Aramoana
![AramoanaLocation of Aramoana.](/Images/godic/202412/21/New_Zealand_location_map.svg3429.png")
![Looking east across the mouth of Otago Harbour; Aramoana settlement to the lower right](/Images/godic/202412/21/Aramoana3429.jpg")
![Endangered New Zealand sea lions resting on Aramoana Mole](/Images/godic/202412/21/New_Zealand_Sea_Lions_at_The_Spit,_Aramoana3429.jpg")
Aramoana is a small coastal settlement, 27 kilometres north of Dunedin city, in the South Island of New Zealand. The settlement's permanent population in 2001 Census was 261. Supplementing this are seasonal visitors from the city who occupy cribs. The name Aramoana is Maori for "pathway of the sea".