Barneys Whare
The place
Barneys Whare ("Barney's House") in the Wellington region, Wainuiomata/Baring Head area (Rimutaka Forest Park, South-East Wellington, North Island, New Zealand), at 41 m elevation, on the rocky Cook Strait coastline. Continuous New Zealand Wellington Rimutaka cluster (batches 240-405). Private hut of a coastal tramping club at Baring Head (Whare "house" in Māori tradition, an iconic landmark + Baring Head lighthouse 1935 + Wainuiomata a 20,000-resident Wellington suburb + Rimutaka Forest Park 220 km² established 1972 + Wellington 400,000 residents, political capital of NZ since 1865 + Cook Strait, the narrowest crossing at 22 km, an iconic NZ ferry route + heritage of the Muaūpoko/Ngāti Toa (Māori iwi of Kāpiti-Wellington, 5,000 Muaūpoko + Ngāti Toa Rangatira 8,000, led by Te Rauparaha 1770-1849, the "Napoleon of NZ" + the Wairau Affray 17 June 1843, 22 UK dead vs Ngāti Toa near Blenheim, a divisive episode over land + the Treaty of Waitangi signed 6 February 1840, the founding treaty + Wellington capital since 1865, the central hub + the iconic 1855 Wellington earthquake, magnitude 8.2, the strongest in NZ history, which uplifted the coast by 6 m + the Beehive Parliament building 1979, Bassein/Warren architecture, an iconic landmark + Weta Digital's Lord of the Rings work under Peter Jackson 2001-2003, Weta Workshop, iconic special effects known worldwide).
The setting
Wellington, Wainuiomata/Baring Head area, Rimutaka Forest Park, SE Wellington, North Island NZ, 41 m, rocky Cook Strait coastline, continuous cluster batches 240-405, private hut of a coastal tramping club + Whare "house" in Māori tradition, an iconic landmark + Baring Head lighthouse 1935 + Wainuiomata 20,000-resident suburb + Rimutaka Forest Park 220 km² established 1972 + Wellington 400,000 residents, capital since 1865 + Cook Strait, 22 km narrowest crossing, an iconic NZ ferry route; Muaūpoko/Ngāti Toa of Kāpiti-Wellington, 5,000 Muaūpoko + Ngāti Toa 8,000, led by Te Rauparaha 1770-1849, the "Napoleon of NZ" + the Wairau Affray 17 June 1843, 22 UK dead, near Blenheim + the Treaty of Waitangi 6 February 1840 + Wellington capital since 1865 + the iconic 1855 Wellington earthquake, magnitude 8.2, the strongest in NZ history, uplifting the coast by 6 m + the iconic Beehive Parliament building 1979 + Weta Digital's Lord of the Rings work under Jackson 2001-2003, Weta Workshop, iconic special effects known worldwide.
