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{{Short description|Locality in Otago, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2021}}
{{refimprove|date=May 2013}}
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| name                 = Momona
| settlement_type      = Rural locality
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| subdivision_type     = Country
| subdivision_name     = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1    = [[Regions of New Zealand|Region]]
| subdivision_name1    = [[Otago]]
| subdivision_type2    = [[Districts of New Zealand|District]]
| subdivision_name2    = [[Dunedin]]
| subdivision_type3    = [[Community boards in New Zealand|Community board]]
| subdivision_name3    = Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board Boundary |url=https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/543508/Mosgiel-Taieri-Community-2016.pdf |website=dunedin.govt.nz |publisher=[[Dunedin City Council]] |access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>
| seat_type            = Electorates
| seat                 = {{ubl|[[Taieri (New Zealand electorate)|Taieri]]|[[Te Tai Tonga]] (Māori)}}
| leader_title         = [[Territorial authorities of New Zealand|Territorial authority]]
| leader_name          = [[Dunedin City Council]]
| leader_title1        = Regional council
| leader_name1         = [[Otago Regional Council]]
| leader_title2        = [[Mayor of Dunedin]]
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| leader_title3        = [[Taieri (New Zealand electorate)|Taieri MP]]
| leader_name3         = {{NZ officeholder data|Taieri MP|y}}
| leader_title4        = [[Te Tai Tonga|Te Tai Tonga MP]]
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'''Momona''' is a small town on the [[Taieri Plain]] in New Zealand's [[South Island]].
Momona School was established in 1899 and closed in 2004. 
The Henley Co-operative Dairy Company, established in nearby Henley, moved their cheese factory here, and was closed in the 1980s.

Momona is the location of [[Dunedin International Airport]]. With the establishment of the airport, an extra township was built for families of airport staff, its three streets being named after [[RNZAF]] airmen who received the [[Victoria Cross]]: [[James Allen Ward]], [[Lloyd Trigg]], and [[Leonard Henry Trent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flydunedin.com/contactus.php|title=contact us|publisher=Dunedin International Airport|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref>

New Zealand's lowest point, at {{convert|2|m|ft}} below sea level, is located on Kirk's Drain Road just to the southwest of Momona. The road was named after John Kirk, a nearby resident, who was the grandfather of the Rt. Hon. [[Norman Kirk]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] from 1972 to 1974.

==Demographics==
Momona statistical area, which also includes [[Outram, New Zealand|Outram]] and [[Allanton, New Zealand|Allanton]], covers {{Convert|217.61|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=2 November 2023|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Momona|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Momona|y}}|R}}/217.61|1}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.

{{Historical populations|2006|2,130|2013|2,205|2018|2,322|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}}
The statistical area had a population of 2,322 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], an increase of 117 people (5.3%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 192 people (9.0%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 897 households, comprising 1,209 males and 1,113 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female. The median age was 43.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 498 people (21.4%) aged under 15 years, 330 (14.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,161 (50.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 336 (14.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 96.3% European/[[Pākehā]], 8.1% [[Māori people|Māori]], 0.1% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]], 1.6% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]], and 1.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 9.9, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 60.5% had no religion, 32.0% were [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 0.4% were [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhist]] and 0.9% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 318 (17.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 378 (20.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 345 people (18.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,050 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 318 (17.4%) were part-time, and 39 (2.1%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Momona (349300)|momona|Momona}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Dunedin}}
[[Category:Localities in the Dunedin City territory]]
[[Category:Extreme points of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Lowest points of countries]]