Purple Peak Shelter
The place
Purple Peak Shelter in the Canterbury region, Akaroa/Ōnuku area (Banks Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand), at 580 m elevation, summit of Purple Peak Banks. Continuous New Zealand Canterbury Banks cluster (batches 240-395, 2 listings near Horomaka batch 390). DOC-classified bush shelter atop Banks Peninsula (Purple Peak place name + Banks Peninsula 1150 km² of ancient volcanoes 8-15 M years old + Akaroa, an 1840 French colonial settlement, the first attempt at French colonization in the South Pacific by the Nanto-Bordelaise Company, thwarted by the UK's Treaty of Waitangi signed 6 February 1840 + Christchurch, 380,000 residents, the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.3 earthquake, 185 deaths, the iconic CTV building + heritage of the Kāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu (South Island Māori iwi, 60,000 people, Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, $170 M NZD, 40% of commercial fisheries in the south + Aoraki 1998 precedent, Te Urewera 2014).
The setting
Canterbury Akaroa/Ōnuku Banks Peninsula South Island NZ 580 m summit Purple Peak Banks, continuous cluster batches 240-395 2 listings near Horomaka batch 390, DOC bush shelter atop Purple Peak + Banks 1150 km² ancient volcanoes 8-15 M years + Akaroa French 1840 1st French colonial attempt in S Pacific Nanto-Bordelaise vs UK Waitangi 6 Feb 1840 + Christchurch 380,000 earthquake 22 Feb 2011 Mw 6.3 185 deaths CTV building, Kāi Tahu Ngāi Tahu S 60,000 Settlement 1998 $170 M 40% + Aoraki 1998 Te Urewera 2014.
