Takamatua
| Takamatua | |
|---|---|
|
Takamatua Bay | |
  Takamatua Takamatua | |
| Coordinates: NZ 43°47′0″S 172°58′15″E / 43.78333°S 172.97083°ECoordinates: NZ 43°47′0″S 172°58′15″E / 43.78333°S 172.97083°E | |
| 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]
Further reading
- Dykes, G.A., History of the German Bay/Takamatua School 1876 - 1936 (history of both the school and the wider Takamatua community)
References
- ↑ Reed New Zealand atlas (2004) Auckland: Reed Publishing. Map 83. ISBN 0 7900 0952 8
- ↑ Reed, A. W. (1975). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed. p. 481. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.
- ↑ Tremewan, Peter (1990). French Akaroa. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-877257-97-1.
- ↑ Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past | DELETED FROM MAP (Evening Post, 1916-01-05)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- 1 2 "German Bay | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ↑ 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.