Horomaka Island Hut
The place
Horomaka Island Hut in the Canterbury region, Akaroa/Ōnuku area (Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand), at 0 m altitude, on the coast of the Banks Peninsula islets. Continuous New Zealand Canterbury Banks cluster (batches 240-390). DOC hut on the islet, Horomaka being the original Māori name for Banks Peninsula (Horomaka, the original Māori name before James Cook's 1770 renaming after Sir Joseph Banks, scientist aboard HMS Endeavour + Banks Peninsula, 1,150 km² of ancient volcanoes, 8-15 M years old + Akaroa, French colonial outpost 1840, France's first, unsuccessful, attempt at colonizing the South Pacific, Nanto-Bordelaise Company, versus the UK, Treaty of Waitangi signed 6 February 1840 + Christchurch, pop. 380,000, earthquake 22 February 2011, Mw 6.3, 185 dead, CTV building, iconic New Zealand geological disaster + heritage of Kāi Tahu/Ngāi Tahu (South Island Māori iwi, 60,000 people, Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, NZD 170 M, 40% of southern commercial fisheries + Aoraki 1998 precedent, Te Urewera 2014).
The setting
Canterbury, Akaroa/Ōnuku, Banks Peninsula, South Island, NZ, 0 m, coastal Banks Peninsula islets, continuous cluster batches 240-390, DOC hut on the islet, Horomaka, original Māori name for Banks Peninsula, before Cook's 1770 renaming after Sir Joseph Banks, HMS Endeavour + Banks Peninsula, 1,150 km² of ancient volcanoes, 8-15 M years old + Akaroa, French, 1840, France's first colonial attempt in the S Pacific, Nanto-Bordelaise Company, vs UK, Waitangi 6 Feb 1840 + Christchurch, 380,000, earthquake 22 Feb 2011, Mw 6.3, 185 dead, CTV building, Kāi Tahu/Ngāi Tahu, South Island, 60,000, Settlement 1998, NZD 170 M, 40% + Aoraki 1998, Te Urewera 2014.
