page_title: Marsden Point
section_title: Its people
hierarchical_section_title: Marsden Point / Its people
caption_attribution_description: Marsden Point Oil Refinery, New Zealand, viewed from atop Mt Manaia near the Whangarei Heads.
context_page_description: Marsden Point lies 30 kilometres southeast of Whangarei and around 140 kilometres from Auckland's CBD. It forms the south-eastern tip of the entrance to the Whangarei Harbour on the east coast of Northland, New Zealand.
  The Greater Marsden Point Area extends from One Tree Point within the Whangarei Harbour, to just south of the Ruakaka township on the coast, a total land area of some 2,500 hectares.
  The area is recognised for being home to two significant assets of New Zealand infrastructure – Northport, a purpose built cargo port, and Refining NZ, the country’s only oil refinery.
  The Greater Marsden Point Area falls within the Whangarei District Council and the Northland Regional Council boundaries.
context_section_description: At the 2013 census, the Marsden Point-Ruakaka Census Area Unit was home to approximately 3,600 people, with the majority living in one of three residential settlements:
  One Tree Point - c. 1,000
  Marsden Cove - c. 500
  Ruakaka – c. 1,900
  The tangata whenua – the people of the land -are the Patuharakeke hapu whose rohe - area – stretches on the seaward side from a point at the north of Mangawhai Heads to the entrance of the Mangapai River just south of Whangarei.
  The population swells over summer months with visitors who either own holiday homes or stay at one of several motels and camping grounds in the area.
  According to the 2013 census, there were 1,450 paid employees within the following industries:
  46.2% in manufacturing
  11.7% in construction
  9.7% in transport, postal and warehousing
  6.2% in professional, scientific and technical roles
  5.9% in education and training
caption: The refinery at Marsden Point
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