Story: Hawke’s Bay region

Land area

• Hawke’s Bay: 14,641 sq km
• New Zealand: 268,690 sq km

Climate

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

Napier

• Mean temperature, January: 19.5°C
• Mean temperature, July: 9.3°C
• Mean annual rainfall: 803 mm
• Mean annual sunshine: 2,188 hours

Total population, 2006

• Hawke’s Bay: 159,063
• New Zealand: 4,027,947

Ethnic affiliation, 2006

(Multiple responses allowed)

European

• Hawke’s Bay: 74.3%
• New Zealand: 67.6%

New Zealander¹

• Hawke’s Bay: 11.1%
• New Zealand: 11.1%

Māori

• Hawke’s Bay: 25.3%
• New Zealand: 14.6%

Pacific Island

• Hawke’s Bay: 2.2%
• New Zealand: 6.9%

Asian (including Indian)

• Hawke’s Bay: 1.3%
• New Zealand: 9.2%

Principal tribes and sub-tribes

Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine

Population of major urban areas, 2006

• Hastings (including Havelock North): 62,121
• Napier: 56,286

Age distribution, 2006

Under 15

• Hawke’s Bay: 22.3%
• New Zealand: 21.5%

15–64

• Hawke’s Bay: 63.3%
• New Zealand: 66.2%

65 and over

• Hawke’s Bay: 13.8%
• 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

• Hawke’s Bay: 13.5%
• New Zealand: 6.8%

Manufacturing

• Hawke’s Bay: 13.8%
• New Zealand: 11.0%

Professional services

• Hawke’s Bay: 4.6%
• New Zealand: 7.8%

Unemployment, 2006

• Hawke’s Bay: 4.6%
• New Zealand: 5.1%

Livestock numbers, 2007

Sheep

• Hawke’s Bay: 3,624,018
• New Zealand: 38,460,477

Dairy cattle

• Hawke’s Bay: 80,200
• New Zealand: 5,260,850

Beef cattle

• Hawke’s Bay: 438,366
• New Zealand: 4,393,617
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