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| ST PETER’S ANGLICAN CHURCH |
| Two architects had a hand in designing a Gothic Revival church for Akaroa’s Anglicans which stands proud on an elevated site.
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| Date Built: 1863/1877 |
| Street Address: 10 Rue Balguerie |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| STAPLES COTTAGE |
| This 1877 cottage was the home of a prominent early resident of Akaroa. |
| Date Built: 1877 |
| Street Address: 15 William Street |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| TAKAPUNEKE |
| A horrifying event at a bay just south of Akaroa in 1830 contributed to the British decision to acquire sovereignty over New Zealand, after a treaty had been signed with Maori. |
| Date Built: 1830 |
| Street Address: Beach Road |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: No |
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| THE BOATSHED |
| This waterfront building testifies to the popularity of the waters of Akaroa Harbour for recreational boating. |
| Date Built: 1914 |
| Street Address: Beach Road |
| HPT Registered: No |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| Commercial Buildings |
| THE CHEMIST SHOP |
| This building has housed Akaroa’s chemist’s shop from the time it was first built in the early 1880s.
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| Date Built: 1882-83 |
| Street Address: 58 Rue Lavaud |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE FISHERMEN’S REST |
| A small shelter on the waterfront is a reminder that many fishing boats once worked out of Akaroa. |
| Date Built: 1910 |
| Street Address: Beach Road |
| HPT Registered: No |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE FRENCH CEMETERY |
| A concrete wall now surrounds a central memorial on the site of Akaroa’s first cemetery. |
| Date Built: 1840/1925 |
| Street Address: L’Aube Hill |
| HPT Registered: No |
| District Plan Registered: No |
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| THE MAPLES |
| Italianate rather than Gothic, this late Victorian villa provides a contrast with the smaller cottages that are more typical of Akaroa’s early domestic architecture. |
| Date Built: About 1877 |
| Street Address: 158 Rue Jolie |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE ORION POWERHOUSE GALLERY |
| In 1911, Akaroa became one of the first towns in Canterbury to have a supply of electricity when a small hydro power station was commissioned. |
| Date Built: 1911 |
| Street Address: 1 Rue Pompallier |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE POPLARS |
| Paired verandah posts, French doors and other interesting features give character to this larger home, parts of which date back to the 1860s.
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| Date Built: About 1862 |
| Street Address: 18 Rue Lavaud |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE WAECKERLE BRIDGES |
| Two bridges on Rue Lavaud, built in 1879, still the town’s main road traffic over small streams. |
| Date Built: 1879 |
| Street Address: Rue Lavaud |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE WATKINS HOUSE |
| An association with a prominent early Akaroa settler, Dr Daniel Watkins, gives this Carpenter Gothic house historical interest. |
| Date Built: 1876 |
| Street Address: 115 Rue Jolie |
| HPT Registered: Yes |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE WIDOW MUNNS’ HOUSE |
| This house is of similar age to its neighbours but, as the home of a widow, is a smaller, humbler building. |
| Date Built: 1877 |
| Street Address: 117 Rue Jolie |
| HPT Registered: No |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| THE ‘BRITOMART’ CANNON |
| An historic cannon is a feature of the small reserve on the Akaroa waterfront named after the vessel that brought the British authorities south to Akaroa in 1840.
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| Date Built: 1808/1908 |
| Street Address: Britomart Reserve |
| HPT Registered: No |
| District Plan Registered: Yes |
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| TOWN CEMETERIES |
| Akaroa’s three cemeteries – for different denominations – are picturesquely situated on a wooded spur running down towards the sea. |
| Date Built: 1858/1866 |
| Street Address: Onuku Road |
| HPT Registered: No |
| District Plan Registered: No |
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