Ākitio
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Ākitio is a coastal community in the Tararua District of the lower east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Ākitio River runs for approximately 35 kilometres in a southeast by northwest direction, leading to the town of Weber, on Route 52, formerly State Highway 52. Ākitio locality covers and had a population of 66 in the 2023 New Zealand census.
Ākitio is a coastal community in the Tararua District of the lower east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Ākitio River runs for approximately 35 kilometres in a southeast by northwest direction, leading to the town of Weber, on Route 52, formerly State Highway 52. Ākitio locality covers and had a population of 66 in the 2023 New Zealand census. ==History== Akitio County, established in 19111, was formerly governed from Pongaroa, located approximately from Ākitio beach, and the homesteads of Akitio, Marainanga, and Monaroa Stations. The area originally (and as recently as 1908) was dominated by two estates, the Marainanga Estate, and the Akitio Estate; of , and each respectively. The region has been partitioned and sub-divided during the past 100 years to consist of many single family sized blocks; from approximately , up to what remains of the original 'Akitio' Estate Station, which remains the largest at approximately today. In July 2020, the name of the locality was officially gazetted as Ākitio by the New Zealand Geographic Board. ==Climate==
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