Tolaga Bay
Town in Gisborne District, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tolaga Bay (Māori: Ūawa) is both a bay and small town on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island located 45 kilometres northeast of Gisborne and 30 kilometres south of Tokomaru Bay.
Tolaga Bay
Uawa (Māori) | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 38°22′S 178°18′E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Gisborne District |
Ward | Tairāwhiti General Ward |
Electorates | |
Area | |
• Total | 7.54 km2 (2.91 sq mi) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 930 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
Postcode | 4077 |
Area code | 06 |
The region around the bay is rugged and remote, and for many years the only access to the town was by boat. Because the bay is shallow, a long wharf – the second longest in New Zealand (600m) after the Tiwai Point wharf at Bluff (1,500m) – was built in the 1920s to accommodate visiting vessels. The last cargo ship to use the wharf loaded a cargo of maize in 1967.[3]
The town is a popular holiday spot. Its population is predominantly Māori, a centre of the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti hapū and home of Ariki – Te Kani a Takirau[4] and Tohunga – Rangiuia.[5]