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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 North Auckland Region

Urban Population
Town 1911 1936 1951 1961 1961 Maoris
Kaitaia 237 780 1,799 2,706 518
Kaikohe 132 662 1,609 2,732 707
Whangarei 2,664 7,152 11,851 17,880 1,239
Dargaville 1,291 2,176 2,809 3,733 322
Total 4,324 10,770 18,068 27,051 2,786
Land Occupation
County Average Area of Holdings 1960 Area Occupied 1960
acres acres
Mangonui 337 356,894
Whangaroa 345 102,149
Hokianga 272 244,496
Bay of Islands 291 461,269
Whangarei 292 572,385
Hobson 357 367,813
Otamatea 290 257,367
Rodney 281 280,786
County Population
County 1911 1936 1951 1961 1961 Maoris
Mangonui 2,868 7,970 7,598 7,563 3,359
Whangarei 775 2,533 2,446 2,304 960
Hokianga 3,041 8,638 7,760 6,006 3,390
Bay of Islands 3,015 9,921 11,788 13,731 6,188
Whangarei 7,854 13,128 15,272 16,393 2,767
Hobson 4,078 6,481 6,229 6,366 1,205
Otamatea 3,548 5,184 6,081 6,936 970
Rodney 4,249 5,633 6,465 7,802 621
Total county 29,428 59,488 63,639 67,101 19,460
Total region 33,752 70,258 81,707 94,152 22,246
Cows in Milk
County Cows in Milk Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn 1960
1921–22 1951–52 1959–60
Mangonui 7,733 33,338 33,670 33·01
Whangaroa 1,648 6,497 6,245 17·15
Hokianga 7,820 24,277 22,979 25·24
Bay of Islands 10,165 29,438 28,502 14·10
Whangarei 23,840 74,189 77,328 30·14
Hobson 12,573 41,196 40,049 19·44
Otamatea 10,999 37,060 34,539 15·08
Rodney 8,320 30,975 30,892 10·33
Total 83,098 276,697 274,204 ..

by Samuel Harvey Franklin, B.COM.GEOG., M.A.(BIRMINGHAM), Senior Lecturer, Geography Department, Victoria University of Wellington.

  • Report on the Provisional Land Utilisation Survey of North Auckland, Department of Lands and Survey (1954)
  • N.Z. Geographer, Vol. 8, Oct 1952, “The Maori Population of Northern New Zealand”, Metge, J.
Co-creator
by Samuel Harvey Franklin, B.COM.GEOG., M.A.(BIRMINGHAM), Senior Lecturer, Geography Department, Victoria University of Wellington.