Little Akaloa

Little Akaloa is a small settlement and bay on Banks Peninsula, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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
Country	New Zealand
Region	Canterbury Region
District	Christchurch City
Ward	Banks Peninsula
Population  (2018 Census)[1]
• Total	9
Local iwi	Ngāi Tahu

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.^[2]

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	9	—
2013	9	+0.00%
2018	9	+0.00%
Source: [1]

Little Akaloa covers 0.15 km² (0.058 sq mi).^[3] It is part of the larger Eastern Bays-Banks Peninsula statistical area.^[4]

Little Akaloa had a population of 9 at the 2018 New Zealand census, unchanged since the 2013 census and the 2006 census.,^[1] but a significant drop from its earlier population. Wise's New Zealand guide reported a population of 63 in 1969.^[5]