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“It is indeed desirable that the whole outside of the Town, inland, should be separated from the country by a broad belt of land which you will declare that the Company intends to be public property on condition that no buildings be ever erected upon it" 89 . The objects of the Town Belt, as well as separating the town and country, were, Ward explained in his letter, “... to supply space for recreation and common to the public ...”. He also stated that the company directors “... wish the public convenience to be consulted and the beautiful appearance of the city to be secured ... rather than the immediate profit of the company ...” 90 . Following New Zealand Company land purchase negotiations with the Māori of Pito-one and Nga-iiranga under the Port Nicholson deed of September 1839, the first immigrants arrived in January 1840 and established a settlement called Britannia at Petone, near the mouth of the Hutt River. They soon discovered that the flood-prone site was "quite unfit for a town" so, in March, New Zealand Company representative Colonel Wakefield moved the settlement to the shores of Lambton Harbour, even though the Māori communities of Te Aro, Kumototo and Pipitea, who lived there, had not been party to the earlier land purchases. Captain Mein Smith finalised the plan for the new settlement of Wellington in August 1840. The extent of the Town Belt was shown and marked as “land around the Town reserved for the enjoyment of the Public and not to be built upon”. Crown and provincial government, 1841–1873 In 1841 the Crown assumed ownership of the Town Belt area (approximately 625ha) and proclaimed the land a public reserve. The Waitangi Tribunal later found that the earlier Port Nicholson land purchases had been invalid and the taking of reserves in Wellington prejudicial to Māori (see Appendix 3). Governor Hobson directed that a notice be published in the Government Gazette requiring anyone occupying public or native reserves to vacate those sites, and declaring that "all persons are warned not to clear, fence, cultivate or build in or upon any portion of the belt of reserved land surrounding the town" 91 . In 1862, the Town Belt’s management was vested in the newly formed Wellington Town Board 92 and an Act 93 passed that allowed for carriage roads and footpaths across the Town Belt, the leasing of allotment areas for up to 14 years, and the laying out, planting and enclosure of public areas, including for recreation. During the period of Crown and provincial government, approximately one-third (193 ha) of the Town Belt area was taken for other purposes including land returned to Māori (see Appendix 3) Civic government, 1871–present Under the Wellington City Reserves Act 1871, the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington was instructed to convey the Town Belt from the Crown to the City of Wellington (made a borough in 1870). The Act stipulated that one half of revenue derived from the land was to be "devoted to the ornamentation and utilisation of the lands ... and ... the other half ... to the construction and maintenance of roads upon the Town Belt ... connecting the streets of the said city with the country roads”. In 1872, before the land was transferred in Trust the Wellington City Reserves Act 1872 authorised the Superintendent to appropriate 21.85 ha (143 acres) of Town Belt in Newtown for education and social welfare purposes (see section four). 89 Ward to Smith. Quoted in Walter Cook, “Background Report 3, European History,” Wellington Town Belt Management Plan Review. (Wellington: Wellington City Council, 1992). 90 Follows 91 New Zealand Government Gazette 1841, P. 80, 16 October 1841. Quoted in Cook, “Background Report 3”. 92 The Board was formed under the Wellington Town Board Act 1862, following the Public Reserves Amendment Act 1862, which enabled the control of public reserves to be transferred or vested to commissioners or other persons, to be held in trust for similar or specified public purposes. 93 Management of City Reserves Act 1862. Draft Town Belt Management Plan October 2012 207
208 Figure 1: Plan of the town of Wellington, Port Nicholson, drawn by Captain William Mein Smith, (Surveyor-General) 1840 (Alexander Turnbull Library, MapColl 832.4799gbbd/1840/Acc.316) Draft Town Belt Management Plan October 2012
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Powers to grant easements: The Coun
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Many individuals who live in houses
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flanks of the ridges. The Town Belt
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picnicking and family outings or ca
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the summit ridge. This suggests the
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public use of the area. This is als
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the benefits of regular exercise on
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city suburbs, several neighbourhood
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Sector 1 - Te Ahumairangi Hill Land
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Table 1: Town Belt land additions,
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Kelburn Park is mainly used for for
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A more unifying cohesive vegetation
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