Tākou Bay

Tākou Bay is a bay and rural community in the Far North District and Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island, beside the Tākou River. Tākou Bay is an official name, gazetted on 16 July 2020.

The local Tākou Marae is a meeting place for the Ngāpuhi hapū of Ngāti Tautahi, Ngāti Tūpango and Ngāti Whakaeke, and the Ngāpuhi and Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa hapū of Ngāti Rēhia. It includes Te Whetū Marama meeting house. The Mātaatua canoe ended its journey in Tākou Bay. Piakoa burial caves in the cliffs above the bay are wāhi tapu on the New Zealand Heritage List. In 2019 Māori Development Minister, Nanaia Mahuta, announced up to $2.3m investment with Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa in housing at Tākou Bay for repairs and affordable homes.

The 2018 census SA1 7000135, covering the area around Tākou Bay Road, had 129 Europeans, 30 Māori and 3 Asians.