Havelock North
| Havelock North | ||
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| Coordinates | 39 ° 39 ′ S , 176 ° 48 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-HKB | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Hawke's Bay | |
| District | Hastings District | |
| Ward | Havelock North Ward | |
| Residents | 11 109 (2013) | |
| height | 12 m | |
| Post Code | 4130 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 6 | |
| UN / LOCODE | NZ HVN | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Havelock North , one of the city center's six star-shaped streets |
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Havelock North , also called The Village by the locals, is a town in the Hawke's Bay region on the North Island of New Zealand .
geography
Lying at the foot of a mountain range , which has its climax in the 399 m high Te Mata , the Heretaunga Plains open up in front of the city , an extensive plain of Hawke's Bay . The two city centers are around 6 km northwest of Hastings and around 20 km north to Napier . The city is also connected to the New Zealand State Highway 2 via Hastings .
history
As far as we know today, the area around today's Havelock North was not inhabited by the Māori and was little used, but there is also a Māori legend about the origin of Te Mata . The Māori chief Te Mata from the Iwi of the Maimarama is said to have fallen in love with the daughter of the chief of the Heretaunga and had to solve some tasks before he could get her. However, trying to eat his way through the hills, he died and became a mountain.
In any case, it is certain that in 1854 John Chambers leased land from the Heretaunga and built his cottage on the Karamu Stream , a stream that still flows through Havelock North today . Chambers is considered to be the first settler in the area.
After an opaque land purchase in 1839 by William Barnard Rhodes , an English-born merchant and adventurer who allegedly bought a few blocks of land from the Mahia Peninsula to Castlepoint for a total of 883,000 acres from the Māori , but got caught up in contradictions, the provincial government bought rebuilt the land at the foot of Te Mata in 1855 and planned to build a town there, for which a detailed plan was presented in 1959, shortly before the first auction of the first land section (2023 m²) took place on January 17, 1860. Six streets should converge almost in a star shape and thus lead to a center. The response was correspondingly high, also from speculators, and all the other 74 sections were sold in March and June of the same year. The town, which was named Havelock , developed a distinctive character in the years that followed, in which artists , writers and many talented and motivated people came together with settlers and developed a strong sense of community.
The first public school under colonial administration was built in 1865, the first church was added in 1871 and since the post office was still organized by various agents from 1862 to 1908, the post office in Havelock only came with the construction of the post office building and its ceremonial opening in 1914 later a separate station and administration. The first orchard came, which was still unusual for the time, in the 1870s. The first wine-growing began in 1892. The town developed rapidly in the early years , but was limited in its further growth for decades by the establishment of Hastings in 1873 and the construction of the railroad through Hastings .
In 1907 The Havelock Work was founded, a group consisting of people interested in spirit and philosophy who dealt with art and literature . They published The Forerunner (1909–1914), a journal , organized musical events and trained in crafts and the arts. From the early 20th century onwards, Havelock North became the center for alternative philosophy and spirituality where u. a. Also Rudolf Steiner's teachings was represented there and the first Rudolf Steiner School of New Zealand was opened.
From 1910 onwards, Havelock , which was given the name in honor of Sir Henry Havelock , was renamed Havelock North by the country's highest postmaster under protest from the residents so that it could no longer be confused with Havelock on the South Island . The protest went as far as parliament, but did not prevail.
Until February 6, 1912, the day on which Havelock North got its own Town Board , the place was administered by Hawke's Bay County Council and got the status of a borough quite late in 1952 , which guaranteed it municipal self-government.
In the course of the territorial reform of 1989, Havelock North lost its independence again and was incorporated into the Hastings District through the merger of the Havelock North Borough Council with Hawke's Bay County Council and Hastings City Council , which has been with the newly formed Hastings District Council since that time is based in Hastings .
population
In the 2013 census, Havelock North had 11,109 inhabitants, 5.8% more than in the 2006 census.
Hawke's Bay earthquake of 1931
Havelock North was on the same line as the earthquake of February 3, 1931 , which partially completely destroyed the cities of Napier and Hastings . The fact that the damage in Havelock North was not noticed as strongly was due to the fact that there were no fatalities in the city on the one hand and that the city center was not completely destroyed, as in Napier , where fire did the rest of the destruction, on the other . Nevertheless, almost all brick structures in Havelock North were also destroyed. The Lands & Deeds Office , where all written documents and deeds of the city were kept, was completely destroyed by a fire as a result of the earthquake.
today
Today, Havelock North is a modern styled city that still has some historic buildings. The city is the preferred residence for commuters who work in Hastings and Napier . At 20.5%, the city also has an increased proportion of over 65-year-olds who have chosen Havelock North as their retirement home. The proportion of old-age residences is correspondingly high.
Attractions
- Te Mata Trust Park , with the 399 m high Te Mata , from which you canoverlookthe entire Hawke Bay when the visibility is goodandthe Ruahine Range , the Kaweka Range and the Maungaharuru Range can be seenin the distanceover the wide Heretaunga Plains .
- Duart House , which was built in colonial style in 1882 as a large villa with a large garden and is now used for public and private events.
- Clock Tower Building , a small house with a small tower clock in the center of the city,designed and built for a competition in1914 by the designer and architect James Walter Chapman-Taylor .
- Whare Ra , home of the mysterious Stella Matutina order , which wasre-founded in New Zealandby Robert Felkin in England in 1912.
Personalities
- Alan Duff (born 1950), Māori , novelist , columnist
- Robert William Felkin (1853-1926), anthropologist .
- Alfred Meebold (1963–1952), writer , botanist and anthroposophist .
See also
literature
- Matthew Wright : Havelock North - The History of a Village . Ed .: Hastings District Council . Hastings 1996, ISBN 0-473-03962-1 (English).
Web links
- Homepage . Duart House Society,accessed June 8, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Hastings District . Statistics New Zealand , accessed on June 8, 2017 (English, analysis of the data for the districts: Anderson Park , Te Mata , Havelock North Central and Iona ).
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 8, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Heritage Trails - Havelock North Walks , Hastings District Heritage Trail Society Inc. , Hastings , November 2003
- ^ The Havelock work - Radiant Living - NZ-History - (accessed February 25, 2010)
- ^ East of Hastings - Havelock North - Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand - (accessed February 25, 2010)
- ^ History of Hastings District Council . Hastings District Council , accessed April 14, 2018 .