Little Akaloa
Little Akaloa
Little Akaroa | |
|---|---|
 Little Akaloa Bay | |
  Little Akaloa Location of Little Akaloa on Banks Peninsula | |
| Coordinates: 43°40′30″S 172°59′30″E / 43.67500°S 172.99167°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury Region |
| District | Christchurch City |
| Ward | Banks Peninsula |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.15 km2 (0.058 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 9 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
Little Akaloa is a small settlement and bay on Banks Peninsula, in the South Island of New Zealand.
The settlement is sited at the end of the bay, a long, finger-shaped indentation in the northeastern coast of the peninsula, some 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of Christchurch and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the near-namesake town of Akaroa. A small 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) long stream enters the bay at the settlement.[3]
The names of both Akaroa and Little Akaloa mean long harbour in the South Island dialects of Māori, which would be spelled Whangaroa in the standard language, cognate with other Polynesian place names like Hanga Roa in Rapa Nui or Fā‘aroa in Tahitian.
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | +0.00% |
| 2018 | 9 | +0.00% |
| 2023 | 9 | +0.00% |
| Source: [2][4] | ||
Little Akaloa covers 0.15 km2 (0.058 sq mi).[1] It is part of the larger Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula statistical area.[5]
Little Akaloa had a population of 9 at the 2023 New Zealand census,[2] which has been unchanged since the 2006 census, but a significant drop from its earlier population. Wise's New Zealand guide reported a population of 63 in 1969.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Stats NZ Geographic Data Service". Statistical Area 1 2023 (generalised). Retrieved 22 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses". Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer. 7026641. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ↑ Dowling, P. (ed.) (2004). ’’Reed New Zealand atlas’’. Auckland: Reed Publishing. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8 Map 83.
- ↑ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7026641.
- ↑ 2018 Census place summary: Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula
- ↑ Wise's New Zealand guide (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co. p. 145.
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