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Maungaturoto
Maungatūroto
View from the hills of Maungaturoto
View from the hills of Maungaturoto
Map
Interactive map of Maungaturoto
Coordinates: 36°06′35″S 174°21′15″E / 36.10972°S 174.35417°E / -36.10972; 174.35417
CountryNew Zealand
RegionNorthland Region
DistrictKaipara District
WardOtamatea Ward
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityKaipara District Council
 • Regional councilNorthland Regional Council
 • Mayor of KaiparaJonathan Larsen[1]
 • Northland MPGrant McCallum[2]
 • Te Tai Tokerau MPMariameno Kapa-Kingi[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total
3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2025)[5]
 • Total
950
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)

Maungaturoto is a town in the Northland Region of New Zealand. Maungaturoto is located at the head of the Wairau River. State Highway 12 runs through the town.

Geography

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Maungaturoto is located at the head of the Wairau River. State Highway 12 runs through the town.[6]

History

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Maungaturoto was settled by Albertlanders.[7]

In 1889 there was a proposal to establish a flour mill in the Maungaturoto Gorge. Wheat farmers had to travel 18 miles (29 km) to Waipu with the roads often impassible after heavy rain.[8]

Demographics

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Statistics New Zealand describes Maungatūroto as a rural settlement, which covers 3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi)[4] and had an estimated population of 950 as of June 2025,[5] with a population density of 300 people per km2. Maungatūroto is part of the larger Maungatūroto statistical area.

Historical population for Maungaturoto settlement
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006861—    
2013792−1.19%
2018915+2.93%
2023921+0.13%
Source: [9][10]

Maungatūroto had a population of 921 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 6 people (0.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 129 people (16.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 429 males, 489 females and 3 people of other genders in 330 dwellings.[11] 2.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 39.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 201 people (21.8%) aged under 15 years, 150 (16.3%) aged 15 to 29, 375 (40.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 192 (20.8%) aged 65 or older.[10]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 82.7% European (Pākehā); 29.0% Māori; 4.2% Pasifika; 3.3% Asian; 0.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.7%, Māori language by 6.5%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 4.9%. No language could be spoken by 2.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 39.7% Christian, 1.0% Hindu, 0.7% Islam, 5.5% Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.7% New Age, and 0.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 42.7%, and 9.1% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 60 (8.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 411 (57.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 222 (30.8%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $34,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 84 people (11.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 309 (42.9%) people were employed full-time, 102 (14.2%) were part-time, and 15 (2.1%) were unemployed.[10]

Maungatūroto statistical area

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Maungatūroto statistical area covers 21.60 km2 (8.34 sq mi)[4] and had an estimated population of 1,350 as of June 2025,[12] with a population density of 63 people per km2.

Historical population for Maungaturoto statistical area
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,113—    
20131,089−0.31%
20181,269+3.11%
20231,308+0.61%
Source: [13][14]
Photo taken from Gorge Road, Maungaturoto
Fonterra in Maungaturoto
View from the Hills of Maungaturoto

Maungatūroto had a population of 1,308 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 39 people (3.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 219 people (20.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 630 males, 672 females and 6 people of other genders in 465 dwellings.[15] 2.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 40.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 270 people (20.6%) aged under 15 years, 219 (16.7%) aged 15 to 29, 558 (42.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 264 (20.2%) aged 65 or older.[14]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 84.4% European (Pākehā); 26.8% Māori; 3.9% Pasifika; 3.0% Asian; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.9%, Māori language by 6.4%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 4.8%. No language could be spoken by 1.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 38.3% Christian, 0.7% Hindu, 0.5% Islam, 4.1% Māori religious beliefs, 0.2% Buddhist, 1.1% New Age, and 0.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 45.2%, and 9.4% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 84 (8.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 615 (59.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 312 (30.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $34,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 120 people (11.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 453 (43.6%) people were employed full-time, 159 (15.3%) were part-time, and 21 (2.0%) were unemployed.[14]

Education

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Otamatea High School is a secondary (years 7–13) school[16] with a roll of 573 students.[17] The school held its 50th reunion in 2016.[18] The District High School was established in Maungaturoto in 1939.[19] Otamatea High School won the Goodman Fielder Composite School of the Year Award in 2000.[20]

Maungaturoto School is a contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of 195 students.[21] It first opened in 1874.[22][23]

Otamatea Christian School is a composite state-integrated (years 1–13) school with a roll of 50 students.[24]

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of July 2026.[25]

Railway station

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An A class steam engine hauls a southbound Northland Express through Maungaturoto in the late 1920s with an AB class engine at its shed on the left.
The North Auckland Line at Maungaturoto in 2011.

About 2 km (1.2 mi) south west of the town,[26] Maungaturoto had a station on the North Auckland Line from 13 August 1915 to 12 June 1987. Passenger trains ended on 31 July 1967.[27] Refreshment rooms opened in 1923,[28] and had a hostel built for female refreshment room staff in 1940, but closed in November 1956. An engine shed was moved from Wellsford in 1920. Maungaturoto station also had a 30 ft (9.1 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards and a passing loop for 52 wagons. It was 89 mi 60 ch (144.4 km) from Auckland,[29] 3.82 km (2.37 mi) south east of Huarau and 6 km (3.7 mi) north west of Bickerstaffe.[30]

Notable people

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Notes

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  1. ↑ "Declaration of official local elections results". Kaipara District Council. 17 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Northland – Official Result". Electoral Commission. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Te Tai Tokerau – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Place name detail: 29433". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand.
  7. ↑ Orange, Claudia (2 March 2009). "Northland places". Upper Kaipara Harbour. Te Ara.
  8. ↑ Best, Simon; Robinson, James; Slocombe, Adrienne; Hawkins, Stuart; Low, Jennifer; Fisher, Tania; Thorne, Ben (December 2003). The Minister, the Miller and the Blacksmith: History and Archaeology of Three Early Waipu Identities (Report).
  9. ↑ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7001073, 7001075, 7001076, 7001078 and 7001079.
  10. 1 2 3 "Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses". Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer. Maungatūroto (1061). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses". Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Maungaturoto (109600). 2018 Census place summary: Maungaturoto
  14. 1 2 3 "Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses". Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer. Maungatūroto (109600). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses". Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Our school". Otamatea High School. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "Otamatea High School - Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz.
  18. ↑ "Otamatea High School and Maungaturoto District High School 50th Reunion 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  19. ↑ Ryburn, Wayne (1999). Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum. Auckland, N.Z.: Kaipara Publications. p. 167. ISBN 0-473-06176-7.
  20. ↑ "Welcome to Maungaturoto Information Pack" (PDF). Real Town Maungaturoto Inc. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  21. ↑ "Maungaturoto School - Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz.
  22. ↑ Ryburn, p 222
  23. ↑ "150th Jubilee 2024". Maungatūroto Primary School. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  24. ↑ "Otamatea Christian School - Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz.
  25. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  26. ↑ "1:63360 map Sheet: N28 Maungaturoto". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1943. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  27. ↑ Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012)
  28. ↑ "MAUNGATUROTO. NORTHERN ADVOCATE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 March 1923. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  29. ↑ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  30. ↑ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.
  31. ↑ "MacKENZIE, David James Masterton" (1952), p. 375.
  32. ↑ Jaime Lyth (20 October 2023). "Maungaturoto farmer announced as National's Northland candidate". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  33. ↑ Christian, Dionne. "Hayden Tee's remarkable success story. The New Zealand Herald, 12 October 2019.
  34. ↑ "Obituary". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXV, no. 23062. 13 June 1938. p. 12. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  35. ↑ Scholefield, Guy (1951). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1951 (5th ed.). Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 77.
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