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Banks Peninsula (Māori: Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū) is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has an area of approximately 1,200 square kilometres (450 sq mi) [ 1 ] and encompasses two large harbours and many smaller bays and coves.
Little River, New Zealand (December 2020) Before the 2023 census, the settlement had a smaller boundary, covering 2.64 km 2 (1.02 sq mi). [ 1 ] Using that boundary, Little River had a population of 279 at the 2018 New Zealand census , unchanged since the 2013 census , and an increase of 51 people (22.4%) since the 2006 census .
The reserve includes 20 walking tracks open to the public, including part of the Banks Peninsula Track. The reserve is managed for the Trust by botanist Hugh Wilson , who hand-writes and illustrates a newsletter about the reserve, Pīpipi , which the Trust publishes several times a year.
The settlement of Governors Bay is located on Banks Peninsula near the head of Lyttelton Harbour. [3] [better source needed] It is connected via Governors Bay Road to Lyttelton, [4] via Dyers Pass Road over the Port Hills to the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere, and via Main Road to the south side of the harbour basin and Banks Peninsula.
Although postcodes were first introduced in New Zealand in 1977, [4] these were used entirely for pre-sorting large volumes of mail in bulk, [5] [6] similar to the Mailsort system used by Royal Mail in the United Kingdom. Consequently, postcodes were not usually seen in addresses: New Zealand Post Private Bag 39990 Wellington Mail Centre Lower Hutt
Akaroa Harbour is part of Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. [2] The harbour enters from the southern coast of the peninsula, heading in a predominantly northerly direction. It is one of two major inlets in Banks Peninsula, on the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand; the other is Lyttelton Harbour on the northern coast.
Rāpaki is one of four Banks Peninsula rūnanga (communities) based around marae (tribal meeting grounds). [2] The Rāpaki Marae, also known as Te Wheke Marae, is a meeting ground of Ngāi Tahu and its Hapū o Ngāti Wheke branch. [ 3 ]