Totaranui
Tōtaranui
Beach in New Zealand
Tōtaranui is a 1 km long beach and the site of a large campsite in the Tasman Region of New Zealand administered by the Department of Conservation (DOC).
It is located in Abel Tasman National Park toward the northern end of the Abel Tasman Track and is often used as a starting or finishing point for the walk.
Tōtaranui is noted for the golden colour of its sand, more intense than other beaches in the Park, the result of a high content of orthoclase minerals in the eroded granite sands of the vicinity.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "many tōtara trees" for Tōtaranui.[1]