Qualmark GOLD Awarded to The Seventh Generation Tours Akaroa
Qualmark Gold Award - the Highest Recognition Akaroa’s The Seventh Generation Tours has just been awarded a Qualmark GOLD, the highest recognition. As an owner operator that has only been…
Duvauchelle Hotel Prior to Canterbury Earthquakes
A Burnt Bottom Escape to Hawaii – The Duvauchelle Brothers at Akaroa
The Three Duvauchelle Brothers stayed a very short time in Akaroa, but they have a remarkable story, arriving with a Bishop, claiming all of Banks Peninsula in a rival land…
School trips Akaroa New Zealand immersive in nature
Banks Track Special! + Your 12 Track Questions Answered!
Know before you go | Banks Track Questions and a Special Trip that will deepen your knowledge of the landscape you are about to explore. The Akaroa Nature and History Tour is offering a Special $20 off per person to Banks Track Walkers ONLY. This remarkable tour goes to all the places that you pass by on the bus to the first nights accomodation, Takapūneke, Onuku, Britomart Monument and it goes to the ‘lost last day’ when this three day track was four, Hinewai Reserve, Otanerito and the sea cliffs at the ‘End of the Earth’. Discover it all from a locals perspective, a seventh generation local, who has spent her life reading the local history, working with the Banks Track families in conservation and telling the amazing stories of this place.
Aotearoa NZ Histories School Trip Takapuneke
Inspiring Aotearoa NZ Histories Teacher Training PD | Akaroa
NEW Aotearoa NZ Histories Curriculum 2023 Inspiring Trips for Teacher Training | Akaroa Akaroa has a set of historic sites that Harry Evison described as having a richer set of narratives than Waitangi. Close to Canterbury schools and the ideal place to go on a school camp or field trip, Akaroa is the place to go for the NEW Aotearoa NZ Histories Curriculum. Marie Haley is the expert local guide in history and ecology and is able to tailor the content of the trips to fit any audience and subject area. Teacher Training PD days are vital to help inspire teachers as they integrate the new curriculum into their subject areas. Make the most of this opportunity by booking your school today.
Maori Celebration Matariki CCC Mayor
Takapūneke Reserve Opening – Enormous Historical Significance on the First Matariki Maori Celebration
Takapūneke is as important as Waitangi - the South Island’s preeminent historic site. Significantly on this very first public holiday Maori celebration of Matariki, Takapūneke Reserve was officially opened with…
Takapūneke otherwise known as Red House Bay, near Akaroa.
Takapūneke – The South Islands Waitangi Grounds.
Takapūneke is as important as the Waitangi Grounds. The site of the Brig Elizabeth Te Rauparaha Massacre that was a blood thirsty start to a nation and ultimately led to…
Akaroa Nature and History | Family tours Special
3 hours | 2 Adults + 2 Children ONLY $290 | Save $150 Extra Adults: $120, Children $25 | Departs Akaroa 10am or 1pm Get to know your own country…
Visit the MOST important historic sites in New Zealand that tell the complete settlement story from one tour.
Why Akaroa is Absolutely the Best Place for a New Zealand History Tour
Did you know that Akaroa is the best place for a New Zealand History Tour? With 5 significant historic sites that tell the complete settlement story of New Zealand, all within a few minutes drive from each other? One of those sites is as important than the Treaty of Waitangi Grounds (argued by some historians to be more important!).
Painting of the Comte de Paris & the Aube by artist Paul Deacon.
Comte de Paris Akaroa 1840, French Royalty to New Wilderness
Comte de Paris was the Nanto Bordelaise Company's 501-tonne sailing ship that carried the French and German settlers to a new home in Akaroa, New Zealand. Leaving poverty in France they headed to a new wilderness, and to the first planned European settlement in the South Island, today many of their descendants remain and have formed the Comte de Paris descendants group.
Akaroa children learning about the natural history of Akaroa, how did this place look pre-human?
Discover Awesome School History in Akaroa for Ages 1-100
School history in Akaroa, is available to children of all ages and abilities, they can and should learn history, stories help kids connect to place and make informed decisions for…