crops irrigated with the contaminated water. On 11 February, the Dunedin City Council also confirmed that it would drain a raw water reservoir and replace 5 kilometers of old pipes in order to reassure local residents. By 10 March, the Southern District Health Board confirmed that 1,512 people had been tested, with blood test results indicating that nobody had a blood lead level requiring hospitalisation and that long term exposure to lead from the water supply was limited. Norable people Truby King The name Karitane is often associated with pioneering paediatrician and psychiatrist Sir Truby King, founder of the Plunket Society. The name is echoed in many New Zealand child-related services and products: Plunket set up a string of neonatal care institutions known throughout the country as Karitane Hospitals, starting here in Truby King's house, Kingscliff A type of infant formula, Karicare, now made by Nutricia, as well as earlier brands Karilac and Kariol made by the Karitane Products Society are named after the town Karitane Nurse (historically) a type of nurse in New Zealand specialising in infant care Community Karitane, a type of community worker in New Zealand advising on parenting issues such as breastfeeding, nutrition, sleep and behaviour. Karitane yellow, an informal name for a (baby-excrement-coloured) unpleasant shade of yellow After 40 years absence in the market the Karilac brand has relaunched with a new infant formula called Shegoa which is made from goat and sheep milk. Truby King also worked at nearby Seacliff Lunatic Asylum. Orpheus Beaumont Orpheus Beaumont, a woman from Karitane who entered and won the international Navy competition to invent the modern life jacket in 1918. Demographics Karitane is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement. It covers . It is part of the much larger Bucklands Crossing statistical area. Karitane had a population of 405 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 42 people (11.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 57 people (16.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 192 households. There were 198 males and 207 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 66 people (16.3%) aged under 15 years, 42 (10.4%) aged 15 to 29, 195 (48.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 102 (25.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 92.6% European/Pākehā, 11.1% Māori, 0.7% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify