Horotiu, Waikato
| Horotiu | |
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| Coordinates: 37°41′55″S 175°11′44″E / 37.69861°S 175.19556°ECoordinates: 37°41′55″S 175°11′44″E / 37.69861°S 175.19556°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Waikato Region |
| District | Waikato District |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2013 census) | |
| • Territorial | 771 |
| Time zone | NZST (UTC+12) |
| • Summer (DST) | NZDT (UTC+13) |
Horotiu is a small township on the west bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is on the Waikato Plains 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Hamilton and 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Ngāruawāhia. From early in the 20th century it developed around a freezing works and other industries. The North Island Main Trunk railway runs through the town, as did State Highway 1 until opening of part of the Waikato Expressway in 2013. An hourly bus runs between Huntly and Hamilton.
The name, Horotiu, seems to have been used interchangeably with Waikato River, or Pukete. Its first use for the current township seems to occur in 1864, shortly after the invasion of the Waikato. Until then, Horotiu was the name of the upper Waikato river, where its current became faster and of Horotiu pā, on its banks, near Cambridge. An 1858 map only shows the name as Horotiu Plains in the area near the pā. The name, Horotiu, for the Waikato River, upstream from Ngāruawāhia, seems to have remained in use until the 1920s, though the 1859 map named it as Waikato.
Horotiu and Pukete parishes existed from at least 1867, but, until the 1900s, Horotiu was often referred to as Pukete, a name now used for the Hamilton suburb 6 km (3.7 mi) upstream. The railway station changed its name on 23 June 1907, when the proposed post office was referred to as Horotiu (Pukete), and the name of the school was changed from Pukete to Horotiu in 1911. The post office closed in 1988.
Horotiu area unit had the census figures shown in the table below. Growth to 1,390 is planned by 2040. In the 2013 census, 24.5% of the population were Māori, 6.8% spoke te reo Māori, 10.2% were born overseas, 77.1% were owner-occupiers, 12.4% held a degree, unemployment was 5.3%, 77.4% had Internet access and 560 worked in factories.
Taupo Pumice Alluvium (Q1a) was deposited on the Hinuera Formation (Q2a) until about 15,000 years ago. Some of the alluvium has been dug for sand and gravel. The Hinuera formation is also sand and gravel, interbedded with silt and some peat. In the last 14,000 years the Waikato River has cut into these formations, forming a low terrace and then cutting deeper.
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