Place in Canterbury Region, New Zealand
| Little Akaloa Little Akaroa | |
|---|---|
 Little Akaloa Bay | |
  Little AkaloaLocation of Little Akaloa on Banks Peninsula | |
| Coordinates: 43°40′30″S 172°59′30″E / 43.67500°S 172.99167°E / -43.67500; 172.99167 | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury Region |
| District | Christchurch City |
| Ward | Banks Peninsula |
| Population | |
| • Total | 9 |
| 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.
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | +0.00% |
| 2018 | 9 | +0.00% |
| Source: | ||
Little Akaloa covers 0.15 km (0.058 sq mi). It is part of the larger Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula statistical area.
Little Akaloa had a population of 9 at the 2018 New Zealand census, unchanged since the 2013 census and the 2006 census., but a significant drop from its earlier population. Wise's New Zealand guide reported a population of 63 in 1969.
References
- ^ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7026641.
- Dowling, P. (ed.) (2004). ’’Reed New Zealand atlas’’. Auckland: Reed Publishing. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8 Map 83.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- 2018 Census place summary: Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula
- 'Wise's New Zealand guide (1969) Dunedin: H. Wise & Co. p. 145.
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