Saint Arnaud (New Zealand)
| Saint Arnaud | ||
| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 48 ′ S , 172 ° 51 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-TAS | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Tasman | |
| District | Tasman District | |
| Ward | Lakes-Murchison Ward | |
| Residents | 105 (2013) | |
| height | 633 m | |
| Post Code | 7072 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Saint Arnauld Youth Hostel with the Saint Arnaud Range in the background |
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Saint Arnaud or St Arnaud is a village in the Tasman District on the South Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The village was named after the southeast lying mountain range that takes its name in honor of the French marshal Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud got that in the Crimean War was the French army from 1853 to 1856 the commander in chief.
geography
The village is located around 67 km southwest of Nelson at the northern end of Lake Rotoiti . To the southeast of the village rise the northern, around 1700 m high foothills of the Saint Arnaud Range and southwest of the Travers Range . The Richmond Range begins in the northeast and the Buller River valley stretches to the northwest . The New Zealand State Highway 63 runs through Saint Arnaud and connects the village to Westport on the west coast via the New Zealand State Highway 6, which is 23 km to the northwest .
The historic Tophouse settlement is nearby .
history
Until 1921 the village was called Rotoiti , but then renamed by the Department of Lands and Survey to avoid confusion with other communities of the same name. Between 1921 and 1951, both names were used unofficially by residents and authorities to denote the area of the village.
According to the head wrote of the district Nelson competent office of the Nelson District Office to the New Zealand Geographic Board a letter in which he said that there was for many years, problems at the post office, which to inhabitants and visitors to the resort at Lake Rotoiti at Nelson , as it was mistakenly sent to Lake Rotoiti , near Rotorua near Auckland . Because of the same naming problems, the place Rotoiti was renamed St Arnaud by this authority . However, the new name only became law on July 19, 1951, when the change was officially announced. Some residents were against the name change. On December 4, 1950, a petition against the name change was sent to the New Zealand Geographic Board .
Another request to the New Zealand Geographic Board to either change the name of the place back to Rotoiti or use a double name failed in 2007. A previous poll had found that just over half of the population was in favor of a return to the previous name.
population
For the 2013 census, the town had 105 inhabitants.
economy
In addition to the few inhabitants, the place primarily caters for hiking and skiing tourists. The village has a village shop with a post office, a gas station, a restaurant, two campsites and other accommodations, including a youth hostel. A water taxi operates on Lake Rotoiti, and a bus on State Highway 63 connects the town with Nelson , Murchison , Greymouth , Blenheim , Westport and Picton .
Nearby is the Royal New Zealand Air Force's Dip Flat training area .
tourism
There is a Department of Conservation (DOC) visitor center in town with information about nature and conservation in Nelson Lakes National Park .
Saint Arnaud is the starting point for the 80 km long Travers-Sabine tramping cirquit . This follows the Travers River , crosses the subalpine Travers Saddle and then descends over the valley of the Sabine River to Lake Rotoroa . From here you can return to Saint Arnaud either over a low mountain saddle to the valley of Lake Rotoiti over the Speargrass Track or over a higher route over Mount Angelus . You can also use the water taxi from the Sabine Hut of the DOC on Lake Rotoroa to the north end of the lake.
In winter the place with the Rainbow Ski Field at the east end of the Saint Arnaud Range is used for winter sports and in summer the lake is used for fishing, kayaking and sailing. Hunting is also possible in the area.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: St Arnaud . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 1055 f .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Lake Rotoroa . Statistics New Zealand , accessed on August 31, 2017 (English, StatsMap: Meshblock analysis from the interactive map).
- ^ Helga Neubauer: St Arnaud . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 1056 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed August 31, 2017 .
- ↑ a b http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8062/is_20070517/ai_n46916281/
- ↑ a b Reference P&T 76/3123 - New Zealand Geographic Board
- ^ Lake Rotoiti Local History Collection
- ^ Name change ruled out for St Arnaud . In: Nelson Mail . Fairfax Media , November 16, 2007, accessed February 3, 2016 .