Duvauchelle

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Robinsons Bay Post Office (c.1912) Robinsons Bay Post Office (c.1912).JPG
Robinsons Bay Post Office (c.1912)

Duvauchelle Bay (Māori : Kaitouna) is a small town situated at the head of Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. State Highway 75 passes through the town. The Onawe Peninsula separates Duvauchelle bay from Barry's Bay.

Duvauchelle is now part of Christchurch City Council jurisdiction since the city's amalgamation with Banks Peninsula District in 2006. From 1910 until 1989, Duvauchelle was the seat of the Akaroa County Council.

History

The site of an ancient Māori pā or fortified settlement is at Oinako, where the Duvauchelle Hotel stands today. At Te Wharau creek, a taua or war party of Ngāti Awa warriors camped during the battles led by Te Rauparaha in 1831. [3]

The name of the town and bay comes from the surname of two brothers Jules-Augustin and Louis-Benjamin Duvauchelle, who held land there from the Nanto-Bordelaise Company, at the time of the French settlement at Akaroa in the 1840s. In the following decade, land alongside Duvauchelle Bay was leased from the Canterbury Association by British settlers, including William Augustus Gordon, who was the brother of Charles George Gordon, the famous soldier and colonial administrator, known as "Gordon of Khartoum" after his death. The first freeholds were bought in 1857; economic activity was focused on timber extraction and sawing, mostly tōtara trees. Domestic pigs were grazed in the forest, who mingled with the feral pigs that were already present. As the tree cover was cleared, it was replaced with pasture. [4] The first settler at the Head of the Bay, the location of the present town, was a Frenchman called Libeau, who arrived in 1841. Timber exploitation was also the main activity, as well as boat building. The sawn timber was all carried out of the bay by locally built vessels. A public house and a shop were built in the 1850s. A small building that served as both church and school was built by local people on a half-acre plot of land donated by Lord Lyttelton. The first permanent roads began to be constructed in the 1860s and 1879 saw the arrival of the County Council offices and the Post Office. [5]

Both the Duvauchelle Hotel and the post office were badly damaged by the earthquakes that struck the region in 2010 and 2011. The oldest parts of the hotel were demolished after the earthquakes, the remaining parts of the building were reopened as a single-storey establishment in September 2013. [6]

Demographics

Duvauchelle is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi). [1] It had an estimated population of 200 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 121 people per km2. It is grouped with other settlements including French Farm, Wainui, Robinson's Bay and Takamatua as the statistical area of Akaroa Harbour. [7]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006171—    
2013210+2.98%
2018180−3.04%
Source: [8]
Duvauchelle boathouses On the way to Akaroa 5 (30547495234).jpg
Duvauchelle boathouses

Duvauchelle had a population of 180 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 30 people (−14.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 9 people (5.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 84 households, comprising 90 males and 87 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.03 males per female. The median age was 63.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 15 people (8.3%) aged under 15 years, 12 (6.7%) aged 15 to 29, 66 (36.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 84 (46.7%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 93.3% European/Pākehā, 3.3% Māori, 3.3% Pasifika, 1.7% Asian, and 5.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.0% had no religion, 46.7% were Christian and 1.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 39 (23.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 27 (16.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $28,900, compared with $31,800 nationally. 21 people (12.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 60 (36.4%) people were employed full-time and 24 (14.5%) were part-time. [8]

Education

Duvauchelle School is a contributing primary school catering for years 1 to 6. [9] It had a roll of 32 as of February 2024. [10] The school was established in 1860. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. ↑ Christchurch City Libraries – Kaitouna (Duvauchelle)
  4. ↑ H.C. Jacobson, Tales of Banks Peninsula Akoroa 1893 (pp.225–230)
  5. ↑ Jacobson, 1893 (pp.237–241)
  6. ↑ Historic Duvauchelle hotel for sale
  7. ↑ 2018 Census place summary: Akaroa Harbour
  8. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7026656.
  9. ↑ Education Counts: Duvauchelle School
  10. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "About Duvauchelle School". Duvauchelle School. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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