Flaxmere

Flaxmere (Māori: Paharakeke) is a township in the Hastings District and outlying suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. It consists of a series of cul-de-sacs, radiating from a main street.[1]

Flaxmere

Flaxmere has a population of 9,408 according to the 2013 Census. Areas within Flaxmere include Flaxmere East, Kingsley-Chatham, Lochain and Woolwich, according to the census units of Statistics NZ.[2]

Flaxmere was built to cater to the housing demand of Hastings. Flaxmere was intended to be an upper-middle class subdivision but because land was subdivided into smaller lots it turned into a low income neighbourhood. Flaxmere has one of the highest social deprivation index values of the Napier-Hastings metropolitan area, being exceeded only by the suburbs of Camberley and Maraenui.[3]

It has a small shopping centre with a supermarket, petrol station, post office, bakery, video store, butchery, indoor rock climbing centre, and various other businesses offering necessities and/or leisure. Other amenities include a library, police station, several churches and an indoor swimming complex, Flaxmere Waterworld.

Education

Flaxmere has four primary schools:

  • Flaxmere Primary School is co-educational state primary school,[4][5] with a roll of 429 as of March 2020.[6][7]
  • Peterhead School is a co-educational state primary school,[8] with a roll of 516 as of March 2020.[6][9]
  • Irongate School is a co-educational state primary school,[10] with a roll of 291 as of March 2020.[6][11]
  • Kimi Ora Community School is a co-educational state primary school,[12] with a roll of 132 as of March 2020.[6][13]

The township also has two other schools:

  • Flaxmere College is a co-educational state secondary school,[14][15] with a roll of 331 as of March 2020.[6][16]
  • Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngati Kahungunu Ki Heretaunga is a co-educational Year 1-13 Māori immersion school,[17] with a roll of 178 as of March 2020.[6][18]

References
  1. Hariss, Gavin. "Flaxmere, Hawke's Bay". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Statistics NZ Interactive Boundary Maps
  3. Ministry of Health 2006 Social Deprivation Scores for Census Units Flaxmere incorporates the following census units Kingsley-Chatham Score 1204 Lochain Score 1143 Flaxmere East Score 1141. Suburbs in Napier-Hastings with higher deprivation scores are: Camberley Score 1244 Maraenui Score 1252.
  4. "Official School Website". flaxmere.school.nz.
  5. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  6. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  8. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  9. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  10. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  11. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  12. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  13. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  14. "Official School Website". flaxmerecollege.co.nz.
  15. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  16. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  17. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  18. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.

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