1,662
Morrinsville West 2,562 978
Morrinsville East 4,431 1,773
Waharoa 465 147
Okauia 1,965 723
Te Poi 801 285
Hinuera 906 336
Matamata North 2,928 1,260
Matamata South 4,164 1,656

Hamilton City

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Locality Population Occupied Dwellings Features and Facilities
Sylvester
Flagstaff
Horsham Downs
Rototuna
Huntington
Peacocke
Temple View
Bryant
Pukete
Pukete West
Te Rapa
Burbush in 2018 it became part of Rotokauri-Waiwhakareke
Rotokauri
Nawton
Crawshaw
Grandview
Brymer in 2018 divided between Nawton West and Western Heights
Dinsdale North see Dinsdale
Dinsdale South see Dinsdale
Beerescourt
Maeroa
Frankton Junction
Swarbrick
Hamilton Lake
Melville
Glenview
Queenwood
Chedworth
Porritt
Insoll
Fairview Downs
Chartwell
Hamilton Central
Clarkin
Claudelands
Enderley
Peachgrove
Hamilton East
Naylor
Bader
University
Silverdale
Hillcrest West see Hillcrest
Riverlea

Waipa District

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Locality Population[22] Occupied Dwellings[22] Features and Facilities
Te Pahu 1,272 462
Hautapu 1,914 639
Swayne 1,461 438 north of Cambridge
Cambridge - North 3,006 1,137
Cambridge - West 2,718 1,185
Cambridge - Central 765 345
Cambridge - Leamington West 3,528 1,341
Cambridge - Leamington East 3,849 1,482
Ōhaupō 519 186
Kihikihi 1,974 726
Ngāhinapōuri 2,106 735
Lake Cameron 1,176 399
Te Rore 420 156 see Paterangi
Pirongia 1,410 513
Pokuru 528 186 see Kakepuku
Lake Ngaroto 564 201
Tokanui 444 147
Pukerimu 462 162
Kaipaki 975 354
Rotoorangi 1,935 682
Te Rahu 900 330
 
Te Rahu Hall (Dec.2011)
Kihikihi Flat 798 291 see Rangiaowhia
Allen Road 204 72
Rotongata 816 291
Te Awamutu West 1,305 474
Te Awamutu Central 3,321 1,368
Te Awamutu East 2,769 1,107
Te Awamutu South 2,913 1,176
Karapiro 2,625 936 see also Karapiro Power Station, Maungakawa, Maungatautari and Piarere

Ōtorohanga District

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Locality Population[22] Occupied Dwellings[22] Features and Facilities
Kawhia - Community 339 153
Ōtorohanga - Town 2,514 1,005
Ōtorohanga - Rural West 1,845 705
Te Kawa 450 153
Ōtorohanga - Rural East 3,993 1,287
Te Motu Island 0 0
Ōtorohanga District - Inlets 0 0

South Waikato District

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Locality Population[22] Occupied Dwellings[22] Features and Facilities
Tīrau 693 294
Mangakaretu 231 87 see Tokoroa
Kinleith 237 90
Tapapa 999 369
Arapuni 2,190 816
Lichfield 987 369
Wawa 711 270 see Ātiamuri
Paraonui 1,725 684 see Tokoroa
Parkdale 666 255 see Tokoroa
Putāruru 3,777 1,515
Matarawa 1,899 741 see Tokoroa
Stanley Park 2,034 771 see Tokoroa
Tokoroa Central 720 288
Aotea 2,979 1,038 see Tokoroa
Strathmore 2,070 741 see Tokoroa
Amisfield 156 60 see Tokoroa

Waitomo District

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Locality Population[22] Occupied Dwellings[22] Features and Facilities
Piopio 396 165
Taharoa 231 84
Mahoenui 402 162 see Awakino and Mokau
Marokopa 1,536 588 see Awamarino
Waipa Valley 1,050 372 see Benneydale
Mokauiti 1,026 390
Te Kūiti 4,218 1,578
Inlet-Waitomo District 0 0

Taupō District

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Locality Population[22] Occupied Dwellings[22] Features and Facilities
Kuratau 273 114
Mangakino 741 312
Tūrangi 2,995 1,173
Acacia Bay 1,425 570
Wairakei-Aratiatia 606 207 see

Aratiatia Power Station and Wairakei

Maunganamu 411 150
Taupō East 6 3
Wharewaka 498 252
Rangatira Park 696 291
Rangatira 78 36
Lakewood 1,425 594
Marotiri 1,557 552 see Ātiamuri
Oruanui 2,268 822
Kinloch 489 198
Broadlands 639 213 see Iwitahi and Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park
Rangipo 99 30
Nukuhau 1,509 606
Taupō Central 3,573 1,479
Tauhara 4,113 1,566
Hilltop 3,540 1,422
Waipahihi 1,881 762
Richmond Heights 2,103 783
Inland Water - Lake Taupō 0 0

Rotorua District

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Christ's Church, Ngakuru
Locality Population[22] Occupied Dwellings[22] Features and Facilities
Golden Springs 1,344 468
Reporoa 450 162
Ngakuru 1,695 606
Arahiwi 177 54

Area outside territorial authority

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Locality Population Occupied Dwellings Features and Facilities
Inlet - Firth of Thames
Oceanic-Waikato Region West
Bays-Thames-Coromandel District
Oceanic-Waikato Region East

References

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