Kaiaua Bay (Gisborne)

{{Short description|Bay on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}

Kaiaua Bay is a bay on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island, ten kilometres north of Tolaga Bay. It is under the jurisdiction the Gisborne District Council.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "eating mullets" for Kaiaua.{{Cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/1000-maori-place-names|title=1000 Māori place names|publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage|date=6 August 2019}}

The 1947 tsunami was 6' high when it hit the area.{{cite book|last=Zealand|first=The Royal Society of New|title=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FLY4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA342|access-date=24 November 2014|date=December 1982|publisher=The Royal Society of New Zealand|pages=342–}}