Ākitio

Ākitio
Locality
Ākitio
Coordinates: 40°36′S 176°25′E / 40.600°S 176.417°E / -40.600; 176.417
CountryNew Zealand
RegionManawatū-Whanganui
DistrictTararua District
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2013 census)
  Total
111
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)

Ākitio is a coastal community in the Tararua District of the lower east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Ākitio River runs for approximately 35 kilometres in a southeast by northwest direction, leading to the town of Weber, on Route 52, formerly State Highway 52.

Ākitio is in meshblocks 2224200 (NW), 2224300 (N) and 2225100 (SW), which had a combined population of 111 people in 48 households in the 2013 New Zealand census.