Story: Hauraki–Coromandel region

Land area

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 3,441 sq km
• New Zealand: 268,690 sq km

Climate

(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research data, 1971–2000)

Thames

• Mean temperature, January: 19.7°C
• Mean temperature, July: 10.5°C
• Mean annual rainfall: 1,151mm
• Mean annual sunshine: 1,858 hours

Total population, 2006

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 43,881
• New Zealand: 4,027,947

Ethnic affiliation, 2006

(Multiple responses allowed)

European

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 78.1%
• New Zealand: 67.6%

New Zealander¹

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 12.8%
• New Zealand:11.1%

Māori

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 17.3%
• New Zealand: 14.6%

Pacific Island

• Hauraki: 1.6%
• New Zealand: 6.9%

Asian (including Indian)

• Hauraki: 1.6%
• New Zealand: 9.2%

Principal tribes

Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Hei, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pukenga.

Population of major urban area, 2006

• Thames: 6,756

Age distribution, 2006

Under 15

• Hauraki: 19.5%
• New Zealand: 21.5%

15–64

• Hauraki: 61%
• New Zealand: 66.2%

65 and over

• Hauraki: 19.5%
• New Zealand: 12.3%

Employment by industry, 2006

(Figures are for workers aged 15 and over, in selected industries in which the region’s employment pattern is most distinctive)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 13.6%
• New Zealand: 6.8%

Construction

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 10.5%
• New Zealand: 7.5%

Professional, scientific and technical

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 4.0%
• New Zealand: 7.8%

Unemployment, 2006

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 4.4%
• New Zealand: 5.1%

Livestock numbers, 2007

Sheep

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 135,445
• New Zealand: 38,460,477

Dairy cattle

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 180,674
• New Zealand: 5,260,850

Beef cattle

• Hauraki–Coromandel: 57,536
• New Zealand: 4,393,617