Purerua Peninsula
peninsula in New Zealand
Purerua Peninsula is a peninsula on the northwest side of the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. Te Puna Inlet lies to the south of the peninsula. Communities on the peninsula are Purerua, Te Tii and Taronui Bay. Rangihoua Bay is at the southern end of the peninsula.
Te Tii has two marae, belonging to the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Rēhia: Hiruhārama Hou Marae and meeting house, and Whitiora Marae and Te Ranga Tira Tanga meeting house.
Another local marae, Wharengaere, is a meeting place of the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Mau and Ngāti Torehina.
Demographics
Purerua Peninsula covers 48.21 km2 (18.61 sq mi). It is part of the larger Rangitane-Purerua statistical area.
Purerua Peninsula had a population of 222 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 21 people (10.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 51 people (29.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 117 males and 105 females in 81 dwellings.
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