Waioneke


Waioneke is a locality on the South Head peninsula of the Kaipara Harbour, in the Rodney District of New Zealand. Parakai is 22 km to the south-east, and the road continues another 14 km to the north-west. Rangitira Beach and Woodhill Forest are to the west, and Omokoiti Flats and the southern Kaipara Harbour are to the east.

History

A Māori pa existed at Waioneke prior to European settlement of the area.
The Waioneke block was taken up in 1868 by Daniel Pollen and William Spearman Young, to graze cattle.
A Waioneke Road Board was formed after 1884, and was responsible for forming and maintaining roads over much of the South Head peninsula. The board was dissolved by 1899.
Waioneke was a centre of gum digging from 1880 to 1900.
Deer farming began in the area in the 1970s, and a processing plant was built in Waioneke.
The Kaipara Estate winery began in the Waioneke Valley in 1995.

Demographics

The statistical area of South Head, which at 340 square kilometres is much larger than this locality, covers the entire peninsula, but does not include Parakai or Helensville. It had a population of 2,595 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 555 people since the 2013 census, and an increase of 717 people since the 2006 census. There were 903 households. There were 1,317 males and 1,281 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.03 males per female. The median age was 42.2 years, with 546 people aged under 15 years, 384 aged 15 to 29, 1,278 aged 30 to 64, and 387 aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 87.7% European/Pākehā, 18.6% Māori, 3.9% Pacific peoples, 2.9% Asian, and 2.1% other ethnicities.
The proportion of people born overseas was 18.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 60.8% had no religion, 28.0% were Christian, and 4.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 327 people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 375 people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $31,900. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,083 people were employed full-time, 330 were part-time, and 54 were unemployed.

Education

Waioneke School is a coeducational full primary school with a roll of students as of The school traces its origins to Mairetahi School, established in 1928. The school moved to its present site and took its current name in 1938.