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.

Excellent follow up!

First of all, I must say we usually plan our trips ourselves with the help of TripAdvisor. However, this year we had an especially challenging trip to plan with 3 generations of people going ranging from less than 2 years to 50+ years old. We gave Terry the requirements. He came back with 3 very good options. He answered all our questions and made sure all details were set up in advance with the airlines and resorts. His continued followup...
By Murray Toll