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Figure 7.18. The seven similar modern houses built in a prominent location behind the Gaiety Theatre (seen here from the Garden of Tane) provoked concern in Akaroa about the damage the repetition of a modern design did to the town’s character. Even Alun Wilkie, a Christchurch architect who believed “Modernism” could have a place in a town like Akaroa “provided it is regional and sympathetic to the vernacular styles and materials of the older existing buildings”, thought the number, prominence and repetitive character of the units made them “a visually significant intrusion rather than a pleasing new contribution to the town’s built character”. 61 Shortly after the controversy over these units had died away, the District Council put in hand a remodelling of the waterfront along Beach Road (refer figure 7.20). This too came in for criticism on the grounds it gave the waterfront “an appearance it never had in the past” and destroyed an old waterfront that was “original, authentic and distinctive to Akaroa”. 62 In 2008 a further new subdivision (the first large subdivision for several years) was announced for a conspicuous location. The former junior school site, a large rectangular area on the northern side of Stanley Park which had been only partly built on when it was in use for a school, was acquired by Ngai Tahu Properties in 2007(refer figure 7.19). Ngai Tahu Properties had a subdivision plan drawn up with a new road linking Julius and Penlington Places. The plan provided for 16 townhouses and 14 individual sections. It was promised that the new neighbourhood would “seamlessly integrate into the Akaroa landscape, ensuring the built form is not only visually attractive but in keeping with the unique architectural themes which make up the intricate and complex flavour of Akaroa”. The development will see houses and townhouses built on land (with an underlying residential zoning) that, though it was outside the Park's boundaries, had always looked like it was part of one of the open spaces that have allowed Akaroa to seem to remain a small town nestled on the shore even as it grew. 63 61 Akaroa Civic Trust Newsletter, May 2006, p. 4 62 Akaroa Civic Trust Newsletter, October 2003, pp. 6-7, April 2005, pp. 4-6 63 Akaroa Mail, 15 June 2007, p. 1, 21 December 2008; the Press, 16 December 2008 AKAROA HERITAGE OVERVIEW : SECTION 7 CHANGE AND GROWTH 1950 TO 2009 PAGE 150
Figure 7.19. Behind the recent and conspicuous buildings on Julius and Armstrong Places work is proceeding on clearing the ground below Stanley Park for the new development on the former junior school site. Figure 7.20. When the Beach Road waterfront was redeveloped in the early 21 st century, some thought the design and materials were not appropriate for Akaroa and that a design based on the historical appearance of the Akaroa waterfront should have been used. The largest individual new dwelling in Akaroa was a house built in 2002-03 for an international financier. The house of 1,000 square metres on an 8,067 square metre section was the town’s largest private house, but its location on a low spur, the size of its section and the design (by local architect John Davey) which gave the house a low profile meant it was less obtrusive than it could have been (refer figure 7.21). Fears that Akaroa’s part-time population could come to include other very wealthy “high-profile sanctuary-seekers” who might want to build very large homes that would disrupt Akaroa’s small scale have not yet materialised, but nor have they been allayed. 64 64 The Press, 4 September 2002; Avenues, date and issue number not known, p. 31 AKAROA HERITAGE OVERVIEW : SECTION 7 CHANGE AND GROWTH 1950 TO 2009 PAGE 151
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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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public gardens in the colony” 122
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Britomart or Green's Point Monument
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Names on the landscape in 1900 The
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c SNAPSHOT OF AKAROA IN 1900 The 19
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Public buildings and structures •
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During and just after World War II,
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with the previous half century. Two
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The unveiling of the monument on Gr
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Figure 6.5. James Bruce established
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grounds, was dedicated to the wives
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Building a dairy factory in Akaroa
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Community Life Between 1900 and 195
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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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