Communities on the peninsula are Purerua, Te Tii and Taronui Bay.

[7] The statistical area of Rangitane-Purerua, which includes Rangitane and Tākou Bay, covers 123.16 km2 (47.55 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,750 as of June 2024,[9] with a population density of 14.2 people per km2.

The results were 75.1% European (Pākehā); 35.9% Māori; 3.6% Pasifika; 1.9% Asian; 0.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

[11] Bay of Islands International Academy is a state-funded Year 1–8 New Zealand primary school which opened in January 2013 in the existing buildings and grounds of the former Te Tii School on the Purerua Peninsula, about 17 km north of Kerikeri township.

A Purerua Public School had been in existence since 1906, with a ferry service from Te Tii.

The academy is an authorised IB World School offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme.

The programme emphasises academic achievement, inquiry-style learning and an international, multicultural curriculum.

The school serves the Kerikeri/Waipapa/Purerua area of New Zealand's Far North District and has capacity for about 100 students.

Bay of Islands International Academy is sited on two hectares (five acres) of grounds.

Facilities include four classrooms, a library, a resource room, administrative space, a swimming pool, and play areas.

The school is connected to the internet via 100 Mbit/s fibre optic ultra-fast broadband, and all learning spaces have WiFi coverage.