Kennedy Bay

Kennedy Bay
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Coordinates: 36°40′51″S 175°33′14″E / 36.68083°S 175.55389°E / -36.68083; 175.55389
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWaikato
DistrictThames-Coromandel District
WardCoromandel-Colville ward
Community BoardCoromandel-Colville Community
Electorates
Government
 • CouncilThames-Coromandel District Council
Area
 • Total64.65 km2 (24.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total219
 • Density3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi)

Kennedy Bay (also called Kennedy's Bay and Harataunga) is a locality in the north eastern Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. The Harataunga and Omoho Streams flow from the Coromandel Range past the settlement and into the bay to the east.[3][4]

There are several companies aquafarming pāua,[5] lobster[6] and mussels[7] in the bay.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 16. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  4. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 36. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  5. ^ "Hard Road to Success for Coromandel Paua Farmers" (PDF). Te Reo o Te Tini a Tangaroa (55): 7. June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008.
  6. ^ "Rock lobster catch slashed by 30pc". The New Zealand Herald. 22 March 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Council Approves Mussel Farm Expansion". Environment Waikato. 16 October 2001.[permanent dead link]