Access to Torrent Bay is through a walking track from Marahau, or by boat from one of the many water taxi services operating in the area. There is one Lodge operated as accommodation for walkers and kayakers on commercial trips with Wilsons Abel Tasman. There is a small camping area but most accommodation is in private holiday homes. There is no road access, and no electricity but water is supplied to most properties. As part of the Motueka Ward of the Tasman District Council, land is of freehold title and can be onsold and built on, within strict building codes and resource consents. When Abel Tasman National Park was formed in 1942, the village was not included in the Park, so remains as a village of holiday houses on privately owned land within the National Park. The area was surveyed as a village in the 1920s. Torrent Bay was named by French explorer Dumont D'Urville during his exploration and mapping of this area of New Zealand in 1827. Torrent Bay / Rākauroa is a bay in Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand.
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