' s ▁centre . ▁W ak ari ▁lies ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁upper ▁reaches ▁of ▁the ▁Ka ikor ai ▁Valley , ▁and ▁is ▁also ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Ka ikor ai . ▁The ▁sub ur bs ▁of ▁Ros lyn ▁and ▁Ma ori ▁Hill ▁are ▁situated ▁on ▁the ▁r idge ▁immediately ▁to ▁the ▁sout heast ▁and ▁east ▁of ▁W ak ari . ▁The ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Half way ▁Bush ▁lies ▁to ▁the ▁north west , ▁and ▁the ▁smaller ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Hel ens burgh ▁lies ▁to ▁the ▁north . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁New ▁Zealand ▁census , ▁W ak ari ▁has ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 3 , 1 2 3 , ▁an ▁increase ▁of ▁ 5 4 ▁people ▁since ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁census . ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 , 4 9 7 ▁males ▁and ▁ 1 , 6 2 3 ▁females . ▁Fig ures ▁have ▁been ▁rounded ▁and ▁may ▁not ▁add ▁up ▁to ▁tot als . ▁ ▁W ak ari ▁is ▁an ▁ang lic isation ▁of ▁the ▁M ā ori ▁Wh aka ari , ▁" ex posed ▁to ▁view ". ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁M ā ori ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁hill , ▁Flag st aff , ▁which ▁lies ▁ ▁to ▁the ▁north west . ▁A ▁sh ib bo le th ▁is ▁that ▁many ▁( though ▁not ▁all ) ▁local ▁residents ▁pron ounce ▁the ▁name ▁as ▁" wy - kar - ree " ▁( ). ▁ ▁The ▁sub urb ▁is ▁bounded ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁by