Wharewaka
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Wharewaka is a suburb of Taupo
Taupo
Taupo is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region....

, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It stretches from Rainbow Point to Five Mile Bay on the west side of State Highway 1
State Highway 1 (New Zealand)
State Highway 1 is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand roading network, running the length of both main islands. It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the...

. Wharewaka lies on a small point of land next to Lake Taupo
Lake Taupo
Lake Taupo is a lake situated in the North Island of New Zealand. With a surface area of , it is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand, and the second largest freshwater lake by surface area in geopolitical Oceania after Lake Murray ....

 and 1.6 km northwest of the Taupo Airport
Taupo Airport
Taupo Airport is a small airport 8 km to the south of Taupo township on the eastern shores of Lake Taupo, New Zealand....

.It has a population of 462 Wharewaka is one of the more upper class areas of Taupo.

Wharewaka has a large proportion of holiday homes. Recent developments such as the Wharewaka Point Development and the Lakeside development have seen a rise in population.

Wharewaka Point is a busy swimming beach during the summer. It is popular with Tourists and locals alike.

Wharewaka is also the location of the Summerset retirement village.
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Demoraphics

European 85.3
Māori 2.7
Pacific peoples 0.7
Asian 0.7
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African 0.0
Other ethnicity 14.7

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