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{{for|the dance of the same name|Nae Nae}}
{{Short description|Suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name           = Naenae
| image          = Naenae, Lower Hutt 5011, New Zealand - panoramio (2).jpg
| caption1       =
| city1          = [[Lower Hutt]]
| council        = [[Hutt City Council]]
| ward           = Eastern
| established    =
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| coordinates    = {{coord|-41.2002|174.9525|region:NZ-WGN_type:city(8292)|display=it}}
| area           = 518
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| population     = {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae Central|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae South|y}}|R}}|0}}
| popdate        = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popsource     =  {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
| trainstations  = [[Naenae Railway Station]]
| ferryterminals =
| airports       =
| hospitals      =
}}
{{Adjacent place
| centre = Naenae
| north          = [[Wingate, New Zealand|Wingate]]
| northeast      =
| east           =
| southeast      =
| south          =
| southwest      = [[Epuni]]
| west           = [[Boulcott]]
| northwest      = [[Avalon, New Zealand|Avalon]]
}}
{{Location map
|New Zealand Wellington
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|lat=-41.2002
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|caption= Location of Naenae within Wellington
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'''Naenae''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|aɪ|n|aɪ}}, occasionally spelled '''NaeNae''') is a [[suburb]] of [[Lower Hutt]], New Zealand. It lies on the eastern edge of the floodplain of the [[Hutt River, New Zealand|Hutt River]], four kilometres from the Lower Hutt [[Central business district]]. A small tributary of the Hutt, the [[Waiwhetū Stream]], flows through the suburb. Naenae lies 19.7 km from [[Wellington Central, Wellington|Wellington Central]].
== Toponymy ==
''Naenae'' or ''nae-nae'' is a translation from the [[Māori language|Māori]], meaning "mosquito" or "sandfly", and is widely believed to recall a time prior to the draining of the area, when the mosquito population predominated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naenae Intermediate School - Our Community |url=https://www.naenaeint.school.nz/our-people/our-community |access-date=10 April 2024 |website=www.naenaeint.school.nz |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] authorised ''Naenae'' as a correct spelling in 1929.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 June 1929 |title=Geographical Board - nomenclature recommendations |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19290622.2.36 |work=Otago Daily Times |pages=9 |via=[[Papers Past]]}}</ref>
However, the name of the suburb 'Naenae' is an incorrect recording by settler populations of the traditional Māori name 'Te Ngaengae.' In fact, 'Naenae’ is derived from 'Te Ngaengae', which means ‘to cause effect through rupture’. The story of Naenae begins with Māui raising the fish Hāhā-te-Whenua, and his brothers cutting the fish and creating mountains, lakes and rivers. There was a freshwater lake where Naenae cemetery is now. Two man-eating taniwha dwelled there, and people were banned from going into the water because they would disappear. One day a child slipped in and the two taniwha raced towards the child and tore each other apart. Thus two rivers were created: Waiwhetū and Te Awamutu. Taniwha are unexplained phenomena, not necessarily the large monsters they are often represented as. Te Ngaengae could be ‘a volcanic activity underwater’. Maui’s fish was called Hāhā-te-Whenua – a reference to plates shifting under the water.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}
== Setting ==
Naenae occupies a basin and the lower slopes of the Eastern Hutt Hills in the upper reaches of the Waiwhetū Stream catchment area.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 2014 |title=Review of Valley Floor Reserves: Naenae |url=https://hccpublicdocs.azurewebsites.net/api/download/8e9200db38b84fa4a6474c52c55cd409/_CM9-WE/0b19d60190f2b9439489d29bb55a743b5c |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906234956/https://hccpublicdocs.azurewebsites.net/api/download/8e9200db38b84fa4a6474c52c55cd409/_CM9-WE/0b19d60190f2b9439489d29bb55a743b5c |archive-date=6 September 2023 |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Hutt City Council |publisher= |page= |quote=Naenae is dominated visually by the eastern hills, and Waiwhetu Stream and its tributaries are a key natural feature and connecting element.}}</ref>
=== Waiwhetū Stream ===
{{Main|Waiwhetū Stream}}
The stream has its headwaters in the Eastern Hutt hills, above the suburbs of [[Wingate, New Zealand|Wingate]] and Naenae in Lower Hutt. It has a catchment area of around {{Convert|18|km2|ha}}. The stream is around {{Convert|9|km}} in length and passes through the eastern suburbs of [[Fairfield, Lower Hutt|Fairfield]], [[Waterloo, New Zealand|Waterloo]], and [[Waiwhetū]], and the industrial areas of [[Seaview, Lower Hutt|Seaview]] and [[Gracefield, New Zealand|Gracefield]] before entering the estuary of the [[Hutt River (New Zealand)|Hutt River Te Awa Kairangi]] as it reaches [[Wellington Harbour]].<ref name=":3">{{cite Q|Q118353184}}</ref>{{Rp|13}}
== History ==
From the early days of European settlement, land in the area around Naenae and [[Taitā, New Zealand|Taitā]] had been used for market gardens, and had supplied vegetables for the Wellington region.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 July 1939 |title=Taita Gardens - Stand of growers - "March of progress" - A little history |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390708.2.104 |work=Evening Post |pages=11}}</ref>
As Lower Hutt expanded after the end of [[World War II]] in 1945, the [[First Labour Government of New Zealand|Labour Party]] government under [[Peter Fraser]] selected Naenae as an ideal site to become a "designer community", a model suburb of sorts, where a suburban [[State housing in New Zealand|state-housing]] [[housing estate|estate]] would complement a substantial shopping centre. This [[community centre]] would serve as a social hub for the greater area. The planners hoped to encourage [[nuclear family|nuclear-family]] life in such a scheme. Due to the increasing urbanization of New Zealand, demand for housing outstripped the need for such centres, leaving the scheme only partially realised .<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Naenae Spatial Plan - Have your say - 02 - Background |url=https://haveyoursay.huttcity.govt.nz/60543/widgets/314978/documents/189344 |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Hutt City Council |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128035428/https://haveyoursay.huttcity.govt.nz/60543/widgets/314978/documents/189344 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Ernst Plischke]], an Austrian architect,<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Gregory |date=2004 |title=The Importance of Being Ernst |url=http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/HeritageNZMagazine/HeritageNz2004/HNZ04-ImportanceBeingErnst.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519211022/http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/HeritageNZMagazine/HeritageNz2004/HNZ04-ImportanceBeingErnst.aspx |archive-date=19 May 2011 |publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust |access-date=3 May 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> designed plans for the new community centre between 1942 and 1943.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tso |first=Matthew |date=7 December 2019 |title=Naenae - The changing face of a working-class paradise |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117907002/naenae--the-changing-face-of-a-workingclass-paradise |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=Stuff |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425075733/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117907002/naenae--the-changing-face-of-a-workingclass-paradise |url-status=live }}</ref> However, government architect [[Gordon Wilson (architect)|Gordon Wilson]] later drastically changed the design.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bowman |first=Ian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6EPdQnpvkb4C&dq=ian+bowman+reassessing+ernst+plischke+naenae&pg=PT158 |title=The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement - Proceedings of the 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference |publisher=IOS Press |year=2008 |isbn=9781586039172 |quote=Translating the New Old-World into the New New-World - Reassessing Ernst Plischke's plan for Naenae, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906074152/https://books.google.com/books?id=6EPdQnpvkb4C&dq=ian+bowman+reassessing+ernst+plischke+naenae&pg=PT158 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Naenae Railway Station]] (opened 1946), on the [[Hutt Valley Line|Hutt Valley section]] of the [[Wairarapa Line]], adjoins Naenae's shopping centre.
Naenae's post-modern Post Office building,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schrader |first=Ben |date=December 2018 |title=Naenae and me : a public history journey |url=https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE40194449 |journal=Phanzine - Newsletter of the Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand /Aotearoa |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=2–3 |via=[[National Library of New Zealand]] |access-date=6 September 2023 |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906233954/https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE40194449 |url-status=live }}</ref> (officially opened in 1966, closed as a postal centre in 2016) pays homage to the [[Art Deco]] era Main Post Office in Lower Hutt town centre.
A re-zoning of Naenae made it partly industrial in the 1960s, but it remained principally a residential area. At its peak, Naenae boasted two manufacturers with strong Dutch connections:
* [[Philips]], which produced televisions and radios. The last television set produced in this factory was made on 11 June 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 1988 |title=Last TV set at Philips Electronic Centre, Naenae, Lower Hutt - Photograph taken by Martin Hunter |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22808066 |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=[[National Library of New Zealand]] |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906233954/https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22808066 |url-status=live }}</ref> Resene Paints occupied the buildings {{as of | 2007 | lc = on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Simon |date=2 March 2011 |title=Philips Naenae "family" gathers for reunion |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/4722306/Philips-Naenae-family-gathers-for-reunion |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en-NZ |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906233956/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/4722306/Philips-Naenae-family-gathers-for-reunion |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Rembrandt Suits, formed following the Second World War by Dutch tailors. It moved out of its 1950s era Naenae factory in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schouten |first=Hank |date=7 September 2012 |title=Rembrandt to sell suit factory |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/7633116/Rembrandt-to-sell-suit-factory |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Stuff |language=en |archive-date=6 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906233958/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/7633116/Rembrandt-to-sell-suit-factory |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Swimming pool ===
Naenae's shopping centre contained an [[Olympic size swimming pool|Olympic-size swimming-pool]], built when New Zealand hosted an international [[Diving (sport)|diving]] championships. The pool was opened on 10 November 1956,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=7 March 1987 |title=Opening of the new roofed Naenae pool complex and zoom tube |url=https://hccpublicdocs.azurewebsites.net/api/download/635405b443614e0ab61c0a78902bd832/_archives/1396a95a293715b4f146ec8865bf3e52fe4ca2 |website=Hutt City Archives}}</ref> and had three [[Springboard|diving boards]]. Originally open-air, a roof over the pool was completed in 1987, making it usable all year round. A [[hydroslide]] was constructed adjacent to the main pool in the same project. The toddlers' paddling pool remained open-air for a few years more. At the time of the completion of the roof, the pool was the only facility in Wellington with both a 50 metre pool and competition diving platforms.<ref name=":0" />
The pool closed in April 2019 due to earthquake concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2019 |title=Naenae Pool closed over earthquake concerns |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/111951177/naenae-pool-closed-over-earthquake-concerns |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en-NZ |archive-date=15 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215232246/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/111951177/naenae-pool-closed-over-earthquake-concerns |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, the Hutt City Council approved a budget of $68m for replacing the pool as part of their 10-year plan. In 2020, the council had funding support of $27m from central government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2023 |title=PM visits new Naenae Pool construction site – 80% local suppliers |url=https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=153236 |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |language=en-NZ |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629035556/https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=153236 |url-status=live }}</ref> Demolition of the original pool began in 2021, in preparation for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tso |first=Matthew |date=26 October 2021 |title=Demolition of Naenae pool begins ahead of multi-million dollar rebuild |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126785369/demolition-of-naenae-pool-begins-ahead-of-multimillion-dollar-rebuild |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Stuff |language=en |archive-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918172634/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126785369/demolition-of-naenae-pool-begins-ahead-of-multimillion-dollar-rebuild |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, the former Community Hall was demolished in preparation for building a new Naenae Pool and Fitness Centre that includes an Olympic size pool with 10 lanes. Other projects include refurbishing the library, building a new community centre, and redeveloping Walter Mildenhall park.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Naenae Projects |url=https://www.huttcity.govt.nz/council/our-projects/naenae-projects |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Hutt City Council |language=en |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327155426/https://www.huttcity.govt.nz/council/our-projects/naenae-projects |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2022 |title=Naenae Pool and Fitness - Naenae Community Hall Salvage update |url=https://haveyoursay.huttcity.govt.nz/naenaepool |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Hutt City Council |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205133824/https://haveyoursay.huttcity.govt.nz/naenaepool |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Demographics==
Naenae, comprising the statistical areas of Naenae Central, Naenae North and Naenae South, covers {{Convert|5.18|km2||abbr=on}}.<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=12 June 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214063818/https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|url-status=live}}</ref> It had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae Central|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae South|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae Central|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Naenae South|y}}|R}})/5.18|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.
{{Historical populations|2006|8,286|2013|8,184|2018|8,700|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}}
Naenae had a population of 8,700 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], an increase of 516 people (6.3%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 414 people (5.0%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 2,913 households, comprising 4,272 males and 4,422 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female, with 2,046 people (23.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,980 (22.8%) aged 15 to 29, 3,831 (44.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 843 (9.7%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 53.6% European/[[Pākehā]], 29.3% [[Māori people|Māori]], 24.5% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]], 10.9% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]], and 3.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 23.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 42.7% had no religion, 41.2% were [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 2.1% had [[Religion of Māori people|Māori religious beliefs]], 1.8% were [[Hinduism in New Zealand|Hindu]], 1.5% were [[Islam in New Zealand|Muslim]], 1.1% were [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhist]] and 2.5% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 945 (14.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,692 (25.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 573 people (8.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,096 (46.5%) people were employed full-time, 855 (12.8%) were part-time, and 519 (7.8%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Naenae Central (245400), Naenae North (246200) and Naenae South (246400)}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Individual statistical areas
|-
!Name !! Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) !! Population !! Density<br />(per km<sup>2</sup>) || Households !! Median age !! Median<br />income
|-
| Naenae Central || style="text-align:right;"|1.38 || style="text-align:right;"|3,420 || style="text-align:right;"|2,478 || style="text-align:right;"|1,158 || 33.4 years || $24,200<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|naenae-central|Naenae Central}}</ref>
|-
| Naenae North || style="text-align:right;"|2.61 || style="text-align:right;"|2,535 || style="text-align:right;"|967 || style="text-align:right;"|855 || 33.0 years || $24,500<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|naenae-north|Naenae North}}</ref>
|-
| Naenae South || style="text-align:right;"|1.18 || style="text-align:right;"|2,745 || style="text-align:right;"|2,326 || style="text-align:right;"|900 || 30.6 years || $25,900<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|naenae-south|Naenae South}}</ref>
|-
! New Zealand !! !! !! !! !! 37.4 years !! style="text-align:left;"| $31,800
|}
== Education ==
Naenae has four schools:
* Naenae School is a state contributing primary (Year 1–6) school serving the southern half of the suburb. It has {{NZ school roll data|2922|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
* Rata Street School is a state contributing primary (Year 1–6) school serving the northern half of the suburb. It has {{NZ school roll data|2973|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
* St Bernadette's School is a [[state-integrated school|state-integrated]] Catholic full primary and intermediate (Year 1–8) school. It has {{NZ school roll data|3001|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
* Wa Ora Montessori School is a state-integrated [[Montessori education|Montessori]] composite (Year 1–13) school. It has {{NZ school roll data|1189|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
State intermediate students (Year 7–8) and secondary students (Year 9–13) are served by St Bernadette's School, Naenae Intermediate School and [[Naenae College]] respectively, which despite their names are located in the adjacent suburb of [[Avalon, New Zealand|Avalon]].
==Notable people==
People who have grown up or lived in Naenae include:
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* [[Bob Jones (businessman)|Bob Jones]] - businessman
* [[Brooke Fraser]] - singer
* [[Andy Anderson (actor)|Andy Anderson]] - actor
* [[Billy Graham (New Zealand boxer)|Billy Graham]] - boxer
* [[Julian Dennison]] - actor
* [[Dan Wootton]] - journalist and broadcaster
* [[Aaron Tokona]] - guitarist and singer
* [[Monica Galetti]] - chef
* [[Stephen Kós]] - judge of the Supreme Court and President of Court of Appeal
* [[Shaun Easthope]] - footballer
* [[Asafo Aumua]] - rugby player
{{Div col end}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|title=A Brave New World? Ideal Versus Reality in Postwar Naenae|journal= New Zealand Journal of History|last=Schrader|first=Ben|volume=30|number=1|pages= 61–79|year=1996|url=https://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/1996/NZJH_30_1_05.pdf|via=[[University of Auckland]]}}
==External links==
* [http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/WH2-2Hom-fig-WH2-2HomP015b.html New Housing Estate, Naenae 1944 (photo)]
* [https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Arc04_06DesR-t1-body-d8.html Design Review (1953) -The Naenae Community Centre]
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