Tamakautoga
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Tamakautoga
|settlement_type = Village
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|map_caption = Tamakautoga council within Niue
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|map_caption1 = Administrative map of Niue showing all the villages
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Niue}}
|subdivision_type1 = Tribal Area
|subdivision_name1 = Tafiti
|leader_title = Assemblyman/MP
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|leader_title1 = Village Council Chairperson
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|area_total_km2 = 11.93
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|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://niuestatistics.nu/population/niue-census-of-population-and-housing-2022/|title=Niue Census of Population and Housing 2022|publisher=Niue Statistics Office|accessdate=20 March 2024}}
|population_total = 180
|population_as_of = 2022
|population_density_km2 = 15.09
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|timezone1 = UTC-11
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|area_code = +683
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Tamakautoga is one of the fourteen villages within the Pacific Ocean island nation of Niue.{{OSM|r|1558550|Tamakautoga}} Tamakautoga is located in the southwestern portion of the island and borders the villages of Avatele, Hakupu, and Niue's capital, Alofi, meeting all three at a quadripoint. The village's population at the 2022 census was 180, down from 198 in 2017. This number has fallen significantly from the 19th century which was reported to be 275 in an 1899 mission census.{{cite journal |last1=Churchill |first1=William |editor1-last=Ward |editor1-first=Robert |title=Niuē: A Reconnaissance |journal=Bulletin of the American Geographical Society |date=1 January 1908 |volume=40 |issue=3 |page=150 |issn=0190-5929|jstor=198225 |doi=10.2307/198226 }} Tamakautoga is represented by Andrew Funaki in the Niue Assembly.{{cite web |title=Office of the Premier |url=http://www.gov.nu/wb/pages/parliament/assembly.php |website=Government of Niue |publisher=Government of Niue}}
The climate of Tamakautoga is classified as a tropical rainforest under the Köppen climate classification system. Temperatures in Tamakautoga vary from an average of {{convert|22.7|C|F}} in July, the coolest month, to an average of {{convert|26.5|C|F}} in February, the warmest month. Average precipitation in Tamakautoga ranges from a low of 88mm in June, the driest month, to 223mm in January, the wettest month.{{cite web |title=Climate Tamakautoga |url=https://en.climate-data.org/oceania/niue/tamakautoga/tamakautoga-554845/ |website=Climate-data.org |publisher=Climate-data.org |accessdate=4 November 2018}}
The Tamakautoga War Memorial honours Niuean soldiers from Tamakautoga who fought in World War I alongside the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.{{cite web |title=Tamakautoga war memorial, Niue |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/tamakautoga-war-memorial-niue |website=New Zealand History |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |accessdate=3 November 2018}} Tamakautoga holds an annual show day involving performances, meals, and other activities. The 2017 show day was held on 26 August.{{cite web |title=Tamakautoga Village Show Day |url=https://www.niueisland.com/calendar/2016/7/30/tamakautoga-village-show-day |website=Niue Tourism |publisher=Niue Tourism |accessdate=3 November 2018}} Tamakautoga is home to the Scenic Matavai Resort Niue, a 55-room resort on the coast of Niue that is part of the Scenic Hotel Group.{{cite web |title=Accommodation |url=https://www.niueisland.com/accommodation-1/ |website=Niue Tourism |publisher=Niue Tourism |accessdate=3 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=Niue, the Pacific island struggling to cope as its population plummets |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/13/niue-pacific-island-struggling-population-new-zealand |accessdate=3 November 2018 |agency=Associated Press in Niue |work=The Guardian |date=13 July 2014}} Tamakautoga is serviced by a number of local roads as well as the Niue International Airport, part of which is located within the boundaries of the village.{{OSM|r|1558550|Tamakautoga}}
Australian writer Louis Becke documented a trip to Niue in his 1897 book Wild Life in Southern Seas in which his nurse took his infant daughter to Tamakautoga to meet members of the nurse's family.{{cite book |last1=Becke |first1=Louis |title=Wild Life in Southern Seas |date=1897 |publisher=T. F. Unwin |location=London |pages=[https://archive.org/details/wildlifeinsouth01beckgoog/page/n113 99]–100 |url=https://archive.org/details/wildlifeinsouth01beckgoog |accessdate=4 November 2018}}
The Area is a popular tourist destination for Scuba Diving