Takamatua

Takamatua

Takamatua Bay
Takamatua

Takamatua

Coordinates: NZ 43°47′0″S 172°58′15″E / 43.78333°S 172.97083°E / -43.78333; 172.97083Coordinates: NZ 43°47′0″S 172°58′15″E / 43.78333°S 172.97083°E / -43.78333; 172.97083
Country  New Zealand
Unitary authority Christchurch City
Postcode 7581

Takamatua is a small bay and settlement situated in Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. The main road to Akaroa (State Highway 75) passes through this locality. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Akaroa township.[1]

History

At the time of French settlement in August 1840 in Akaroa, a small number of German families settled in this bay.[2] Five German men, four of them single, chose to have land in Takamatua rather than Akaroa. The men were Breitmeyer, Hahn, Hettich, Waeckerle, Walther and Woll. [3] The bay was named German Bay up until 1916 when the residents called on the Minister for Internal Affairs, George Warren Russell, to change the name to Takamatua, as a patriotic reaction to World War I.[4] The German Bay Dairy Co-operative Factory was established in 1893.[5] The Factory's cheese won first prize at the Dunedin Agricultural Show in 1901 and 1902.[6][5]

German Bay Co-operative Dairy Factory.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Reed New Zealand atlas (2004) Auckland: Reed Publishing. Map 83. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8
  2. ↑ Reed, A. W. (1975). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed. p. 481. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.
  3. ↑ Tremewan, Peter (1990). French Akaroa. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-877257-97-1.
  4. ↑ Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past | DELETED FROM MAP (Evening Post, 1916-01-05)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  5. 1 2 "German Bay | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  6. ↑ Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past | The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1902 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 1902-07-01)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
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