Maraenui

Maraenui
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Coordinates: 39°31′02″S 176°54′05″E / 39.517220°S 176.901394°E / -39.517220; 176.901394
CountryNew Zealand
CityNapier
Local authorityNapier City Council
Electoral wardNelson Park
Area
 • Land105 ha (259 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total3,950
Onekawa Marewa
Maraenui
Meeanee Te Awa

Maraenui is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island.[3] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "great marae" for Maraenui.[4]

It is a lower socio-economic neighbourhood with a mix of owner occupied and state-owned Housing New Zealand properties, and has a high rate of synthetic drug use.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Hariss, Gavin. "Maraenui, Hawke's Bay". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
  4. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ Bradley, Anusha. "Marenui". Radio New Zealand. radionz.co.nz.