Local Lad Makes Big Splash

Banks Peninsula organic farmer and Eco-celebrity David de Rothschild has decided to show the world what to do with its discarded plastic bottles. For his new project, the Plastiki Expedition, the adventurous environmentalist plans to build a 20 metre boat made entirely of recycled materials and then sail it across the Pacific Ocean.

The Plastiki Expedition will hopefully carry our Dave from San Francisco to Australia over the course of four months. The voyage will encounter a number of environmentally sensitive regions, including the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a well-known region of the ocean that has accumulated an expanse of garbage about twice the size of Texas.

True to its name, the Plastiki will be crafted almost entirely from reclaimed plastic bottles, and will be capable of generating it’s own energy and fresh water, and treating all of its waste. And of course, once the trip is finished, the boat can simply be recycled.

David de Rothschild farms 442 Hectares at Hickory Bay, just north of Akaroa.

Akaroa Visit for French Warship

The French patrol boat La Moqueuse will visit the Banks Peninsula township of Akaroa on October the 10th, 2008 to take part in the annual French festival.

The festival marks the July, 1840 arrival of 53 French and German settlers aboard the emigrant ship Compte de Paris.

The 450 ton La Moqueuse, which visited Lyttelton in June 2004, is based in Noumea with the French Pacific Fleet. With a length of 54 meters and a top speed of 23 knots she is well equipped for her patrol role. She carries a crew of 4 officers, 11 petty officers and 13 seamen. The vessel has a large aft deck and can land a helicopter if necessary.

Moqueuse = female Jester, one who mocks.

Canterbury Maps

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Akaroa Harbour, Surveyed by Commander Owen Stanley (1811 – 1850) and James S. Hill of HMS Britomart, 1840

Map of the land sold by the tribe of the Ngaitahu to William Wakefield for the New Zealand Company, done at Akaroa on the 12th day of June 1848

Akaroa Harbour, surveyed by Captain J. L. Stokes, etc. H.M.S. Acheron, 1849-50

Birds eye view of proposed Christchurch Canal, 1906

Canterbury Land District. No. 6 plan shewing pastoral runs in Canterbury N.Z., 1889

Chart of Banks' Peninsula, taken by the officers of the Corvette Le Rhin, in 1844 & 1845

Christchurch, surveyed and published by Charles Edward Fooks (1829 – 1907), Architect & Surveyor, 1862

Christchurch area, 1963, showing swamps & vegetation cover. Compiled from Black Maps of 1856

Christchurch International Exhibition, plan of the site, showing levels, etc., to accompany conditions for competitive designs. George McIntyre, Surveyor, 1905

Christchurch, compiled from data supplied to the Christchurch City Council and District Drainage Board ; Thomas Stoddart Lambert (1840-1915), 1877

County of Waimairi, District Scheme. Planning maps, 1974, Part 1

County of Waimairi, District Scheme. Planning maps, 1974, Part 2

County of Waimairi, District Scheme. Planning maps, 1974, Part 3

County of Waimairi, District Scheme. Planning maps, 1974, Part 4

County of Waimairi, District Scheme. Planning maps, 1974, Part 5

Extract from the French Government chart of Banks' Peninsula, 1845

Geological map of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, by Julius von Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., Principal Geologist, circa 1866

Geological sections of Lyttelton and Christchurch railway tunnel, by Julius von Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., circa 1875

Mandeville and Rangiora Road District, probably by Thomas Cass, Chief Surveyor of Canterbury District (1851-1867), 1864

Maori place names of Banks Peninsula, from sketch plans supplied by Canon James W. Stack, with additional names by W.H.S. Roberts & Others. Insets: Coastline from Lakes Ellesmere to the Rakaia River, rough sketch plan by William Deans of Banks Peninsula & part of the Plains in 1845 showing the whaling stations & Riccarton, 1894

Maori reserve north of Kaiapoi, circa 1850

Map of Banks' Peninsula showing roads and physical features, circa 1924

Stone's Map of Christchurch, circa 1930

Map of Christchurch, Supplement to The Press newspaper, circa 1930

Map of Christchurch, supplement to The Press, July 11th, 1912

Christchurch and suburbs, includes advertising at top and bottom of the map, 1922

Map of Province of Canterbury, by Thomas Cass (1817-1895), 1866

Map of surveyed districts, Canterbury, drawn by A. Wills from the original map by Joseph Thomas, Chief Surveyor to the Canterbury Association, 1852. Part 1

Map of surveyed districts, Canterbury, 1852. Part 2

Map of surveyed districts, Canterbury, 1852. Part 3

Map of surveyed districts, Canterbury, 1852. Part 4

Map of surveyed districts, Canterbury, 1852. Part 5

Map of surveyed districts, Canterbury, 1852. Part 6

Map of surveyed districts, Canterbury, 1852. Part 7

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 1

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 2

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 3

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 5

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 6

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 7

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 8

Map of the city of Christchurch, 1929. Part 9

Map of the colony of New Zealand from official documents, 1844

Map of the Cust Road District, 1866

Map of the Heathcote Road district, 1879

Map of the Mandeville and Rangiora Road District, circa 1880

Map of the Mount Cook Road District, 1878

Map of the Oxford Road District, 1883

Map of the Port Hills' Akaroa Summit Road and reserves, circa 1918

Map of the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand shewing the pasturage runs, circa 1860

Map of the Riccarton Road District, 1879

Middle Island, 1850

New Brighton, Christchurch, building allotments, 1899

Map of the North and Middle Islands, General Survey Office, 1889

New Zealand : Te Anau Lake to Milford Sound : tourist foot road, 1904

New Zealand : the Southern Alps : Eastern slope of Mount Cook, 1904

Part of city of Christchurch, 1926

Parts of Canterbury and Nelson, shewing the route to Hanmer hot springs, 1900

Plan of a portion of the plains of Canterbury, 1865

Plan of Christchurch and suburbs, 1879

Plan of sections in blocks I and II, Lyndon Survey District, Hanmer Plains 1899

Plan of subdivision of rural sections no. 217 and 218, circa 1903

Plan of the city of Christchurch, 1874

Plan of the city of Christchurch (Selwyn County) Canterbury, N.Z., 1883

Plan of the Lowry Peak Run, in the Amuri District, province of Nelson, circa 1854

Plan of the town of Akaroa, 1878

Plan of the town of Ashburton, 1879

Upper Waimakariri and Lake Coleridge Road Districts, circa 1880

Plan of town of Ashbourne, circa 1883

Portion of West Coast of Middle Island, New Zealand, showing route from Nelson via Buller to Hokitika, and Otira Gorge route circa 1900

Road map of the province of Canterbury, New Zealand, circa 1910

Sketch map shewing railways, South Island, 1887

Sketch of Middle Island (New Zealand) shewing the East Coast as laid down by Captain Stokes, 1850

Sketch of the harbours of Port Cooper and Port Levy November, 1842

South Westland and central portion of Southern Alps, New Zealand, circa 1900

Taununu's Pa, Ripapa Island, Lyttelton Harbour, 1872

The central portion of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, 1892

The colony of New Zealand, between 1887 and 1889

The Islands of New Zealand, 1838

The provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand during the great glacier period, circa 1875

Topographical map of Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, Westland, New Zealand, 1911

Town of Lyttelton, circa 1860

Town of Waiau, before 1866

Town, village and suburban sections Port Robinson, suburban sections Gore Bay, & parts of Blocks IX & XI, Cheviot survey district, 1894

Township of Ashburton, between 1874 and 1880

Township of Rakaia, 1874

Trigonometrical and topographical survey of the districts of Mandeville and Christchurch, 1850

Wairau plain and valley, 1849