Te Ākau  Te Ākau is a small farming settlement in the North Island of New Zealand, located north west of Hamilton, south west of Huntly, south of Port Waikato and , or by ferry and road, north of Raglan. It has a hall and a school. Te Ākau is also the name of a beach in Marlborough. Te Ākau's only defined boundaries are as a New Zealand census 'area unit' and a former station. Te Ākau hamlet is near the centre of both, but has no defined boundary. This article covers the census area unit, except Waingaro, Tawatahi River and Lakes Waitamoumou and Whangape. Historically the name was applied to a sheep and cattle station extending from Port Waikato to Raglan, as shown on maps of 1905 (south) and 1906 (north). Politically it is part of the Onewhero-Te Akau ward of Waikato District Council (Onewhero is the area unit to the north, extending to the Waikato River and including Limestone Downs, Naike, Port Waikato and Pukekawa) and most of the area unit has been in the Taranaki-King Country general parliamentary constituency since 2014, though the northern area remains in Hunua. The Māori electorate is Hauraki-Waikato. Te Ākau area unit covers an area north of Whaingaroa Harbour, stretching north-east to Lake Whangape and north-west to the coast, covering several equally small settlements, including Kauri Flat, Ruakiwi, Waingaro, Dunmore, Pepepepe, Matira and Tikotiko. It had the census figures in this table for 2001 to 2013. The 2018 census area was expanded to include parts of the former Onewhero and Waikato Western Hills areas, including Glen Massey, Te Akatea and Glen Murray. It therefore shows larger usually resident populations of 1,968 (2018), 1,764 (2013) and 1,755 (2006), 708, 660 and 627 occupied dwellings and 138, 141 and 90 unoccupied dwellings respectively. The relative increase in average income may reflect a growth in commuting (mainly to Hamilton and Huntly) from 51 in 2006, to 72 in 2013. In 2018 (2013) 21.2% (21.9%) of the population was Māori.