of those at least 15 was that 1,170 (52.6%) people were employed full-time, 300 (13.5%) were part-time, and 96 (4.3%) were unemployed. People John Rochford (1832–1893) died in the Star Hotel and is buried in the Kihikihi Cemetery near the Kihikihi Primary school. He was one of the first to survey the routes of today's railways in both the North and South Islands. A reserve in Kihikhi commemorates the name of John Rochford. Rewi Maniapoto (1807–1894) lived in Kihikihi, on the site of the Rewi Maniapoto Reserve and the memorial. Kihikihi stood at the core of the productive farm-lands that Maori developed in the 1850s with the help of CMS missionaries. The district supplied food to new settlers in Auckland for a brief period. The area became the heartland of anti-government Maori in 1863, during the New Zealand Wars. Archaeological sites 20 archaeological sites have been identified in the town, 9 of which are listed by Heritage New Zealand - c1868 Alpha Hotel 1879 Major Jackson's House 1881 Christ Church (Anglican) 1883 Star Hotel 1894 Rewi Maniapoto Memorial and Reserve 1904 Town Hall 1907 Constable's House and Police Station 1920 World War One Memorial 94 Lyon St Under the Reserves Act 1977, a management plan for some of the historic area was drawn up for Waipa District Council. Education Kihikihi School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of Kihikihi is a dual medium Kura, meaning there is an Aoraki stream taught in English, and a Rumaki stream taught entirely in Te Reo Māori. It opened in 1873, and moved to its current site in 1884. It was destroyed by fire in 1938, and rebuilt in 1952. Transport Kihikihi is on SH3. An infrequent bus service operated by GoBus links it to Te Awamutu and Hamilton. The Kihikihi Trail cycleway to Te Awamutu opened in 2017. References Populated places in Waikato Waipa District