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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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Statistics of the East Cape Region

Urban Population
Town 1911 1936 1951 1961 1961 Maoris
Gisborne 8,196 13,587 17,302 21,769 2,525
County Population
County 1911 1936 1951 1961 1961 Maoris
Matakaoa .. 1,833 1,906 1,827 1,517
Waiapu 1,734 6,301 6,251 5,694 4,370
Uawa .. 1,727 1,636 1,725 1,023
Waikohu 2,963 3,315 3,403 3,518 1,603
Cook 6,420 7,589 7,878 9,120 2,504
Total county 11,117 20,765 21,074 21,884 11,017
Total region 19,313 34,352 38,376 43,653 13,542
Land Occupation
County Average Area of Holdings 1960 Area Occupied 1960
acres acres
Matakaoa 823 156,371
Waiapu 972 431,595
Uawa 1,329 155,471
Waikohu 1,448 512,652
Cook 641 527,819
Cows in Milk
County Cows in Milk Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn 1960
1921–22 1951–52 1959–60
Matakaoa 196 1,779 931 0.97
Waiapu 660 4,610 3,013 0.78
Uawa 1,204 1,849 1,351 0.74
Waikohu 2,472 3,694 2,562 0.42
Cook 6,695 8,020 6,067 0.85
Total 11,227 19,952 13,924 ..
  • Soils and Agriculture of the Gisborne Plain, Pullar, W. A. (1963)
  • Proceedings of the Second N.Z. Geography Conference, Christchurch (1958)
  • “Maori Land in Northland and the East Coast,” Frazer, R. M.
  • N.Z. Journal of Agriculture, Vol. 81, No. 3, 1950, “Gisborne-East Cape District”.
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Samuel Harvey Franklin, B.COM.GEOG., M.A.(BIRMINGHAM), Senior Lecturer, Geography Department, Victoria University of Wellington.