Tasman | |
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Rural settlement | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Sculpture_(31725025745).jpg) Aporo Sculpture | |
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| Coordinates: 41°11′28″S 173°03′07″E / 41.191°S 173.052°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Territorial authority | Tasman |
| Ward | Moutere-Waimea Ward |
| Named for | Abel Tasman |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Tasman District Council |
| • Mayor of Tasman | Tim King |
| • West Coast-Tasman MP | Maureen Pugh |
| • Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 730 |
| • Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 7173 |
| Area code | 03 |
Tasman is a settlement in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island. It is located between Māpua and Motueka, 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Abel Tasman National Park and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Nelson.[3]
The Tasman area covers a small peninsula on the southern and eastern side of the Moutere Inlet. It includes Kina Beach, a Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere beach with rock pools which is only fully accessible during low tide.[3]
The population of Tasman Village and Kina Beach is approximately 400. There is a general store, a medieval cafe, a vineyard, and a nine-hole golf course with views of Mt Arthur and Abel Tasman National Park. The area also has a cycling track, and is also a base from kayaking, fishing and hiking.[3]
The Aporo Sculpture, a 9 metres (30 ft) high stainless steel sculpture, sits at the Tasman Village turnoff from State Highway 60.[3] It was unveiled in October 2015, cost $60,000, and took local artists, community groups, Tasman District Council staff and volunteers six years to complete.[4]
Country singer-songwriter Aly Cook and four-time adventure racing world champion Nathan Fa'avae were both raised in Tasman. A Harley Davidson motorbike group, Sons of Tasman, also originates from Tasman.[3]
At the annual Muddy Buddy event, attendees in fancy dress get caked in mud from the inlet and are then cleaned off with fire hoses.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Easther, Elisabeth (29 July 2016). "Best things to see and do in Tasman Village". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. New Zealand Herald.
- ^ Pillar, Jess (12 October 2015). "Bird sculpture proves popular on lonely coastal road". Stuff. Nelson Mail.