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SUMMARY:100 Years of Flight
DESCRIPTION:An important new transport connection from the West Coast to Canterbury was made on 4th June 1924 when Captain Maurice Buckley and mechanic Bill Harrington\, flew Avro 504K (H5241) Blazing Arrow from Greymouth to Christchurch\, pioneering the very first aerial crossing of the Southern Alps. The aircraft had flown the first flights on the West Coast as a key feature of the British and Intercolonial Exhibition\, a small world’s fair\, held at Hokitika between 15 December 1923 and 2 February 1924. Buckley and Harrington flew off West Coast beaches for several months doing joy-riding with more than 500 passengers and as far north as Westport and Karamea. A highlight flight was on 22 January 1924 when the Blazing Arrow flew the first flight to South Westland and return. When the joy-riding was all over\, Captain Buckley (a WWI trained pilot)\, with Harrington\, after a delay due to the weather\, left Greymouth at 2.20pm on 4 June 1924 and flew to the Sockburn Airfield at Christchurch in a flight time of about one hour and 30 minutes. A height of about 8\,000ft was reached by the Avro. The first-trans-alpine flight was a start to the revolution of air travel to come – and which continues as an essential aspect of domestic air travel to and from the West Coast to this very day. \nOn Tuesday 4th June 2024 – the 100th anniversary of the first trans-alpine flight -passengers on all Air New Zealand scheduled flights will be informed of the milestone day\, along with some festivities at the Hokitika Airport Terminal. Local aero clubs are planning special flights (weather dependent)\, and newspaper feature articles on both sides of the alps will pay tribute to the aviation pioneers and celebrate the trans-alpine air route – surely one of the most scenic in the world.
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/100-years-of-flight/
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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SUMMARY:West Coasters in Canterbury
DESCRIPTION:West Coasters in Canterbury eventHave family links to the West Coast? Want to celebrate Canterbury links with the West Coast? Interested in updates from Buller\, Grey and Westland districts? \nYou are invited to a ‘West Coasters in Canterbury’ event: \n2023/2024 marks the 150th year of Westland Province. 150 years of connecting to the rest of the world – mainly Canterbury – first by foot\, then by horse\, carriage\, ship\, car\, train and later aircraft. \nThe Mayors of Buller\, Grey and Westland will be special guests along with the Mayor of Christchurch. \nAll interested people are very welcome. \nBook your place at: coastersincanterbury@gmail.com \nFor more information contact:\nRichard Waugh: 022 533 9400
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/west-coasters-in-canterbury/
LOCATION:Cashmere Club\, 50 Colombo Street\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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SUMMARY:Inchbonnie 90
DESCRIPTION:New Zealand’s first airliner; de Havilland DH83 Fox Moth ZK-ADI. Photo credit: John King \nInchbonnie and New Zealand’s first licensed scheduled air service \n Inchbonnie will have a national aviation and social focus on 18th December 2024. The small farming settlement\, 16km west of the Otira Gorge\, was where Captain J.C. ‘Bert’ Mercer of Hokitika-based Air Travel (NZ) Ltd picked up passengers 90 years earlier to begin New Zealand’s first pioneering licensed scheduled air service and airmail service. On the afternoon of inaugural operations\, 18th December 1934\, Captain Mercer flew Fox Moth ZK-ADI to Inchbonnie Airfield\, on the property of Randall Topliss\, to pick up Mr H. Worrall and Mr G.H. Christie\, who had arrived at the nearby Inchbonnie Railway Station from the Christchurch express train. The Fox Moth then flew to Hokitika and onto Franz Josef for the celebration of the new daily service. Later that same day Captain Mercer returned the two passengers to Inchbonnie in time for them to catch the train back to Christchurch. The pioneering 1934 flights were a portent of future domestic airline development for New Zealand\, and Inchbonnie was frequently used in the early years of the pioneering West Coast air service. \nOn the late morning and afternoon of Wednesday 18th December 2024 festive events are planned at the historic Inchbonnie Airfield site on the Kumara Inchbonnie Road\, about 3½ km south of Lake Brunner. The 90th anniversary of the historic flights of New Zealand’s first licensed scheduled air service will be marked by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque/Information board\, aircraft fly-in\, and a range of creative events prepared by local community organisations.  \nEveryone is welcome. Plan this important date in your diary now. Specific times and further exciting details will follow.
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/inchbonnie-90/
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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SUMMARY:Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial - Historic Display
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay.\nHistoric Display – Friday 17th – Sunday 19th January – 10am – 5pm\n\n\nKathryn Bennie\, the Jackson Bay historian who has done exhaustive and meticulous research over the last 12 to 14 years on these early settlers\, will also host a display in her shed at the Bay from 10am\, Friday-Sunday. This may be of particular interest to those wanting to look back into the early settlement and especially those with ancestors as there are files on all the immigrant families including where many had settled on their selected blocks of land. \n\n\nHistory of Jackson Bay \nJanuary 19th 1875\, was the very first landing of immigrants at Jackson Bay under a Special Settlement Scheme. The government had surveyed a township and farming community in the area\, promising generous land ownership schemes\, on-going employment\, unlimited natural resources to harness\, regular communication\, vital infrastructure and a prosperous future. \nThe reality was vastly different for most\, if not all\, of the settlers\, who in the first year experienced record rainfall with flooding and land slips that accompany these events. They faced erratic employment and communications\, frugal living conditions and exorbitant prices for any food that made its way to the Bay. Attempts at growing crops were thwarted by floods and at the end of the first three years most had left in dribs and drabs until\, in 1879\, a Government Commission of Enquiry was held into the failed settlement. In total there were several hundred settlers that were landed over the course of those years. Most left\, some of them died\, and others endured. \nThe lack of a wharf was a huge nail in the coffin of the settlement as no timber could be milled and sent out and no supplies could be landed regularly or safely. To leave entailed crossing the Arawhata\, Waiatoto\, Okuru\, and Turnbill Rivers following a muddy track to get to Haast as most did not have the money to return to Hokitika by boat. Despite these very inauspicious beginnings a few hardy families remained and carved out a life from the bush and the ocean gradually clearing some land and making a place for themselves in this beautiful but brutal wilderness. Descendants from some of those families still live in this area.
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/jackson-bay-sesquicentennial-historic-display/
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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SUMMARY:Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial - Plaque Unveiling
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay.\nPlaque Unveiling – Saturday 18th January – 1:30pm\nMeet at the Arawata Cemetery to unveil a new plaque with confirmed names and information of people buried within. We then progress to Jackson Bay and meet at the DOC kiosk to reveal the information panel offer 300 names from the firmt ship load of settlers in January 18th\, 1875\, followed by the new plaque unveiling at Jackson Bay foreshore. \nHistory of Jackson Bay\nJanuary 19th 1875\, was the very first landing of immigrants at Jackson Bay under a Special Settlement Scheme. The government had surveyed a township and farming community in the area\, promising generous land ownership schemes\, on-going employment\, unlimited natural resources to harness\, regular communication\, vital infrastructure and a prosperous future. \nThe reality was vastly different for most\, if not all\, of the settlers\, who in the first year experienced record rainfall with flooding and land slips that accompany these events. They faced erratic employment and communications\, frugal living conditions and exorbitant prices for any food that made its way to the Bay. Attempts at growing crops were thwarted by floods and at the end of the first three years most had left in dribs and drabs until\, in 1879\, a Government Commission of Enquiry was held into the failed settlement. In total there were several hundred settlers that were landed over the course of those years. Most left\, some of them died\, and others endured. \nThe lack of a wharf was a huge nail in the coffin of the settlement as no timber could be milled and sent out and no supplies could be landed regularly or safely. To leave entailed crossing the Arawhata\, Waiatoto\, Okuru\, and Turnbill Rivers following a muddy track to get to Haast as most did not have the money to return to Hokitika by boat. Despite these very inauspicious beginnings a few hardy families remained and carved out a life from the bush and the ocean gradually clearing some land and making a place for themselves in this beautiful but brutal wilderness. Descendants from some of those families still live in this area.
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/jackson-bay-sesquicentennial-plaque-unveiling/
LOCATION:Arawata Cemetery\, 4382 Haast-Jackson Bay Road\, Haast\, Jackson Bay\, 7886
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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SUMMARY:Jackson Bay Sesquicentennial - Celebration Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the settlement of Jackson Bay.\nCelebration Dinner – Saturday 18th January – 5:30pm\nWe will meet in the Arawata Bar at the Heartland Hotel from 5:30pm for drinks and speeches at 6pm. Ticket price includes a full buffet dinner served from 6:30pm. Red & white wine\, bottled beer and soft drinks available to purchase throughout the night (other drinks\, spirits etc may be purchased from the main bar). \nPeriod costume is encouraged but not compulsory. \nTickets are limited to 150 so be in quick! Ticket sale ends on 20th November 2024 \nHistory of Jackson Bay\nJanuary 19th 1875\, was the very first landing of immigrants at Jackson Bay under a Special Settlement Scheme. The government had surveyed a township and farming community in the area\, promising generous land ownership schemes\, on-going employment\, unlimited natural resources to harness\, regular communication\, vital infrastructure and a prosperous future. \nThe reality was vastly different for most\, if not all\, of the settlers\, who in the first year experienced record rainfall with flooding and land slips that accompany these events. They faced erratic employment and communications\, frugal living conditions and exorbitant prices for any food that made its way to the Bay. Attempts at growing crops were thwarted by floods and at the end of the first three years most had left in dribs and drabs until\, in 1879\, a Government Commission of Enquiry was held into the failed settlement. In total there were several hundred settlers that were landed over the course of those years. Most left\, some of them died\, and others endured. \nThe lack of a wharf was a huge nail in the coffin of the settlement as no timber could be milled and sent out and no supplies could be landed regularly or safely. To leave entailed crossing the Arawhata\, Waiatoto\, Okuru\, and Turnbill Rivers following a muddy track to get to Haast as most did not have the money to return to Hokitika by boat. Despite these very inauspicious beginnings a few hardy families remained and carved out a life from the bush and the ocean gradually clearing some land and making a place for themselves in this beautiful but brutal wilderness. Descendants from some of those families still live in this area.
URL:https://hokitika.org/event/6733/
LOCATION:Haast Heritage Hotel\, 26 Haast-Jackson Bay Road\, Haast\, Westland\, 7886\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:150 Years
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