Akaroa
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Akaroa is a small town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand, situated within a harbour of the same name. The name Akaroa is Kāi Tahu Māori for "Long Harbour", which would be spelled Whangaroa in standard Māori. The area was also named Port Louis-Philippe by French settlers after the reigning French king Louis Philippe I.
Akaroa
Port Louis-Philippe | |
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Coordinates: 43°48′15″S 172°58′00″E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Canterbury Region |
District | Christchurch City |
Ward | Banks Peninsula |
Community | Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula |
European settlement | 18 August 1840 |
Founded by | Jean François Langlois |
Electorates |
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Government | |
• Territorial Authority | Christchurch City Council |
• Regional council | Environment Canterbury |
• Mayor of Christchurch | Phil Mauger |
• Banks Peninsula MP | Vanessa Weenink |
• Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
Area | |
• Total | 2.03 km2 (0.78 sq mi) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 770 |
• Density | 380/km2 (980/sq mi) |
Postcode | 7520 |
Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
The town is 84 kilometres (52 mi) by road from Christchurch and is the terminus of State Highway 75. It is set on a sheltered harbour and is overlooked and surrounded by the remnants of an eruptive centre of the miocene Banks Peninsula Volcano.[3]
Ōnuku marae, a marae (tribal meeting ground) of Ngāi Tahu and its Ōnuku Rūnanga branch, is located in Akaroa.[4] It includes the Karaweko wharenui (meeting house).[5]