Akaroa Historical Overview - Christchurch City Council

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EXTANT TOWN FABRIC DATING FROM 1900-1950 Planted Fabric • War Memorial Gardens- 4 x Phoenix canarensis and Meterosideros sp. hedge planted btw 1926 and 1930s • Garden of Tane - 1918 Peace tree (Oak) at entrance to reserve. It is also possible that some of the 1920s donated bulbs may have survived in some areas • French Cemetery - Coronation Oak (Kings Oak) unconfirmed • Beach Road- under Stanley Park 12 x Eucalyptus ficifolia ca 1939/1940 • Alymers St - remnant fruit tree from Government Experimental Orchard • 1 Rue Pompallier - Orion Power Station Museum - Rhopalostylis sapida, Alectryon escelsis, Pseudopanex crassifolium, Phoenix canariensis, Tracycarpus fotunei planted ca 1912-1916 • 5 Seaview Ave - Morus nigra (possibly earlier) • 9 William St - Morus nigra (possibly earlier) • 14 William St - Morus nigra (possibly earlier) • 130 Rue Jolie (Nikau Cottage) - 2 x Rhopalostylis sapida planted 1900 • Percy Street - some hedges are likely to date from this period Built Fabric • 18 Rue Balguerie (Banksia Cottage) - wirewove fence • 37 Rue Balguerie (Bythcliffe) - remains of wirewove fence • Rue Lavaud - Lamp placed at the junction of Rue Lavaud and SH 75 • 1 Rue Pompallier - fountain in the grounds of the Power Station museum below L'Aube Hill (1916 detailed on fountain bowl) Reserves, Parks etc • Britomart Reserve – Cannon , post and chain fencing and some planting • Beach Road Reserve – Norfolk Pines and other foreshore plantings late 1920s • Beach Road Foreshore– set of three tripots. Originally placed in 1913 near children's playground, subsequently relocated • Beach Road Reserve - French landing site memorial • Beach Road- under Stanley Park ornamental culvert dated 1940 • Decorative stone border (remnant) near French landing site ca1939 / 1940 • Some of the oldest Ngaio on the waterfront date to 1907 • French Burial Ground - fence and memorial structure 1925/26 • Beach Road Reserve - French landing site memorial • 84 Rue Lavaud - War Memorial structure 1924 • French landing memorial on Beach Road Reserve placed 1940 • Britomart / Green's Point Memorial – fence and steps from Lover's Walk – 1940 • Beach Road - Fisherman's Rest • Beach Road - Weighbridge building • Beach Road - Fire bell tower • L'Aube Hill - Ngaio plantings AKAROA HERITAGE OVERVIEW : SECTION 6 YEARS OF STABILITY 1900 TO 1950 PAGE 125
Public buildings and structures • Beach Road - Boat shed • Rue Jolie - Former Ladies’ Rest Room • Rue Jolie - Coronation Library (remodelling of) • Rue Lavaud - Presbyterian church hall • Julius Place - Former Anglican church hall (now a residence) • 6 Rue Viard - Former Convent building • 62 Rue Lavaud - Former Police Station lock-up (Snuggle Inn) • Onuku Road - Hospital • 78 Rue Lavaud - Former Post office (now Council Service Centre) • Rue Jolie - Bowling Club pavilion • 1 Rue Pompallier - Power House Commercial buildings • 46 Rue Lavaud - Madeira Hotel • 45 & 47 Rue Lavaud - Artisans’ Gallery & McCrosties • Cnr Rule Jolie & Church Street - Former Akaroa Tweed factory • 73 Beach Road - Akaroa Supply Store • 73 Rue Lavaud - Bank of New Zealand • 67 Rue Lavaud - Butcher’s shop • 6 William Stree - Former garage Houses and Cottages • 5 Julius Place - Vicarage • 83 Rue Lavaud- Lavaud House • 47 Rue Balguerie (bungalow) • 51 Rue Balguerie • 65 Rue Lavaud (villa) • 16 Aubrey Street (villa) • 14 Percy Street (square villa) • 4 William Street (bay villa) • 9 William Street (Arts and Crafts bay villa) • 110 Rue Jolie (villa) • 116 Rue Jolie (villa) • 136 Rue Jolie (villa) • 155 Rue Jolie (cottage) Other houses in various subdivisions Lower Selwyn Avenue Seaview Avenue Aylmer’s Valley Road - immediately above the hospital AKAROA HERITAGE OVERVIEW : SECTION 6 YEARS OF STABILITY 1900 TO 1950 PAGE 126
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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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The resort garden and the seaside h
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The re-invigoration of the town's e
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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
Page 119 and 120: area without the fear of currents a
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 and 134: Figure 6.34. Aylmers Valley Road in
Page 135 and 136: Figure 6.36. The Narbey family home
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Page 143 and 144: When the Akaroa County first drew u
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Page 147 and 148: offered from the 1970s and more rec
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Page 151 and 152: ensure as far as possible that the
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Page 159 and 160: But the spread of houses onto those
Page 161 and 162: Figure 7.16. Some architects who de
Page 163 and 164: Farrell stated her case against the
Page 165 and 166: Figure 7.19. Behind the recent and
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Page 169 and 170: In 1970 a local complained to the w
Page 171 and 172: Figure 7.25. The new gymnasium on t
Page 173 and 174: Figure 7.26. General view of Akaroa
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Page 177 and 178: Commemorative fabric and historic t
Page 179 and 180: The changing face of the Domain Dur
Page 181 and 182: Cemetery reserves: “nothing but c
Page 183 and 184: widened in part to better accommoda
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Page 187 and 188: 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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