Akaroa County

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.

It is set on sheltered harbour and is overlooked and surrounded by the remnants of a miocene volcano. Akaroa is a popular resort town and in summer the temporary population can reach 15,000 which places stress on the summer water supply, which is entirely dependent upon rainfall on the hills.

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Review of Casa Marina Beach and Reef. Standard Room, Garden view. 2 adultsOur flight was nice and I loved the air bus that Air Transit uses. We arrived and got through Customs smoothly. Our Air Transit rep was there and our bus ride was maybe 20 min to the resort. Our check in went smoothly and only took 1/2 an hour. Rooms are small but clean, water was hot and air conditioning worked. My only complaint with the rooms is...
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