page_title: South Waikato District
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: South Waikato District / Population
caption_attribution_description: English: Te Tikanga a Tawhiao meeting house, Ngatira. Image shows a closeup view of the right amo with the photographer Albert Percy Godber standing beside it. Taken by Godber circa 1930.
context_page_description: South Waikato District is a local government district in the Waikato Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located between the cities of Hamilton to the north, Rotorua to the east, Taupō to the south and Ruapehu District to the west.
  The seat of the South Waikato District Council is at Tokoroa, the biggest town. The other main towns are Putāruru, Tīrau and Arapuni.
context_section_description: The district's population in June 2019 was 25,100, of whom 54.4% lived in Tokoroa. Putāruru's population was 4,280. The region's population decreased markedly during the 1990s, dropping over 4000 since the 1991 census.
  Ngāti Raukawa is the Maori tribe of the area and goes back 20–25 generations. There are 32 marae in the district, Papa te Aroha marae (Catholic Community), Aotearoa marae, Pikitu marae (Nga-Huri), Pōhara marae (Ngati Koroki), Whakaaratamaiti marae (Ngati Mahana), Mangakaretu marae (Ngati Ahuru), Ngatira marae (Ngati Ahuru), Tarukenga marae (Ngati Te-Ngakau), Mokai marae (Ngati Te Kohera), Ongaroto marae (Ngati Whaita), Paparamu marae (Ngati Te Apunga), Te Ruapeka marae (Ngati Tukorehe), among others
caption: Amo.at a.meeting house in Ngatira
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