Aramoana is a small coastal settlement 27 kilometres north of Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand. The settlement's permanent population in the 2001 Census was 261. Supplementing this are seaso
Looking east across the mouth of Otago Harbour; Aramoana settlement to the lower right
Aerial view to the east across the entrance to Otago Harbour, Aramoana is just below the centre of the picture, with the mudflats and mole clearly visible.
Endangered New Zealand sea lions resting at the end of Aramoana spit, the site of the Aramoana Pilot's Wharf.
The Aramoana massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township of Aramoana, northeast of Dunedin, New Zealand. Resident David Gray killed 13 people, includin
Aramoana
…the spread of tidal sands into the mouth of Otago Harbour and was surveyed and amalgamated as a suburb of Port Chalmers borough. It is the site of the Aramoana massacre, New Zealand's second deadliest criminal shooting, on 13 and 14 November 1990. The settlement is located on a sand dune spit at the mouth of the Otago…
Armed police search cribs in Aramoana for David Gray, 14 November
The house in Aramoana where David Gray was killed on 14 November 1990.
The memorial at Aramoana, listing those killed