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Hikurangi was administered by the
Hikurangi District Roads Board until the formation of the Hikurangi Town Board in 1908. The Board became the Hikurangi Town Council in 1955. In 1989, they amalgamated with the Whangarei City Council and Whangarei County Council to form the Whangarei District Council.
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The
Hikurangi Co-operative Dairy Company was formed in 1904. It established a dairy factory and operated a fleet of trucks to collect cream but also to deliver fertiliser and general goods to farmers. The factory was replaced by a new building in the 1950s. The company amalgamated with the Northland
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from
Whangarei reached Hikurangi in 1894. 4.2 million tons of coal were extracted. Flooding was a problem for the mines. During a nationwide coal-miners' strike in 1931, the Wilson Colliery Company closed their mine and deliberately flooded it. The miners formed a company and bought the mine, but it
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Hikurangi School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of 199 students as of August 2024. The first public school in
Hikurangi opened in 1883 at View Road until the school was demolished in 1922. The school was built on the current site at Valley Road in 1922-1923 and has
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Of those at least 15 years old, 93 (8.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 282 (24.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $ 25,200, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 72 people (6.2%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of
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been enlarged numerous times over the years. The site of the former school on View Road was sold to Mr and Mrs Robert Cherry. They got their house built on it in 1923 and it has been designated a Group II historic place. The builder was Mr Watts from Whangārei.
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once passed through the town, but now bypasses it to the west. Mount
Hikurangi is a volcanic dome rising 365 metres (1,198 ft) to the west of the town. It is 1.2 million years old, and part of the Harbour Fault which also includes Parakiore, near
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An area of 12,000 acres (48.6 km) of land at
Hikurangi was purchased from local Maori by the District Commissioner of Lands in 1862. The land was considered desirable because it contained mature timber and high quality
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Ethnicities were 67.9% European/Pākehā, 49.9% Māori, 5.0% Pacific peoples, 3.0% Asian, and 1.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
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Hikurangi covers 4.00 km (1.54 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,780 as of June 2023, with a population density of 445 people per km.
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Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.1% had no religion, 32.1% were
Christian, 3.0% had
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those at least 15 was that 525 (45.6%) people were employed full-time, 141 (12.2%) were part-time, and 84 (7.3%) were unemployed.
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Limestone has been quarried at
Hikurangi since the early 20th century. The quarry still supplies limestone to the cement works at
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is 39 kilometres (24 mi) northwest. The
Glenbervie Forest is southeast of the settlement.
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The percentage of people born overseas was 10.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.
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Hikurangi association football team competed in the early years of the
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closed two years later because there were few orders for coal during the
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Bruce Hayward; Mike Isaac; Keith Miller; Bernhard Spörli (2002).
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The town grew around local coal mines, which opened in 1890. The
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Co-operative Dairy Company in 1985, and the factory closed.
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Six teenagers were killed in 1930 when a train hit a bus.
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Hikurangi is a service town for the local dairy industry.
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618:Hikurangi: The Story of a Coalmining Town
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725:"Coal Mine Flooded. 150 employees idle"
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674:Guide to Whangarei City and District
16:Settlement in Northland, New Zealand
1517:Northland Nightmares (roller derby)
1439:Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve
810:. New Zealand Ministry of Education
566:"Introduction to Whangarei geology"
541:The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand
168:4.00 km (1.54 sq mi)
1512:North Force (association football)
829:Education Counts: Hikurangi School
140: • Territorial Authority
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573:Geological Society of New Zealand
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1414:International Rally of Whangarei
262:. Three brothers were killed by
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808:"New Zealand Schools Directory"
539:Roger Smith, GeographX (2005).
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839:Malcolm, pp. 4, 18-19.
767:Statistics New Zealand
672:Parkes, W. F. (1992).
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1404:Cobham Oval
1240:Marsden Bay
1235:Langs Beach
1182:Nukutawhiti
1151:Whau Valley
1086:Morningside
998:Ocean Beach
881:New Zealand
730:Papers Past
379:2006 census
375:2013 census
278:Chatham Cup
248:gum-diggers
102:New Zealand
86: /
74:174°17′12″E
1532:Categories
1458:Government
1429:Okara Park
1369:Bream Head
1290:Waipu Cove
1071:Kensington
993:McLeod Bay
983:Bream Head
965:Whangaruru
915:Glenbervie
772:25 October
498:25 October
480:25 October
462:25 October
264:black damp
173:Population
135:Government
71:35°35′54″S
1419:Mair Park
1362:Landforms
1230:Bream Bay
1222:Bream Bay
1141:Tikipunga
1121:Riverside
1096:Otangarei
1033:Waikaraka
1023:Taurikura
1018:Tamaterau
1013:Taiharuru
1003:Parua Bay
960:Whakapara
935:Matapouri
925:Hūkerenui
920:Hikurangi
662:., p. 28.
402:Education
212:Whangārei
208:Northland
204:Hikurangi
35:Hikurangi
1280:Waiotira
1275:Tauraroa
1265:Portland
1156:Woodhill
1111:Raumanga
1101:Parahaki
1076:Mairtown
1061:Horahora
1038:Whareora
988:Kiripaka
955:Tutukaka
945:Ngunguru
658:Hayward
437:17 April
363:Source:
296:Portland
216:Kawakawa
117:District
1310:Islands
1270:Ruakākā
1197:Pipiwai
1192:Parakao
1187:Pakotai
1091:Onerahi
1066:Te Kamo
1056:Avenues
940:Matarau
324:±% p.a.
234:History
99:Country
1260:Otaika
1212:Titoki
1202:Poroti
1172:Kokopu
1116:Regent
1008:Pataua
950:Ōakura
680:
624:
547:
522:
358:+2.78%
347:−0.09%
107:Region
1500:Sport
1470:Mayor
1285:Waipu
1207:Purua
1081:Maunu
930:Kauri
660:et al
580:(PDF)
569:(PDF)
411:Notes
355:1,617
344:1,410
333:1,419
245:Kauri
181:1,780
1346:Lake
890:Seat
816:2024
774:2023
678:ISBN
622:ISBN
545:ISBN
520:ISBN
500:2023
482:2023
464:2023
439:2022
352:2018
341:2013
330:2006
319:Pop.
315:Year
241:flax
225:Kamo
160:Area
127:Ward
42:Town
1353:Ora
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