Kawakawa, New Zealand

Kawakawa ƙaramin gari ne a yankin Bay of Islands na yankin Arewa ta New Zealand. Kawakawa ya ci gaba a matsayin garin sabis lokacin da aka sami gawayi a can a cikin shekarar 1860s, amma hakar kwal ya daina a farkon ƙarni na 20. Yanzu dai tattalin arzikin ya dogara ne akan noma.  Sunan garin da sunan kawakawa shrub. 

 Tarihi da al'adu 
Kawakawa ya fara bunƙasa a matsayin gari mai haƙar ma'adinai, wanda aka gano a can a cikin Maris ɗin shekarar 1864.   An buɗe hanyar tram ɗin da ke ɗauke da doki a cikin 1868 don ɗaukar kwal daga ma'adinan zuwa mashigar Taumarere . A cikin shekarar 1871 an sami motocin motsa jiki guda biyu kuma an haɓaka hanyar tram zuwa daidaitattun layin dogo. A cikin 1884 an buɗe layin dogo daga Kawakawa zuwa Opua, kuma wannan ya maye gurbin layin zuwa Taumarere wharf. Wurin ya kasance wuri na ƙarshen 19th/farkon ƙarni na 20th kauri mai tono ƙoda. 

A shekara ta 1899 akwai mazauna garin kusan 1,000, wanda aka gina musamman akan tudu. A shekara ta 1899 gobara ta lalata duka gine-ginen sai kaɗan. An sake gina garin a kan falon, tare da titin jirgin kasa. An gina tashar jirgin kasa na yanzu a cikin shekarar 1911.

An kammala layin dogo kudu zuwa Whangārei a cikin shekarar 1911. An daina haƙar kwal a Kawakawa a farkon ƙarni na 20.

Hedikwatar gundumar Bay of Islands ta kasance a cikin Kawakawa  har sai da aka kafa gundumar a cikin shekarar 1989.

 Mara 
Kawakawa yana da marae huɗu da ke da alaƙa da hapū na Ngāpuhi, duk sun dogara kusan 5 km kudu da garin a Waiomio. Mohinui Marae da gidan taronsa na Hohourongo suna da alaƙa da Ngāti Hine da Ngāti Kahu o Torongare . Kawiti Marae da Te Tawai Riri Maihi Kawiti meeting house, Miria Marae da Te Rapunga meeting house da Te Kotahitanga da gidan tarukan suna iri daya suma suna da alaƙa da Ngāti Hine .  

A cikin watan Oktoban shekarar 2020, Gwamnati ta ƙaddamar da $297,133 daga Asusun Ci gaban Lardi don haɓaka Mohinui Marae, ƙirƙirar ayyuka 3. Hakanan ya ba da $168,084 don haɓaka Miria Marae, ƙirƙirar ayyuka 14. 

 Alkaluma 
Kawakawa ya rufe     kuma yana da kiyasin yawan jama'a 1,670 tun daga June 2023,  tare da yawan jama'a na 965 a kowace kilomita 2 .

Kawakawa yana da yawan jama'a 1,464 a ƙidayar New Zealand ta 2018, haɓakar mutane 249 (20.5%) tun daga ƙidayar 2013, da ƙaruwar mutane 138 (10.4%) tun daga ƙidayar 2006 . Akwai gidaje 426, wanda ya ƙunshi maza 732 da mata 732, wanda ya ba da rabon jima'i na maza 1.0 kowace mace. Tsakanin shekarun ya kasance shekaru 31.7 (idan aka kwatanta da shekaru 37.4 a cikin ƙasa), tare da mutane 405 (27.7%) masu shekaru ƙasa da shekaru 15, 297 (20.3%) masu shekaru 15 zuwa 29, 606 (41.4%) masu shekaru 30 zuwa 64, da 156 (10.7) %) shekaru 65 ko sama da haka.

Ƙabilun sun kasance 41.6% na Turai/Pākehā, 73.8% Māori, 8.2% mutanen Pacific, 4.5% Asiya, da 1.0% sauran ƙabilun. Mutane na iya bambanta da ƙabila fiye da ɗaya.

Adadin mutanen da aka haifa a ketare ya kai 9.4, idan aka kwatanta da 27.1% na kasa.

Ko da yake wasu mutane sun zaɓi ba su amsa tambayar ƙidayar jama'a game da alaƙar addini, 43.0% ba su da addini, 37.1% Kirista ne, 9.2% suna da akidar addinin Māori, 1.2% Hindu, 0.2% Musulmai ne, 0.6% mabiya addinin Buddha ne kuma 2.7% sauran addinai.

A cikin waɗanda akalla shekaru 15, 123 (11.6%) mutane sun sami digiri na farko ko mafi girma, kuma 231 (21.8%) mutane ba su da kwarewa. Matsakaicin kuɗin shiga ya kasance $22,800, idan aka kwatanta da $31,800 na ƙasa. Mutane 69 (6.5%) sun sami sama da dala 70,000 idan aka kwatanta da kashi 17.2% na kasa baki daya. Matsayin aikin na waɗanda aƙalla 15 shine cewa mutane 465 (43.9%) suna aiki na cikakken lokaci, 156 (14.7%) na ɗan lokaci, kuma 102 (9.6%) ba su da aikin yi. 

 Siffofin 
Ana kiran garin da "Garin Jirgin kasa", saboda hanyar jirgin ƙasa ta Bay of Islands Vintage Railway tana gudana a tsakiyar babban titin sa akan tsohon layin dogo na Reshen Opua .  na  an sake buɗe waƙa a cikin 2008.  A halin yanzu jiragen ƙasa ba za su iya haye "Dogon Gada" ba saboda ba a sake gyara layin dogo ba tun lokacin da aka sake tara shi, kuma ana amfani da hanyar da ke tsakanin wannan gada a Taumarere da Opua a matsayin wani bangare na hanyar Cyclepath na Twin Coast. Lokacin da aka sake gyara layin dogo, za a motsa hanyar zagayawa kusa da waƙar.

Garin kuma sananne ne don shingen bayan gida na Hundertwasser, wanda ɗan wasan Austrian Friedensreich Hundertwasser ya tsara, wanda mazaunin garin ne daga 1975 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 2000. 

Kawiti glowworm kogon da ke kusa da Waiomio shima abin jan hankali ne.

 Ilimi 
Makarantar Firamare ta Kawakawa cikakkiyar makarantar firamare ce (shekaru 1-8) mai tarin ɗalibai 192 . 

Kwalejin Bay of Islands makarantar sakandare ce (shekaru 9-13) tare da jerin ɗalibai 484 .  Yana ɗaukar ɗalibai daga kewayen Bay of Islands da tsakiyar Northland, tare da kashi 85% na ɗalibanta suna tafiya kowace rana ta bas don halarta. 

Cibiyar Ilimin Yara ta Te Mirumiru, kusa da Ofishin Kawakawa, ta ƙunshi sassan koyar da harsuna biyu cikin harshen Māori .

Te Kohanga Reo o Kawakawa, mai kora whanau, cibiyar ƙuruciya ta nutsar da cikin yaren maori

Dukan makarantun biyu na ilimi ne. Rolls har zuwa February 2024. 

Makarantar Karetu tana nan kusa, cikin Karetu .

 Fitattun mutane 

 Terryann Clark - Farfesa
 Kelvin Davis - ɗan siyasa
 Jack Goodhue - dan wasan rugby
 Pita Paraone - ɗan siyasa
 Willow-Jean Prime - ɗan siyasa
 Joe Schmidt - kocin rugby
 Noma Shepherd - jagoran al'umma
 Telusa Veainu – ɗan wasan rugby

 Manazarta 

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Bay of Islands College
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