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welcomed him believed the pā had been disused for a generation since it had been attacked by a
Tauranga chief who married the slain chief's wife and settled peacefully into the area. Whitianga rock has several holes cut into the stone that were used as firepits, water stores, and palisade holes. Cook noted burnt palisade stumps as evidence that an earlier attack had evicted the ancient pā's residents.
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In 2013 Whitianga had an unemployment level of 6.2%, lower than the national average of 7.1. 36.2% of households with income were in the lowest quartile, earning under $ 33,000 (versus 25% of people nationwide), 33.5% in the medium lowest (versus 25% nationwide), 21% in the medium highest (versus 25%
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is protected on three sides by sheer cliffs. The hill leading up to the pā on the fourth side is defended by a 22-foot man-made ditch which is now part of the track leading down to Back Bay where pā inhabitants had access to shellfish. On Cook's visit to the site in
November 1769, the inhabitants who
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74.8% of
Whitianga residents are New Zealand born, 85.1% identify as European, and 17% are of Maori descent. Whitianga has a relatively large number of older residents. 32.3% of residents are aged 60 years and over (the New Zealand average for this age group is 19.8%). It also has a large number of
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coming to load timber. Overseas vessels of 2000 tons with a draught of 18" and carrying with their decks loads over a million feet of timber worked the harbour entrance. The larger ships were towed into the port from near Centre Island. Over a period of sixty years, it is estimated over 500 million
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From Cook's journal – "my reasons for putting in here were the hopes of discerning a good harbour and the desire I had of being in some convenient place to observe the
Transit of Mercury, which happens on the 9th instant and will be wholly visible here if the day is clear between 5 and 6 o'clock."
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Of those at least 15 years old, 567 (12.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,011 (21.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 450 people (9.8%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,788 (38.8%) people were employed
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Mercury Bay Area School is a coeducational composite (years 1–13) school with a roll of 931 as of August 2024. The first primary school opened in the area in 1872. A District High School opened in 1951 and moved to the present site two years later. In
February 1981 it became an area school.
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Whitianga stone wharf, built in 1838 on that east bank of the river, is the oldest remaining wharf in the country. It served a timber mill and shipbuilding yard. It was renovated in 2015. The ferry across the river uses the wharf as its eastern terminal.
422:. There were 2,271 households, comprising 2,691 males and 2,805 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 882 people (16.1%) aged under 15 years, 729 (13.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,310 (42.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,575 (28.7%) aged 65 or older.
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or holiday homes. 39.1% of the private dwellings in
Whitianga were unoccupied on Census night, 2013. (By contrast, the average number of unoccupied dwellings in New Zealand was 11.1%).
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fleet in 1881. Their weekly service from
Auckland ended about 1947. The Minister of Conservation approved construction of a marina in the former wharf area on 24 November 1992.
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along the 5 km (3 mi) long east-facing
Buffalo Beach. In 1928 there was a controversy about changing the name of the town to Mercury Bay. On 21 June 2019 Whitianga was
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nationwide), and 9.4% earned income over $ 109,431 which put them in the highest quartile (versus 25% nationwide). Whitianga scored 1008 on the Social
Deprivation Index.
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took formal ownership of it in 1926. By 1927 there were complaints that it was silting up. On 4 March 1932 a replacement was completed. It was removed in May 1964. SS
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The area surrounding
Whitianga (222 square km) is currently under a mineral prospecting license granted by the Crown to mining company Waihi Gold (a subsidiary of
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Whitianga covers 17.20 km (6.64 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 6,440 as of June 2023, with a population density of 374 people per km.
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is a wreck in Mercury Bay; this ship was the first ship to settle the people of the Adelaide company who established the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
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ship which was wrecked during a storm while anchored in Mercury Bay. Her anchor can be seen at a monument at Buffalo Beach.
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planes. InterCity buses and Go Kiwi Shuttle serve the community with transportation to Whitianga from
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An annual scallop festival is held in September every year to celebrate seafood, particularly
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Whitianga Pā, located on the ferry landing side of the river is a notable site. According to
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marine reserve and associated famous beach and cave. Cathedral Cove was used in the movie
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history the earliest known chief occupying the rock was Hei Turepe. The
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full-time, 879 (19.1%) were part-time, and 93 (2.0%) were unemployed.
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was exported in 1844. It reached its peak in 1899 when over 11,000
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expedition astronomer who died on the homeward journey in 1771.
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of gum was exported at an average of $ 120 per ton.
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Whitianga hotel wharf was built in the early 1870s.
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2123:"Ministry of Works Files – Mercury Bay / Whitianga"
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580:Whitianga is located on the eastern side of the
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1523:A view of Whitianga from the surrounding hills.
625:Whitianga Ferry, which crosses to Ferry Landing
2355:"Go Kiwi daily shuttle Auckland to Coromandel"
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1773:"Slight decdrease. Hauraki Plains Gazette"
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1443:was exported from the Whitianga district.
2314:. Mercury Bay Area School. Archived from
2300:Education Counts: Mercury Bay Area School
111:Learn how and when to remove this message
2200:"Peninsula news. Hauraki Plains Gazette"
1856:"Whitianga or, Mercury Bay? Thames Star"
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2097:"Work of the month. Thames Star"
1951:"Old Stone Wharf, Ferry Landing"
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2148:"Shipping. New Zealand Herald"
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2265:"Whitianga Community Profile"
2225:Robert McClean (April 1999).
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1192:Average rainfall mm (inches)
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123:Place in Waikato, New Zealand
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2904:Whitianga Festival of Speed
2330:"Bus Auckland to Whitianga"
1977:"Whitianga Old Stone Wharf"
1702:(territorial authorities);
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1303:Captain Cook's visit – 1769
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2977:Thames-Coromandel District
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1641:"ArcGIS Web Application"
1615:Whitianga Speed Festival
1598:, and Coromandel's CFM.
1587:The Mercury Bay Informer
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640:Buffalo Beach, Whitianga
327:region of New Zealand's
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453:Māori religious beliefs
412:2018 New Zealand census
298:370/km (970/sq mi)
2889:Thames School of Mines
2884:Thames railway station
2844:Coromandel Forest Park
2250:. Greenspot Guardians.
2248:"What is Permit 53325"
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1596:Coromandel's More FM
1570:Coromandel Peninsula
1550:GippsAero GA8 Airvan
1459:Coromandel Peninsula
702:Record high °C (°F)
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321:Coromandel Peninsula
295: • Density
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2899:Whitianga Aerodrome
2771:Geographic features
2681:Tairua-Pauanui C.B.
2334:www.intercity.co.nz
2318:on 14 October 2008.
2312:"School Background"
2180:. 17 September 1881
1538:Whitianga Aerodrome
1480:Newmont Corporation
1361:European settlement
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2854:Hauraki Rail Trail
2828:Whangapoua Harbour
2206:. 3 September 1947
2154:. 17 December 1879
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