Wenderholm Regional Park
| Wenderholm Regional Park | |
|---|---|
| location | East coast of the Northland Peninsula between the Puhoi River and Waiwera River |
| size | 127 hectares |
| opening | December 1965 |
| operator | Auckland Council |
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Coordinates: 36 ° 32 ′ 11 ″ S , 174 ° 42 ′ 32 ″ E
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The Wenderholm Regional Park is a park in the urban areas of Auckland Council on the North Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
The wooded hill Maungatauhoro and its surrounding area was named Wenderholm by the politician Robert Graham (1820–1885), who in 1868 bought the area from Te Hemara , the local Māori chief and supposedly named it "Wenderholm" after a visit from a Swedish friend. which translated from Swedish means "winter home".
geography
The 127 hectare park is located around 5 km north-northeast of Orewa and around 34 km north of downtown Auckland on the east coast of the Northland Peninsula between the estuary of the Puhoi River in the north and that of the Waiwera River in the south. The park extends over 2 km in an east-west direction and measures around 600 m at its narrowest point and around 1 at its widest point, which includes the 880 m long headland protruding north into the mouth of the Puhoi River . 7 km. Adjacent to the headland to the south, the wooded Maungatauhoro hill rises to a height of 122 m . The bank of the Puhoi River opposite the headland to the north is also part of the Wenderholm Regional Park , as is the 130 m × 70 m Mahurangi Island southeast 270 m from Maungatauhoro .
The Wenderholm Regional Park can be reached via the New Zealand State Highway 17 , also known as the Hibiscus Coast Highway , which leads north from Orewa , or via the northern part of the Hibiscus Coast Highway that branches off from New Zealand State Highway 1 to the east .
history
The area of today's Wenderholm Regional Park was originally settled by Māori , who called the flat headland Te Akeake and the wooded hill Maungatauhoro to the south . Both were part of a larger area called Te Pūhoi by the locals and the entire coastline from Matakana to Waiwera was named Mahurangi , named after the island of Mahurangi Island , which, according to legend, was named after an elderly woman named Mahurangi from Hawaiki , the country of origin of the ancestors of the Māori .
Settlement of New Zealand began around 1300 and, according to legend, Tūrehu settled in the area around Wenderholm Regional Park , later the descendants of the Tainui Waka came from the south and the descendants of the Moekakara Waka from the north and mixed their tribes. Their settlement area was strategically located, as the coast and the sea offered plenty of food and the two rivers good access to the hinterland and connection to the thermal springs of Waiwera .
When the first Europeans came to the area in the 18th century, they found the Māori tribes Ngāti Rongo and Te Kawerau , descendants of the Ngāti Awa .
Their tribes waged war with the Hauraki tribes for almost a century from the 1700s and came to an end in the 1790s, when the Hauraki tribes took control of the settlement area on the east coast and made their peace in Te Pūhoi . They called the place of the ceremony Mihirau (many greetings).
When the local Māori chief Te Hemara heard in 1841 that his settlement area had been sold by the Hauraki tribes to the British crown, he successfully intervened with Governor William Hobson , who guaranteed him land for his tribe. In 1853, the Pūhoi Reserve with 6691 acres of land was chartered to the tribe.
In 1844 Te Hemara sold land lying on Waiwera Beach to the politician Robert Graham from Auckland , who built a small resort near the thermal springs. In 1868, Graham bought the Maungatauhoro Block from Te Hemara for £ 50 . He had a simple, one-story, colonial- style holiday home built there for his family and named it Wenderholm. The house originally stood below the cliffs at the southern end of the beach, but was later moved to a more sheltered location in the bay, where it still stands today. After a few changes of ownership, HW Couldrey (1909–1995) acquired the house in 1940 , expanded and renovated it. The house became famous when Queen Elizabeth II paid a visit there in 1953 .
On March 31, 1965, the area was sold to the Auckland Regional Authority (ARA), which then opened the park to the public in December 1965.
The Couldrey family lived in the house until 1973 when they also assigned the building to the Auckland Regional Council. The house has since been known as Couldrey House and is open to visitors for a fee.
use
The park is accessible to pedestrians and hikers all year round without restriction. Access with vehicles and the use of picnics is limited in summer to between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., in winter until 7:00 p.m. In the park there is a campsite in the bay facing the Puhoi River , which usually has to be booked in advance.
In addition to picnics, beach bathing, diving and hiking, fishing, kayaking and mountain biking in and around the park are also possible.
literature
- Auckland Council (Ed.): Wenderholm Regional Park - Our History . Auckland 2015 (English, Online [PDF; 8.9 MB ; accessed on December 25, 2017]).
Web links
- Auckland Regional Park Management Plan - Wenderholm Regional Park - Map 21 . (PDF 58 kB)Auckland Council,accessed December 25, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Auckland Council (ed.): Wenderholm Regional Park - Our History . 2015, p. 6 .
- ↑ a b Auckland's first coastal regional park . Auckland Council , February 20, 2015, accessed December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Auckland Regional Park Management Plan - Wenderholm Regional Park - Map 21 . (PDF 58 kB) Auckland Council , accessed December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Coordinates and length expansions determined on December 25, 2017 with Google Earth version 7.1.8.3036.
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Auckland Council (ed.): Wenderholm Regional Park - Our History . 2015, p. 1 .
- ↑ Auckland Council (ed.): Wenderholm Regional Park - Our History . 2015, p. 2 .
- ↑ Auckland Council (ed.): Wenderholm Regional Park - Our History . 2015, p. 4 .
- ↑ Auckland Council (ed.): Wenderholm Regional Park - Our History . 2015, p. 5 .
- ↑ a b History . Couldrey House , accessed December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ About Wenderholm . Auckland Council , accessed December 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Kajr Activities . Auckland Council , accessed December 25, 2017 .