The settlement of Glenbervie lies to the southwest, and Ngunguru is to the northeast.

"Kiripaka" means flint, schist or asbestos in the Māori language.

The results were 82.4% European (Pākehā); 25.7% Māori; 3.5% Pasifika; 2.4% Asian; 0.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

Of those at least 15 years old, 147 (16.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 489 (56.0%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 177 (20.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.

[11] The mine reopened at the end of 1914[12] although coal output didn't begin until August 1915.