Peka Peka

Peka Peka, sometimes spelled Pekapeka, is a lightly populated seaside locality[1] on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. Its population according to the 2001 New Zealand census is 195, an increase of 35.4% or 51 people since the 1996 census.[2] It is located just off State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk railway between Waikanae and Te Horo.

For the wetland in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, see Pekapeka Wetland.

Peka Peka Beach, looking north.

Peka Peka was briefly internationally famous when a young emperor penguin, nicknamed Happy Feet,[3] appeared on Peka Peka beach on 21 June 2011.[4] Emperor penguins are usually only found in the Antarctic.[5]

Peka Peka Beach is a clothing-optional beach by custom.[6] New Zealand has no official nude beaches, as public nudity is legal on any beach where it is "known to occur".[7]

References
  1. "Place name detail: Peka Peka". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  2. Statistics New Zealand, Peka Peka Community Profile Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 26 October 2007.
  3. "New Zealand penguin Happy Feet may have been eaten". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  4. "Kapiti's rare visit from emperor penguin". The Dominion Post Wellington. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  5. "Emperor penguin from Antarctic visits New Zealand beach". BBC News Asia Pacific. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  6. "Wellington Region". Free Beaches NZ Inc. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  7. Ceramalus v Police, AP No 76/91 (High Court of New Zealand 5 July 1991).


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