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Island in New Zealand This article is about an island in New Zealand. For the Polynesian country, see Tonga.

Tonga Island
Geography
Tonga Island from water taxi
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Location	Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, New Zealand
Coordinates	40°53′25″S 173°04′02″E / 40.89028°S 173.06722°E / -40.89028; 173.06722
Total islands	1
Area	0.15 km (0.058 sq mi)
Length	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Width	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Highest elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Administration
New Zealand

Tonga Island is a small (0.15 km) island in Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, off the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It lies within the Abel Tasman National Park, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) off Onetahuti Beach. The island has a flourishing fur seal colony, and is surrounded by the Tonga Island Marine Reserve, which was inaugurated in 1993.

The island is accessible by water taxi or kayak and visible from the Abel Tasman Coast Track.

The first peoples named the place after a small island in their east Polynesian homeland.

References

"Tonga Island, Tasman - NZ Topo Map". NZ Topo Map. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abel Tasman National Park". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 25. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
"Tonga Island Marine Reserve". Department of Conservation NZ. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
Nelson Marlborough Conservancy (2012). "Abel Tasman National Park" (PDF). New Zealand Department of Conservation. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
"Tonga Island Marine Reserve" (PDF). Department of Conservation NZ. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
Simpson, Philip (2018). Down the Bay: a natural and cultural history of Abel Tasman National Park. Nelson: Potton & Burton. p. 18. ISBN 9780947503932.

v t e Abel Tasman National Park
Bays and beaches	Awaroa Inlet Golden Bay / Mohua Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere Tinline Bay Rākauroa / Torrent Bay Tōtaranui Wainui Bay
Caves	Harwoods Hole Rawhiti Cave
Islands	Armchair Island Ballon Rock Fisherman Island Motuareronui / Adele Island Tata Islands Tonga Island
Rivers	Awapoto River Awaroa River Falls River Mārahau River Simonet Creek Torrent River Wainui River Wainui Falls
Structures	Abel Tasman Monument
Walking tracks	Abel Tasman Coast Track Abel Tasman Inland Track
Related reserves	Tonga Island Marine Reserve

Populated places

Golden Bay / Mohua	Aorere Bainham Clifton Collingwood East Tākaka Ferntown Ligar Bay Motupipi Onekaka Pākawau Parapara Patons Rock Pōhara Port Pūponga Pūponga Rockville Seaford Tākaka Tarakohe Tata Beach Upper Tākaka Waikato Waitapu
Motueka	Brooklyn Kaiteriteri Lower Moutere Mārahau Motueka Riwaka
Moutere-Waimea	Brightwater Bronte Dovedale Mahana Māpua Ngātīmoti Ruby Bay Tasman Upper Moutere Wakefield Woodstock
Richmond	Aniseed Valley Appleby Hope Richmond
Lakes-Murchison	Murchison Rotoroa Saint Arnaud Tapawera Tophouse

Geographic features

Golden Bay / Mohua	Archway Islands Cape Farewell Cobb Reservoir Druggans Dam Farewell Spit Harwoods Hole Lake Killarney North-west Nelson Forest Park Rawhiti Cave Tākaka Hill Tata Islands Te Waikoropupū Springs Wainui Bay Wharariki Beach
Abel Tasman National Park	Armchair Island Awapoto River Awaroa River Ballon Rock Falls River Fisherman Island Motuareronui / Adele Island Simonet Creek Torrent Bay Tata Islands Tinline Bay Tonga Island Torrent River Tōtaranui Wainui River Falls
Tasman Bay	Bell Island Best Island Moturoa / Rabbit Island Tokangawhā / Split Apple Rock Waimea Inlet
Kahurangi National Park	Bulmer Cavern Ellis Basin cave system Kahurangi Point Lake Matiri Mount Arthur Mount Burnett Mount Owen Nettlebed Cave Wharepapa / Arthur Range
Nelson Lakes National Park	Braeburn Range Lake Rotoiti Lake Rotoroa Maniniaro / Angelus Peak Mount Franklin Pourangahau / Mount Robert Rotomairewhenua / Blue Lake Rotopōhueroa / Lake Constance Sabine Valley Saint Arnaud Range Spenser Mountains

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