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Figure 6.35. The de Malmanche house framed by eucalypts. Ref: 104 The same year Blanche Baughan, author and Akaroa resident, described the significant seasonal drama and the ephemeral qualities of the landscape in spring. This was particularly impressive because of the extensive orchards of fruit tree blossoms ( peach, plum, pear, cherry and quince) which were bounded by flowering hedges of hawthorn and broom and backgrounded by hills covered in bright green spring grass. 93 Baughan also described the town’s cottage gardens in some detail. Lining every lane, these were variations on the same general theme of “artless loveliness and effortless growth”. Charactertised by their informality and potager style, Baughan described them as full to overflowing with columbine, stocks, scented pinks, wallflowers, tulips, polyanthus, ranunculus, purple honesty, Jug-lilies (arum lilies), snapdragons and larkspur, planted alongside currants, gooseberries and purple and white lilac. In November, roses claimed the town. Hedges were festooned with Provence and Cloth of Gold, the Seven Sisters rose climbed through the trees. This was reiterated by Cowan in 1930 who described Akaroa as “one great flower garden”. 94 Two years later Cowan expanded on his description of the town in more detail. Akaroa he felt had a peculiar attractiveness to the visitor which he believed was derived from its landscape, the town's still tangible French associations and the native birdlife. It was “a town of groves and gardens, of leafy old lanes, of lovers' walks and little parks, of scented hedgerows and orchards that dangled their fruit-laden branches within tempting reach of the footpath stroller”. Some of the properties on Aylmers Valley Road, he noted, were “em-bowered in grape vines and climbing roses, and apricot trees are trained along cottage walls”. Immense old eucalyptus and oaks were noted along with hedgerows of alders and hawthorns 95 (refer figure 6.35). Charles Brasch, another visitor to the town in 1938, was struck with the “wiry manukas” on the hill slopes and described ngaio trees which “grew out of the land rather than weighting it down” and of the town itself he recorded, “ngaios and Norfolk Island pines grew along the curving line of little old wooden shops, white and red, with veranda roofs over the pavement”. 96 93 Baughan, Glimpses of New Zealand Scenery, p. 303 94 Cowan, New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol 5, Issue 3. p. 51 95 Cowan, New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 8, 1932, p. 36 96 Brasch, Indirections: a memoir, p. 138 AKAROA HERITAGE OVERVIEW : SECTION 6 YEARS OF STABILITY 1900 TO 1950 PAGE 121
Figure 6.36. The Narbey family home at 115 Rue Jolie ca 1910. Streetscape One of the most striking aspects of Akaroa's streetscape at this time was the visual dominance of its trees. Many of the fastest growing species like the eucalyptus and poplar shelter belts and the plane and walnut trees had begun to tower over the predominantly single and one-and-a-half-storeyed cottages. This disparity in scale had become quite extreme by 1910 (refer figure 6.37). The introduction of 50 power poles throughout the town in 1911 also added another strongly vertical element to the streetscape. Akaroa's residential and reserves fencing at this time appears to have been overwhelmingly white, simple and open, allowing views into gardens (refer figure 6.36) and across reserve lawns to the harbour. Hedges seem to have been planted around houses away from the main street and by the 1950s these had reached maturity and contributed an English village aesthetic to some parts of the town (refer figure 6.38). There was an observable mosaic quality to Akaroa's backdrop as surviving native species and patches of regenerating bush extended into former pasture lands and merged with planted gardens and orchards which were slowly moving up the valleys. Figure 6.37. Lavaud Street property showing mature Cupressus, possibly part of an early hedge or shelter belt. Ref: 108 AKAROA HERITAGE OVERVIEW : SECTION 6 YEARS OF STABILITY 1900 TO 1950 PAGE 122
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A REPORT PREPARED FOR: KERI DAVIS-M
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LIST OF FIGURES: Section 2: Introdu
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Figure 6.7. Akaroa beach before WW
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Figure 7.41. View of hillside veget
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SECTION ONE: OVERVIEW Report Contex
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It draws particular attention to wh
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AKAROA: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Sect
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It had the appearance of remoteness
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SECTION THREE: LANDSCAPE & HUMAN HI
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Paka Ariki seems to have had a less
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They appear also on occasion to hav
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The settlers were given clear title
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Commercial Hotel. (Green sold this
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Figure 4.2. The cottage built in 18
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Charlotte Godley, however, observed
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THE NATURAL AND PLANTED LANDSCAPE P
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own property in Takamatua and the n
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By 1847 cropping and stock breeding
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Figure 4.10. Father Sione's plan sh
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Figure 4.12. Plan of the Akaroa sho
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EXTANT TOWN FABRIC & FEATURES DATIN
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SECTION FIVE: THE COLONIAL TOWN 185
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Akaroa’s transformation from vill
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Although the proportion of Akaroa
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The most important concentration of
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The largest private home built in 1
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He soon built his own store and coa
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time after 1884 (probably in 1888)
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Figure 5.17. In this view looking s
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Industry Industry had less of an im
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Public institutions As Akaroa grew
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One of the organisations which met
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The first Anglican church was built
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distinctively Akaroa style of archi
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The Akaroa Mail greeted the formati
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Figure 5.28. For a time in the late
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THE COLONIAL LANDSCAPE The disappea
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By 1900 the forest was virtually go
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Figure 5.32. Walnut Avenue was the
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Figure 5.34. Charles Haylock's prop
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Page 89 and 90: Britomart or Green's Point Monument
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Page 93 and 94: c SNAPSHOT OF AKAROA IN 1900 The 19
Page 95 and 96: Public buildings and structures •
Page 97 and 98: AKAROA: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Sect
Page 99 and 100: During and just after World War II,
Page 101 and 102: with the previous half century. Two
Page 103 and 104: The unveiling of the monument on Gr
Page 105 and 106: Figure 6.5. James Bruce established
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Page 109 and 110: Building a dairy factory in Akaroa
Page 111 and 112: Community Life Between 1900 and 195
Page 113 and 114: The building of the Post Office was
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Page 117 and 118: Power from the Lake Coleridge power
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Page 121 and 122: Land reclaimed on the northern beac
Page 123 and 124: Akaroa cemetery: “the most inviti
Page 125 and 126: Figure 6.23 The central memorial fe
Page 127 and 128: Centennial celebrations In preparat
Page 129 and 130: In addition to built landscape elem
Page 131 and 132: Coronation Oaks were planted on L'A
Page 133: Figure 6.34. Aylmers Valley Road in
Page 137 and 138: c SNAPSHOT OF AKAROA IN 1950 Descri
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Page 141 and 142: SECTION SEVEN: CHANGE AND GROWTH 19
Page 143 and 144: When the Akaroa County first drew u
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Page 153 and 154: Figure 7.7. In this aerial view tak
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Page 163 and 164: Farrell stated her case against the
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Page 173 and 174: Figure 7.26. General view of Akaroa
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Figure 7.38. 1972 map of Akaroa . P
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c SNAPSHOT OF AKAROA TODAY The seco
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EXTANT TOWN FABRIC DATING FROM 1950
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Come to Akaroa Canterbury’s Premi
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Vangioni. L. J. (1967) Old Maori pl
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Akaroa Mail, 7 September 2001 Akaro
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Appendix 2. Although Akaroa's popul
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Appendix 4. Typically, subdivisions
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Appendix 6. In 1946, the block of l
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Appendix 8. In 1953, the extensive
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Appendix 10. In 1962, one of the fi
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Appendix 12. After the major subdiv
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Appendix 14. On the south side of A
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Appendix 16. The most recent large
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Appendix 18. Nearly 20 years passed
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Appendix 20. In 1971, the block of
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Appendix 22. A 1981 subdivision saw
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Appendix 24. The Settlers Hill subd
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Appendix 26. The houses on Percy St
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Appendix 28. As development extende
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Appendix 30. As development crept u
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