Kaiaua Bay (Gisborne)

Kaiaua Bay is a bay on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island, ten kilometres north of Tolaga Bay. It is under the jurisdiction the Gisborne District Council.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "eating mullets" for Kaiaua.[1]

The 1947 tsunami was 6' high when it hit the area.[2]

References
  1. "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  2. Zealand, The Royal Society of New (December 1982). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. The Royal Society of New Zealand. pp. 342–. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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