Ngākuta Bay is a settlement and bay in the

Marlborough Sounds The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels. According to Māori m ...

, New Zealand. The bay is part of Grove Arm in

Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui is the easternmost of the main sounds of the Marlborough Sounds, in New Zealand's South Island. In 2014, the sound was given the official name of Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui as part of a Waitangi Tribu ...

. Picton is about 11 km to the southeast via Queen Charlotte Drive. The bay was given its official name of Ngākuta Bay on 27 May 2021 and it has been known as Ngakuta Bay since at least 1865.

Naming

''Ngākuta'' is a combination of the Te Reo Māori words ''ngā'', meaning plural "the", and ''kuta'', a name for the tall spike sedge Eleocharis sphacelata. Together ''ngākuta'' means "the tall spike sedges".

Demographics

The settlement of Ngākuta Bay, which covers , is part of the Marlborough Sounds East statistical area. Ngākuta Bay had a population of 57 at the

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, a decrease of 6 people (-9.5%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 3 people (-5.0%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 33 households. There were 24 males and 33 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.73 males per female. The median age was 68 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 3 people (5.3%) aged under 15 years, 6 (10.5%) aged 15 to 29, 15 (26.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 33 (57.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 94.7% European/Pākehā and 5.3% Māori. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 47.4% had no religion and 42.1% were Christian. Of those at least 15 years old, 12 (22.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 9 (16.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $26,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 15 (27.8%) people were employed full-time and 9 (16.7%) were part-time.

References

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