| Tiroa | |
| Settlement Type: | Rural locality |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 9 |
| Coordinates: | -38.51°N 175.51°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | New Zealand |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Manawatū-Whanganui region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Waitomo District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Ward |
| Subdivision Name3: | Waitomo Rural Ward |
| Leader Title: | Territorial Authority |
| Leader Name: | Waitomo District Council |
| Leader Title1: | Regional council |
| Leader Name1: | Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council |
| Leader Title2: | Mayor of Waitomo |
| Leader Title3: | Taranaki-King Country MP |
| Leader Title4: | Hauraki-Waikato MP |
| Seat Type: | Electorates |
| Area Total Km2: | 182.32 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode(s) |
| Postal Code: | 3982 |
Tiroa is a rural locality in the Waitomo District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. runs through the area.[1] The name means "tall cabbage tree".[2]
Pao Mīere, a Māori prophetic movement, built a cross-shaped whare wānanga (house of learning) called Te Miringa Te Kakara near Tiroa about 1887. It was destroyed by fire in 1983.[3] [4] [5]
Tiroa School operated from about 1900[6] with the buildings replaced in 1925.[7] The school was open at least until 1958.[8]
Tiroa covers 182.32km2[9] and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.
Tiroa had a population of 45 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 3 people (7.1%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 6 people (−11.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 27 males and 18 females in 21 dwellings.[10] The median age was 41.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 3 people (6.7%) aged under 15 years, 12 (26.7%) aged 15 to 29, 21 (46.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 9 (20.0%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 40.0% European (Pākehā), and 73.3% Māori. English was spoken by 100.0%, Māori by 26.7%, and Samoan by 6.7%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 6.7%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 20.0% Christian, and 13.3% Māori religious beliefs. People who answered that they had no religion were 53.3%, and 13.3% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 30 (71.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 12 (28.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $39,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 18 (42.9%) full-time, 6 (14.3%) part-time, and 3 (7.1%) unemployed.[11]
