Tamakautoga is one of the fourteen villages within the Pacific Ocean island nation of Niue.[2] Tamakautoga is located in the southwestern portion of the island and borders the villages of Avatele, Hakupu, and Niue's capital, Alofi, meeting all three at a quadripoint. The village's population at the 2022 census was 180, down from 198 in 2017.[1] This number has fallen significantly from the 19th century which was reported to be 275 in an 1899 mission census.[3] Tamakautoga is represented by Andrew Funaki in the Niue Assembly.[4]
The climate of Tamakautoga is classified as a tropical rainforest under the Köppen climate classification system. Temperatures in Tamakautoga vary from an average of 22.7 °C (72.9 °F) in July, the coolest month, to an average of 26.5 °C (79.7 °F) in February, the warmest month. Average precipitation in Tamakautoga ranges from a low of 88mm in June, the driest month, to 223mm in January, the wettest month.[5]
The Tamakautoga War Memorial honours Niuean soldiers from Tamakautoga who fought in World War I alongside the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[6] Tamakautoga holds an annual show day involving performances, meals, and other activities. The 2017 show day was held on 26 August.[7] Tamakautoga is home to the Scenic Matavai Resort Niue, a 55-room resort on the coast of Niue that is part of the Scenic Hotel Group.[8][9] Tamakautoga is serviced by a number of local roads as well as the Niue International Airport, part of which is located within the boundaries of the village.[10]
Australian writer Louis Becke documented a trip to Niue in his 1897 book Wild Life in Southern Seas in which his nurse took his infant daughter to Tamakautoga to meet members of the nurse's family.[11]
^ ab"Niue Census of Population and Housing 2022". Niue Statistics Office. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^1558550 (x a j h) Tamakautoga on OpenStreetMap
^Churchill, William (1 January 1908). Ward, Robert (ed.). "Niuē: A Reconnaissance". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. 40 (3): 150. doi:10.2307/198226. ISSN 0190-5929. JSTOR 198225.
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^"Climate Tamakautoga". Climate-data.org. Climate-data.org. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^"Tamakautoga war memorial, Niue". New Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^"Tamakautoga Village Show Day". Niue Tourism. Niue Tourism. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^"Accommodation". Niue Tourism. Niue Tourism. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^"Niue, the Pacific island struggling to cope as its population plummets". The Guardian. Associated Press in Niue. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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^Becke, Louis (1897). Wild Life in Southern Seas. London: T. F. Unwin. pp. 99–100. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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