Onaero

Onaero is a settlement in northern Taranaki, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 3 close to the shore of the North Taranaki Bight, 15 km east of Waitara. Onaero was the site of the No. 2 Company Redoubt, a British military installation created during the Second Taranaki War by soldiers from the Tikorangi Redoubt in 1865, however it was abandoned several months later.

Demographics
Onaero Beach is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement. It covers 0.15 km2 and had an estimated population of as of  with a population density of  people per km2. It is part of the wider Tikorangi statistical area, which covers 167.79 km2.

Onaero had a population of 75 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 3 people (−3.8%) since the 2013 census, and unchanged since the 2006 census. There were 39 households, comprising 39 males and 36 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.08 males per female. The median age was 57.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 6 people (8.0%) aged under 15 years, 6 (8.0%) aged 15 to 29, 39 (52.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 21 (28.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 88.0% European/Pākehā, 16.0% Māori, and 4.0% Pacific peoples. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.0% had no religion, and 36.0% were Christian.

Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (26.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 6 (8.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $39,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 12 people (17.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 33 (47.8%) people were employed full-time, and 15 (21.7%) were part-time.

General historical works

 * Whilst strictly not an historical work (in the sense of being a published book/monograph), the papers of Dick Purdie Jonas (held at in New Plymouth)  provide a wealth of historical, archaeological, and anthropological information about this region. See

Maori

 * See

Maps

 * For a 1969 map of the scenic reserves within north Taranaki (including the Onaero River, whose estuary forms the setting for the community and its beach resort) see . This is held at  in New Plymouth.