Rāwhiti or Te Rāwhiti is a small beachfront town about 27km from Russell in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand. Most of the land in the area is owned by Māori. There are two marae — Kaingahoa and Te Rāwhiti. Rāwhiti was home to the Ngāre Raumati iwi prior to 1826, when elements of the Ngāpuhi iwi raided the eastern regions of the Bay of Islands, defeating them and taking their lands by conquest. This was in retaliation for a raid on Okuratope pā at Waimate North by the Ngāre Raumati in 1800, where the chief Te Maoi's wife, Te Auparo, and their daughter, Te Karehu, were murdered and eaten. Rāwhiti is now home to the descendants of a number of former Ngāpuhi war chiefs including brothers Rewa and Moka 'Kainga-mataa'. Their older brother Te Wharerahi chose to reside nearby at Paroa Bay. These three brothers formed the Patukeha (killing in a turnip garden) hapū in memory of their slain mother, Te Auparo. Marae The area has two Ngāpuhi marae. Kaingahoa Rāwhiti Marae and its Tūmanako meeting house are affiliated with the hapū of Patukeha. Te Rāwhiti or Omakiwi Marae and Te Rāwhiti meeting house are affiliated with Ngāti Kuta and Patukeha. In October 2020, the Government committed $205,804 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Te Rāwhiti Marae, creating 9 jobs. Demographics Rāwhiti is in an SA1 statistical area which includes Cape Brett Peninsula and the eastern islands in the Bay of Islands. It covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Russell Forest-Rawhiti statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 138 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 3 people (2.2%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 12 people (−8.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 45 households, comprising 57 males and 81 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.7 males per female. The median age was 43.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 30 people (21.7%) aged under 15 years, 27 (19.6%) aged 15 to 29, 57 (41.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 24 (17.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 37.0% European/Pākehā, 82.6% Māori, 13.0% Pacific peoples, 2.2% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 37.0% had no religion, 28.3% were Christian, 21.7% had Māori religious