It has a general store, petrol/diesel refueling station, cafe, commercial holiday park, electric vehicle charging station and airstrip, all of which are the northernmost in New Zealand.[1][2][3] The airstrip is used by Salt Air for excursions from the Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga.[4][5] The petrol station and general store burnt down on 8 October 2011[6] and were rebuilt and reopened on 22 December 2011.[7]
A side-road runs eastward from Waitiki Landing to Te Hāpua, the northernmost settlement in New Zealand. Five kilometres north-west on the highway, another side-road leads south-west to Te Paki Sand Dunes, beside Ninety Mile Beach.
Demographics
Waitaki Landing is in an SA1 statistical area which covers 207.20km2 (80.00sqmi)[8] and includes the area west of Parengarenga Harbour between Waitaki Landing and Tangoake. The SA1 area is part of the larger North Cape statistical area.[9]
The SA1 statistical area had a population of 114 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 9 people (8.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 21 people (22.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 36 households, comprising 60 males and 54 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female. The median age was 36.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 30 people (26.3%) aged under 15 years, 21 (18.4%) aged 15 to 29, 48 (42.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 18 (15.8%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 23.7% European/Pākehā, 81.6% Māori, and 13.2% Pacific peoples People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
Of those people who chose to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 15.8% had no religion, 44.7% were Christian and 36.8% had Māori religious beliefs.
Of those at least 15 years old, 3 (3.6%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 27 (32.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $24,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 6 people (7.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 36 (42.9%) people were employed full-time, 15 (17.9%) were part-time, and 6 (7.1%) were unemployed.[10]
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