{"id":284,"date":"2021-03-01T02:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T13:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2021-05-30T17:07:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T04:07:28","slug":"submission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?page_id=284","title":{"rendered":"237.130 Submission #1 Explore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it&#8217;s taken a while for me to feel this way, Oruamatoro \/ Days Bay is my place now. I feel strongly connected to it, and I&#8217;m always interested in learning more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Land \/ Whenua<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The characteristics of Days Bay have been described, along with the rest of the Hutt, in a study by Greater Wellington Regional Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The coastline &#8230; comprises a series of small sandy bays separated by rocky headlands. Flat land is scarce, with the largest flat areas located in Days Bay, Lowry Bay and Eastbourne, where the meeting of sediment-laden currents has allowed build up of the foreshore.<\/p><cite>HUTT LANDSCAPE STUDY 2012 Landscape Character Description<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/www.gw.govt.nz\/assets\/council-publications\/Hutt%20Landscape%20Study%202012.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Changing Landscape<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note that the Days Bay, Eastbourne, Hutt Valley and Wellington Region we see today are not the same as they were when first seen by human eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Starting from the event labelled by Maori as Haowhenua around 1460, which was probably a major earthquake, probable uplift and possible tsunami. Then after the start of colonisation there were the major earthquakes in 1848 and again much larger in 1855. These events also caused significant uplifts in many places particularly at Turakirae, but more significant was the uplift of the lower Hutt River, draining the swamps of Te Mome and making the river much shallower.<\/p><cite>HUTT LANDSCAPE STUDY 2012 Landscape Character Description<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/www.gw.govt.nz\/assets\/council-publications\/Hutt%20Landscape%20Study%202012.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-colonial Days Bay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First arrivals<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people will have heard of the Polynesian explorer Kupe, the first known explorer of Wellington harbour. Although he didn&#8217;t stay and settle, some of our place names, for example M\u0101tiu (Somes Island) and Mak\u0101ro (Ward Island) memorialise members of his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, Maori arrived in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M\u0101ori settlement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>When M\u0101ori first arrived in the Hutt Valley it was a place of dense forest of tall timber but also a place abundant with the all important food sources, such as large birds on both the forest floor and in the lofty canopy.<\/p><cite>HUTT LANDSCAPE STUDY 2012 Landscape Character Description<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/www.gw.govt.nz\/assets\/council-publications\/Hutt%20Landscape%20Study%202012.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The earliest settlements by M\u0101ori in this part of the Hutt Valley were of the hapu descended from Whatonga and his two sons, the half brothers Tautoki (the father of Rangitane) and Tara, after whom Wellington Harbour was named (Te Whanganui a Tara).<\/p><cite>HUTT LANDSCAPE STUDY 2012 Landscape Character Description<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/www.gw.govt.nz\/assets\/council-publications\/Hutt%20Landscape%20Study%202012.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For centuries M\u0101ori occupied k\u0101inga (settlements) in the sheltered bays, and more substantial p\u0101 on the headlands. As well as The Hutt Landscape Study, I also read on Teara that, &#8220;P\u0101 sites include &#8230; Oruamatoro (Days Bay) <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/teara.govt.nz\/en\/wellington-places\/page-11<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also found a record calling it Otuamatoro<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/forms.justice.govt.nz\/search\/Documents\/WT\/wt_DOC_93656705\/Wai%20145%2C%20I009.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. More on this later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t find any more information where exactly the p\u0101 site was located. If I were to guess, I would imagine that it was on the promontory at the top of what&#8217;s now Ferry Road, as it&#8217;s protected around most of its perimeter by a steep drop off down to the foreshore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>M\u0101ori predominantly lived on the coast where the food resource was rich and varied. From the coast hunting parties ventured far inland to draw on those stocks and then returned to the coast.<\/p><cite>HUTT LANDSCAPE STUDY 2012 Landscape Character Description<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/www.gw.govt.nz\/assets\/council-publications\/Hutt%20Landscape%20Study%202012.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colonial-ization<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploration and land acquisition<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The New Zealand Company (originally established for a short period in 1826 as the New Zealand Land Company) was a joint stock company formed in 1839 with the purpose of establishing settlements in New Zealand that would put into practice Edward Gibbon Wakefield\u2019s theories of systematic colonisation. Despite being unable to secure the support of the British Government for the project, a preliminary expedition was still despatched by the Company in April 1839. This expedition, under the command of Colonel William Wakefield, was to select a site for the first and principal settlement of the Company, buy land from the Maori, and prepare for the arrival of immigrants. Port Nicholson was chosen as the site for the settlement, which was named Wellington, and settlers began arriving early in 1840.<\/p><cite>New Zealand Company Records <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">http:\/\/www.nzpictures.co.nz\/pandoraresearchANZ-NZC.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, in 2003 The Waitangi Tribunal had this to say on the matter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Tribunal found that the 1839 deed by which the New Zealand Company purported to have purchased the Port Nicholson block was invalid, conferring no rights on the company or its settlers. However, from 1840, company settlers began arriving at Port Nicholson, and quickly came into conflict with local M\u0101ori, who discovered that land which they occupied and cultivated had been sold to settlers.<\/p><cite>Te Whanganui a Tara me ona Takiwa: Report on the Wellington District<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The first Days Bay P\u0101keh\u0101<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Colonel William Wakefield, Port Nicholson only had one &#8220;white man&#8221; living in it in September 1839.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A tree called by the English here the honey-suckle, furnishes excellent wood for boat-building. The only white man living in Port Nicholson showed me a boat of eight tons, which he had constructed of this wood, the planks of which he had bent himself in the sun. He had sawed the whole of it with a hand-saw and made the nails for it out of old hoops.<\/p><cite>Colonel William Wakefield\u2019s Journal, September 21st, 1839<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hautrey\/Hawtrey Bay<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Wakefield and his crew surveyed the harbour and surrounding area. I found an map from 1849 of Port Nicholson, which is the old name for Wellington Harbour, and located Days Bay. It was originally called Hautrey Bay (with a &#8220;u&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hautrey-Bay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-294\" width=\"493\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hautrey-Bay.jpg 657w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Hautrey-Bay-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption>Excerpt from Port Nicholson [cartographic material] \/ surveyed by J.L. Stokes &#8230; [et al.] , 1849 ; J. &amp; C. Walker, sculpt.<br>https:\/\/ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE212156<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Divvying up the land<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I found one of the original maps from 1839 that shows how the whole of the Port Nicholson region was sectioned for the settlers. Days Bay was Section #33 and #37. It&#8217;s all so&#8230; <em>British<\/em>. Neatly and tidily screw over the local M\u0101ori, and extend the empire on which the sun never sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" width=\"734\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections.jpg 979w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections-768x741.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption>Excerpt from plan of the harbour of Port Nicholson shewing the relative positions of the town and country sections [cartographic material] \/ W.M. Smith, Surveyor-General.<br>https:\/\/ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1271793<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The colonists arrive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On 22 January 1840, the first of the New Zealand Company\u2019s fleet of six immigrant ships, the Aurora, arrived in Pito-one (Petone), marking the founding of the settlement that would become known as Wellington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a fantastic database from Hutt City Council that holds full records of all arriving ships, including log entries and what I can only describe as &#8220;ships gossip&#8221;, that runs from 1839 to 1897:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huttcity.govt.nz\/Leisure--Culture\/Museums-and-galleries\/Our-museums\/petone-settlers-data\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.huttcity.govt.nz\/Leisure--Culture\/Museums-and-galleries\/Our-museums\/petone-settlers-data\/\">http:\/\/www.huttcity.govt.nz\/Leisure&#8211;Culture\/Museums-and-galleries\/Our-museums\/petone-settlers-data\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mister Day<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Days Bay (now without the apostrophe &#8211; originally it would have been Day&#8217;s Bay) is named for George Day, who arrived in New Zealand in October 1841. That was nearly two years later, so he likely wasn&#8217;t the first resident of Days Bay. I decided to see if I could figure out who that was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Brothers Deans<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I found a newspaper story from 1851 &#8211; an obituary of William Deans, one of the Aurora&#8217;s settlers. With his brother, John, he originally settled in Petone, but by March 1841, &#8220;had shifted from Petone to \u014ckiwi, on the eastern shore of the harbour&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/teara.govt.nz\/en\/biographies\/1d7\/deans-john<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>. Interestingly he was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Deans<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> with what he found at Wellington, and started looking for other land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lyttelton-Times-Volume-I-Issue-34-30-August-1851-Page-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292\" width=\"419\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lyttelton-Times-Volume-I-Issue-34-30-August-1851-Page-4.jpg 559w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Lyttelton-Times-Volume-I-Issue-34-30-August-1851-Page-4-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><figcaption>LYTTELTON TIMES, VOLUME I, ISSUE 34, 30 AUGUST 1851, PAGE 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I did find a record of his original section allocation, which was Section 690, but I don&#8217;t know where that is yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>781 13 Aug 1840 W. Deans 690<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I guess \u014ckiwi is Hautrey Bay is Hawtrey Bay is Days Bay? That means Days Bay had its first colonial resident from the first colonist ship. Or did it? This is not so simple yet&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, this is William Deans&#8217; brother, John; I couldn&#8217;t find a picture of William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/John-Deans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295\" width=\"311\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/John-Deans.jpg 621w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/John-Deans-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><figcaption>Graham M. Miller. &#8216;Deans, John and Deans, William&#8217;, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated February, 2006. Te Ara &#8211; the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https:\/\/teara.govt.nz\/en\/biographies\/1d7\/deans-john (accessed 30 May 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M\u0101ori connections<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In reading the colonial history, there are names coming up for various M\u0101ori places, but these are pretty mixed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the Deans brothers were known to live at \u014ckiwi or Hawtrey Bay, which we know became Days Bay. However, I then found the advert for when they sold their property and moved on <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_284_1('footnote_plugin_reference_284_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/paperspast.natlib.govt.nz\/imageserver\/newspapers\/P29pZD1OWkNQTkExODQzMDExNy4xLjEmZ2V0cGRmPXRydWU=<\/span><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_284_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_284_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/okiwi_advert-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/okiwi_advert-1.jpg 429w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/okiwi_advert-1-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><figcaption>NEW ZEALAND COLONIST AND PORT NICHOLSON ADVERTISER, VOLUME I, ISSUE 52, 27 JANUARY 1843, PAGE 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This says they were living at Robinson&#8217;s Bay or Okiwi (I guess newspapers maybe didn&#8217;t use macrons back then, so Okiwi rather than \u014ckiwi), and were leasing section 45, which is indeed not Days Bay. Helpfully, in a document of Waitangi Tribunal Research, I found some place names based on an interview with a Mrs Te Puni in 1912, which sheds a bit of light on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>M\u0101ori Name<\/td><td>English Name<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Orua-motoro<\/td><td>Days Bay<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Okiwi-iti<\/td><td>Browns Bay<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Okiwi-nui<\/td><td>Robinson&#8217;s Bay<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matua-iwi<\/td><td>Pa at Robinsons Bay<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s also yet another mention of a p\u0101 at Otuamotoro. Note the different spelling. Could people be maintaining the idea a p\u0101 in Days Bay because they mixed up Otuamotoro and Oruamotoro, or is this just a typo and it&#8217;s the same place name?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really<\/span> want to find this p\u0101 site!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, this means that the Deans lived in <em>Robinson&#8217;s<\/em> Bay, which is actually the bay down the coast at Muritai (bottom left on the map below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Robinson_Bay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-302\" width=\"558\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Robinson_Bay.jpg 744w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Robinson_Bay-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the original New Zealand Company section allocations for the area, that perhaps means the Deans brothers had Section 41 or Section 45, not 33 or 37, which would have been in Hawtrey\/Days Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, who <em>was<\/em> the original colonist resident of Days Bay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, it I&#8217;ll need to keep digging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Place<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719\" width=\"734\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections.jpg 979w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawtrey_bay_original_sections-768x741.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption>Excerpt from plan of the harbour of Port Nicholson shewing the relative positions of the town and country sections [cartographic material] \/ W.M. Smith, Surveyor-General.<br>https:\/\/ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1271793<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting to see how things had change about 70 years later, when Sections 33 and 37 above had become what&#8217;s almost modern Days Bay:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subdivisions-638x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\" width=\"610\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subdivisions-638x1024.jpg 638w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subdivisions-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subdivisions-768x1232.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subdivisions-957x1536.jpg 957w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/subdivisions.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption>Map of subdivisions at Day&#8217;s Bay, Lowry Bay, etc. [electronic resource] \/ compiled from official records by Palmer &amp; Mahood.<br>https:\/\/ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18283340<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I even found the original sale notice for my own section, which was part of the final subdivision of Days Bay in 1914.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my_section_original_sale-1024x902.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my_section_original_sale-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my_section_original_sale-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my_section_original_sale-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my_section_original_sale-1200x1057.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bestir.red\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/my_section_original_sale.jpg 1309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Plan of final subdivision of Day&#8217;s Bay : to be sold at public auction by William H. Turnbull &amp; Co. in their auction room, 27 Panama St., Wednesday evening, March 11, 1914 at 8 o&#8217;clock \/ Seaton, Sladden &amp; Pavitt, civil engineers &amp; surveyors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, there have been many more minor subdivisions and building efforts, and I doubt that pattern is going to change any time soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Initial thoughts on &#8220;Express&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I was wondering how I take what I&#8217;ve learned so far and produce an artwork that connects things together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I get a sense that migration into New Zealand in general has been at the expense of went before. The arrival of the M\u0101ori had severe adverse consequences on the nature of New Zealand&#8217;s landscape and ecosystems, and in particular on biodiversity. Likewise, the arrival of P\u0101keh\u0101 and widespread colonization from Europe had similarly detrimental affects; perhaps even worse. These are difficult topics to raise, but we should not be in denial. They&#8217;re done with now, we think differently and know more, so let&#8217;s look forwards; not backwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What might have been<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It might be interesting to consider what might have happened if the various human migrants to Days Bay had adapted to what went before, rather than overlaid their own worldviews. This is not to say, &#8220;people should have done X or Y&#8221;. That&#8217;s so pointless &#8211; we need to accept reality as it is. Instead, by thinking about what might have been, we can perhaps hope to influence future thought, so that decisions are framed in a different context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A &#8220;what if&#8221; artwork<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One idea I had is to create an artwork, perhaps a painting or collage, that will show how Days Bay may have looked if arriving peoples had adapted to what went before. We might see the arriving M\u0101ori build their village without clearing land; instead, their village could have been sited on the beachfront and in the trees. The arriving P\u0101keh\u0101 could have built their own houses and other buildings alongside the existing M\u0101ori buildings; perhaps with both the newcomers and the existing residents adapting their buildings to take best advantage of the learnings from both people. Later, as modernization occurred and the wharf and roads were built, we might see the landscape gently adapted to take them in. Not a layering of one culture over the previous one, but an interweaving and intermingling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to do this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Illustrating Days Bay as a whole is difficult &#8211; it&#8217;s best seen from the water. Fortunately, the wharf sticks out into the bay, so showing the view of Days Bay from the end of the wharf is an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps, as a start, a series of photos, sketches, and illustrations. Show Days Bay, try to show what it would have looked like before humans arrived, then show how the M\u0101ori village could have looked, then how the 18th Century colonists might have adapted to the bay, and so on. 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I feel strongly connected to it, and I&#8217;m always interested in learning more. 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