BAVBI.OC& JfOUH
I ASTUDT OF POPUUTlOI GROWTH
AD T1IB CRAJIGDIC BATVJlE OP TBB TOW SDCB 1952A !heal• PNtWted la ParcJ.al F\llf'ilaeat
ot
tuIt wolll.cl be illlposaible to detd.l al.l the aaa,- peop1e who haYe aaaiateicl in tile preparation of this theaia bl&t ..,...teat appreciation JBW1t be p.ven to •1' aaperYiaor, Mr. E.C.R.. Warr, Geop-aphy Departaeot, Ma••e,r Uoiverait7, for hi.a advice and eo11atructive c r i t i c i - and to aeabera o~ the staff of the H~veloek lorth .BoroQCh Couac.il, in particular the Towo Clerk, Mr. V. Const ntine, for aking svailE!ble :i:mch info t i ,n tld
lw~ys being willing to a iat.
Appreei('ltion is aleo due to Hr. R.G. Heerdepn, Geopapll,-Department, M-· y Univerai.ty, who, in the C«\pacity of friend, urged, coerced and encoura d the a~thor incre~sin ly; to Mira.
J. Lockett for so ably t,-pina t.h theai.•J to the Deparct.aent of St tistica, Wellingtou forte proYiaion
or
vnpublished material; to Mr. J. Soetou
of Aeri 1 Mappina, Haatinp, for the intereat taken in the care in reprod11cic
the aapa :tnd tliagruae; and to Jfr. R • • Fi • nginoer, aati11,aa City Counoil, for inforaatioo pelati». to tche propoaecl futllf"e evelopaent of Haati City.many the• who •• i•tecl in a • riety of waya ed a the author i.• deeply i bted Ida wi.te esbibJ.. cl t • tri l a • wit ood thlPlnc the nr11"DD.raU ol thia rk. ·t t at
l i i .
PUPACB
Many - a l l towna in New Zealand haYe underpne a chance
in role in the twentieth centw-y depeaclina upon their relationabip with a oe.arby l arpr urban centre. In..._. inatancea the
relationsllip luua becoae totally cluuiced u a reaalt of caaplete abeorpti.oo o~ the -&ller c•tre bJ' the la.rpr and tbe cleYelos-ent ef Greater Aueklaad 1• an exaapl• of thia. Utenuatiyel.7, tbe -•11 towa aay retain lt• iDAU.rldlaal.J.t.,- to a
..-at• ..
enent
,.-uncte.rp a alptficant cllanae in frmct.icm, deYel.opinc a.a a reaidential aubm-b •~ the lu-pr town or city to the cletriaent of ita 'al.1-Nmld' developaent.
S.ch ta the ea- of HaY.tock lorth, A tOlfll aituated on the 1 ~ alopea o-f a ranee of hilla approdaately three a i l • eaat
. t
Ha.ati.np Cit,-. Foll.Old.ea it• I.Aeeption 111 1860after
a abort. period of initial. powth tbe tow.Dahip becaai to decline in iaportance and for a periodet
about aixty yea•• froa &ftRIJld 1890 to 19SO it.vaa Yirt&&a11y little ao . . than a .,.all 1peacdul Yillace'
aerri.nc
pri.aaril7 aa a retlNIINDt centre and a
•ldp-cl
.
~
1 ,...tdential allburb of Butin,p. Within the laat tvo decacta.,la...,.-,,
tu
popalat.ioad
••••leek
•erta.ua
p • n eoaaiderablT fna 1,828 i.11l9SI
i.oS,472
la1966.
~ ld.U. ~ u•c~ated
ell•-
wlu.dl baYe ecCIIIT9d, botll tirect;ly aad liMliNC~l.1'• i.ata.
...-pilo1ea. t
tJae ... ud tblt ellaract ...of~..._..,.
pe,-latioa 'llldclk pNri.._ tileb••I•
forHaYeloc-k onh, howeYer, is alao of inteN8t in that
aany of the borough'• reaidenta aeem.incly do not wiah to ac
know-ledge or a-ecopiae that Havelock North is no lonpr the •village•
of to...- tilllea, a hoae predoainontly for retired aD4 •well-to-do'
peraoaa. Althoup recent cbanpes bave radically altered tbi•
iaap o~ Hnelock orth tlle idea of a 'village• caterin& alaoat
aolely for elderly and aoneyed raoaa is atill remarkably prevalent
aaonc
aany reaidellt.a of both H velock Jorth and neig.bbotlrinc tarbancent, . . .
Although t e arc,wtb experie.ced by Rovelock ortb appean to have ariaea since 194S, thi •tudy confiaea itself pri.uu1rily to that growth which baa taken place since 19Sl. Thia deciaion waa
made becaaae RaYelock North was constituted a borou early ia
1952 aad beca.._. eeaaua ficurea are vailable for 1951 aAd sub•equezlt
five year interval.a. Cenaua returns fl"OJB the Nev Zeal and General
Censuaee of 1~51, t9S6, 1961 and 1966, hove provided basic
•tatiatical data on population, th njority of th r ind r of
the inf'ona3tion within thi• study haYing ori,iinat from a
q.-tionnaire diatri ted to aaapl o'f tb popta.l tion i t..a:..r,
1968 (211 ueati• airea were co riain& 12.8 per e t
d tile total poplllaU ),
troa
per nal i ta-Yi • with reai4eat.a of H&Yel k rt • fl"CIII a la 1111e S1U"Ye7 cond eted by tAe aa.bor i.a Aam~, I 67 reriai f whi , was n ua r, i .ucua-t,
l •Thi.a
at.wt,, aM oat.
to•t•
1:1.ala
ten
find a po••lb.le cwer-Pi.diac esplwti or es.p1anat;J.eas for
The extent of
iaveetipted priaarily thl"Olluni the uae ot pvernaent at tiatical
publicatJ.oaa. Th . . . aouree4J ....,.al.ed that tlt.e popalatJ.on baa
beea increaa.iac' at ever-iacre.aalac rate, and tile author'•
Nt&earch on tile aorpholoey of the
borouch
NtYealed that eonc::cnz!tantcrowtta
haa ocearred i.n the - h e r of . . _ ba.ilt. i · the nmabero'f retail facilit.t.- ••ailable ia the least of
roacUnc
witthe bOJl'OUtldlJ fartlMmaore. at ~are a aajor cllanp in
the ap
Rfllc-tare
i . e . ~p••portloa of
a
people
baai
.-.a•••
n11e ~ t oftu
. i . .•ce ...-
kaa decS"eaaed.Bxplane~iona for th.la CNW~ mul dlaqe __..
aeupt
princip-to a uaple of the reeidenu aa wellaa to all retail_.. a t.he Olfflet"II or aan.-a . . irra of all tb• vari.oua industrial C:el'llll witllin Uaflltlock Jlonh. Xt waa aleo neceaaary to• t ~ElOI" to iaolate fNIII tbe
repaten
of bi.tha and de tha intbe Baft.lnp COlU"t IIOWM t • a ber•
f
birt d tba recorded for Ba..-eloclt orthdurinc
the period ndes- conaicter tion. keau.ltar....
~ 80llf'C• l.Ddieate t UMllllll,a f acto . . whicb ba.eplayed - art
ta
attractin,r l.Uoa to the IJOJr"CNllab are • FYaried, t1- w t tapo.rt atncl•
tactoP
•
t.tae rel tionalpo ~ • llaatlap.
••l'"tll
i•PPildlla:l.a-1~ a ._.._. , .
tor . . .
_._ ud, a
, . . . i u 1mua1~- ltGlt
•t,
al ....-·ta
i eloek . . i ~r
t.
a-...,._ N1 ~
n
u.111e
•
Tile earl,- lta . ,tu
to,lflltdd.p~ h aa appanntly occurred primarily•hrouah the l
bilit,-ot
Raatinp to accwodate cm-rent pt'OWth aa4preeent,
altbolaeh aa yet not particularly well-ddiaed treada augut that in thePreface
CHAPTER 1 1
HAVILOCI( NORTH, VJl.LAG
The Stop-0..e~ Period 1860-1890Period of Rel tive Dec1ine 1890-1901 Period
of
evived Growth t~Ot-1951CllAPTElt 2 a POPULATIOft GrtO"tw"TH Slll~B t
9,51
Total Population GrowthChanges in Diatribation of Po lation Changiag Age Structure
Changing acia1 Composition
Ch,;,we:L"lg Occupati.onal Stl"UCtm-e
CHAPTER 3 t
IMPACT
Of fOPULATIOlf G!ml li5J-lit8
COIIIIU'Cia.l Exp ai.
Attp ct1
nc
centreeral paaree 1 Aet.iri:ty
CBAPT 4 t
T I net of Inc
Te ole t 1 I r ae in
the Popal Uoa Grovtb
or
t95t-lrue
i i i
The Effect
at
In-ereaai.ng Numb-eraot
People 2S -3-4
Teare of .Age'the Ef'fect. ot Popalation Over
SS
Teare of AgeThe aetire11ent Puaetioa of BaYe1ock Borth in 196-8
Bf'fect.a of th1t Changing Racial Ceapoei tion
B~feete of the Cbangioc Occupational Structm-e The Poaaible tfecta of' Lower Inco e Groups Inmatrial BspanJdon
CHAPTER 5 :
PUNC
IP
AL
u
~
sgss
FOR
1u
G1U)\ffifOF
HAYELQCJ NOffll
1951-19
8
Physical Fa.ctoraClimate
S -R11.ral Cb ract.er
EcoDGIDic Factora
A ailability of Sect.ions Cheap 5eeti:
Bapl.oyaont
Miacdl- · -
F
etoCBAPTR
7
ta.r ..
enea
A.ppenllice.tage
61 63 64"
67 6870
74
76 76 79 81 82 6283
86 6 88 6l
t2I
7
114Fipre 1
[image:10.601.60.538.156.464.2]Fipre 2
Figure 3
Fi.pre 4
Fipre S
Ficw-e 6
Fipre 7
Pi.pre 8
Ficrure 9
Ficure to
Ficure 11 C s : I : : : :
.
.
.
• lYst
Of
fIGUJtES
OriaJ.nal Section• Offered For Sale, 1860
Urban Section.a Circa 1880
iapi.e,, Haatiap, HaYelock Area, 186S Population Growth 1901-1966
Ap/Sex St"1cture 1951, 19S6, 1961, t~66
Boundary CbaQCea Since 1951
Houainc Prior to and Subsequent to 1950 in 1968
Major Sub-Diviaiona Since 1960 s Mew Road.a Since 1950
Shoppinc Centre 1952, 1968
Proxilllity of HAYelock North and H~atinp
Averace Daily Tr &ffic Flow, Hnveloek North/ H~atiuga RoAd, Aupat 1968
LIST
9l
TABLBS
Table I t BayeJ.ock )l..-.t,11. Popalat.J.on Gt'OlfUl 1991-19S1
t:YII
12
n
I Reaidenta 65rura
oface
&o.d overJ 1936-19.St 17III I Population Growth 1951-1960 21
IV a Length of l l e a i ~ in DaYel.oek North 21
V I Popu.1.atJ.oa 1>1.atribu.tion by Age Groupe l9St-t966 22
VI I Primary School Rolls 1950-1968 24
Vll I h e - - - in Pre-school Ap Group 1951-1966
15
VIII t lllllllbeJoa P.-cent - of People 15-S4
,-ara•
1951-1966X t Oceapational Status. Havelock N.-th l9S6. 1961,
1966 29
ll I Sc1l.at7 and
wace
&al"IMtra, llavelock Borth 1968 30lll : Proporti.oa
f
!'opal.a19'
31
ll:Il'. t P.oport.J. ,al C
ance
in Incluat.rialSeeton, t
961-1966
31
UY & Pena.it. Ieau.ecl to .. _, Dwelliap, April l•t.• 1937
-..
...._. tn,
1968
37
xv , Botllli"'C Pendu f•r F1 ta and stat.e
lliiii•••
1955-19
xvt
•
ayaeo.t.a for Mai.Dteaa ce ofao
•eai1:1&.
1951-1966J.a avel
k
DU t
••el°*
S Rh Slloppioc Plitt...
1952DX 1
,s
46
41
[image:11.602.56.552.127.759.2]Table llI
XXII
l l l l l
1.nv
llV
llVX
llVllI
a Mell))erahip •• at April lat
of
Ba..-loclt
orth Pal>lic Ubru-y 1961-1968
a
BataralIncreaae in
BaYtiCJCkI ~
1s.,
.
51
-22.3.66
c NatU.J"al Increa ; Havelock »orth, Baat.i.np, . . . ~eal.aod, 1951-1966
1 Sport• Clu >temberahip in Havelock liortla
1952-1968
: :N ber and Vttlue of Roua
llorth. 19 0-l 966 lt
in Have1ock
1 Date of co---.ceNOt ~ Incblatri- in BaYeleck North
s rth ReaJ.denta• Preri.oua lace el
•
Live
,,,.
ss
60
62
,,
72
75
11
XXIX I Precipitation, Ha'f'olock Nort-h aDd Haatinca., 1967 78
XXX t Sect.iona Sold i ,1 HaYelock N rth aad Baati.np,
19SS-li66 83
llUX
llXIII
llUV
xnv
XXXVI
• ••race Price of Sect.iooa let iu
H.a•elock
!I rth HaaUap1955-19 6
•
a Total Paaaencera B
•
r
Yahicl . .Reci•tered
19S1-19 S:
•
au,
t
1
.DUX
•
[image:12.601.61.557.88.737.2]Pl."te l I
Plate 2 I
Plate 3 i
Plate
4
ILIST
Of
PLAT§§
Aerial Yi- of BaYelock Horth
sept-her.
1968Early llcnla- •On the Flat•
Barty Boaaea 10n the Hill'
Bou- Batlt. Du.rill& 1950
11oaa- Bailt D1&rinc 1960
i i
15
16
42
Appeoclia A I
Appe.odjx B I
Appendix C :
Appendix D I
Appendix B :
I
Appeaclix B
LJSt OP
APPQJ>WS
Es.aapl-
ef
tbe - andAOD-- •~
the• llorth• ia tile a.aae • BaYelock Jlortb • in
the period al"Olllld 1890 - 1900.
Qaeationnaire CU.atribated to a aa11ple of
the holtseholda i.a BaYel.ock Rort.h.
Maori PopalatiGD i n • - Zeal.aod ~
StaUat.i.cal A . . . 1961.
Occapatioaa Diriai.ona and Najer Gl'OllpllJ
1961. 1966.
btai.1 and Prof---1,onal Faciliti-1 19S2.
1968.
2-tiono•i•• Diat.riblatecl to aetallera.
Iocreaainc
Melll>erahip i.a Coamudty ActiYitJ. . . ,1960 - 1968.
aaturaJ. I n c ~ Fi.prea for Baatinp and
»ew
Zealaad 1951 - 1966.
Appendix
I
1 Q-ti.uad.Jie Diatribat . . M Illllutriala..bli•llll-i..
AppaGd.1-a J a Cl p?lr&U.flJ ,..,..._.atan Fipa-.119• Ba....ieclt
115 116 122 123 124 125 127 130 132
hrtll _ . • . . . . _ .
19'7.
13'
A . . . .
«~
C &Traffic, Jlow
I Ba.elock a~autiApa.ad.
136AP,•ti, L I . . . . , . . . u.tac - S.-.ice . . .
CBAP'Ht I 1 IL\VBI.OCE lrOU'B, YIUAGB
•flaere ia netldac of a Ntkwater bou.t Br,elock
• ~!l. I t :la not a lar p town bat. it J.a
peeu].iarly- located to
t . .
1, in a way quite iaca no111111rat.e with ita a.lN, tbe aaJ.a ellft"eftttltrbul.eace of oar tiaea. The elaah
between a 20th century 1nduatPial and an older tr tional aociM7 1• • p e d 11,. iateam fiecl
MN, on tlle OIIII haad by ita predalty to the carmtaa .iaclut.l'J' alld other boolli'IC
ctiri.ti-d
the ~ • a n c a Plaina ad 011 t.J:ae other by ita historic llluioa aa a centretor
theMll
fanaerw to ~he Sell~.•
1 Dr I.. B. Toy
1.
Thia ~ t 1a perlaapa DOWhe . . betMW eseapli.fiecl than
ia ti.. connJ.ct between a recopiUon 0, what Ba'fttlock Werth la
and what lta reai4enu
t . .
1 i t ia. Ia i . . . .of
p01)lll t.ion:Yelock Ronh tecl y ia town of coruli4erable aiae alld exhiW.ta
char ctertatiea • f other Wew Z
l
a
nd..__ f
• pi4
dla~
i t l.e .,...01• th.at aany . . . 11ft, c
f.tly2.
Bat orae notable dlffuence ~
Havelock •ofth apart, for ere are to be
f
, amt tlda waapanicalarly tNe prior to the earlJ' 1950'•, constant Nlld.Adera
of ita hiatorical heritace, aaaely, a dllap foaaded by
Engl 1ahaea.
•Engtieh oaks, perhapa aa old • an7 in th1.a - ... .,,,, shelter your c h-eo.1nc1 ct.ant pepper-t... reak the e t ~ ~ that
occaa:lonal.
1weater
thateoe•k• ewer
the
r . _ ,
eoldeD aah and aycaaore, el.a •Del cbeabat aholald all Nlld. the •Yill..-• oftu
fomtclera.•2• • Zealamte ... object ~ the - of ...
rillap
bee
•
-
of tbe cloae aaac,ciati[tbla
wetrd aaJ - ~ Bqliala ftWal laacaac~ . -• aKtl•eat•• of lfllich there are f •Nld. . . .
n
tba l'oatoioa.•3..
, wlail•ataN11MINt
In the l i p t of inereaalq popal.at.ion and the ... t
clumpa la t. aorpholoa of the aet.tleaeat. the 1Bnc11ab
cbaraeteriaUca• of Ha'Mloek Jlorth are 1paliaa• ia aipitioanee
and in Jll&D7' caeea are eYeD beiac era..S fNa t-he towoacape to
aake v .,
tor
theumoe
androa41ac
deYeloraent which 11.aa beenneceaaary to acea od-ate the P'Glfiq populati •
Deaplte the• chances HaYelock orth aUl.1 reutaa a
"Til.1 • atmoaphere. aa ataoapbere wbich baa peralatecl fNII
t u
Uae f t.be . - t 1 . . . .
t••
fOIIWHDS 1D l up M die earlJ' 19501a tllecha,.._
aarociated wi~ t 1pt0Wth apart•bee.a
.
A •tlldy
of
the ayaila1>1e ldat.orical aaterial rel.atinc ~the •rill ... ,• d RaYelock . . rth iadlcatea that the deYelopaeac of
the towAaldp f•U.. iato three bNad . . .
t
.
t860-t89& 1 A period of early powtb wben the totnudlip ...a iapoff&Dt
f
cti aa a tatop-oyert on theo.-arlaad route
aoatla fNIII Rap:lei- andalac,
..,..,eelaa a centre f o r ~ - hill fal"l:Nl'"a to the aoutb.
2. 1890-1 l I A period
. t
rel.atl•• decline • ...,._ the tOWD had aoapparent o....,_,rt.d:lq funotio a eir:parleaced a
uclille I.a popalatt •
J
.
I 1-19$1f 11e1!'Ul.•a Nle
1.
tll
WP-OVER
,wop
1
8
9Q-1890
The
foandinc
of Havelock '1'cnmahtp4 can be reckoaed fJ'OIIIJ'an11a17 17th, 1860 when the fira-t auction of sect.iona, both
adYertiaed the "GoYerrunent sale of the tewa and suburbs of
Hafflock" at the La.ad Office in Napier. 5 All 'urban' aect.iona,
apart f1'01I.
oae
a~act-e-acre seot.ion. were of tweroou.
while 'the11M1hu.rlum• aectiona ran.pd in size from fourtee acre• t.o the
l a . . _ t tlfGt of eighty a."Cres e ch (Fia. 1). Offi.cial recorda of
poplllaticm forte.,. . . before 1886 de not clearly di:fferenUate
Jlavelock North a1though the growth af the tot.al area of 'the
6
township ia f.-d.rly apparent in .a later map ahGwinc 1w:-ba.a1
a«tions in Havelock (Fi,;. 2). .\ comparison ef Fig. 1 an.d Pia.
2 indicatu -th.at t t.e increase 111 the number of •u.rb.an1 aectioaa
Nl&la1ted pri.aari.l.y fl'OIII the sub-4!.Yia.ion of saan7 fo...- 'aW>IU"b.an•
aec:tioas an4 t.hia
suas~
that whereas in a.aa7.uaer
Bew Zeal.awlJt-yilla-0 the Crown or aettlea t aa•oe.iat.iona overeat.iaat-ect their
ftatare pewth, iA B.aYel.eek NoFth the pot.ea~ial ,CrGWtb W&JI
aader-- t i a t.ed.
A cn,.wth of popal.aUon8 aufficient to ac~ t for Ule iacreaeed
n-ber of
u
aa aecti_. eoalcl be larply- explaiaed bF ~ fact~ B.av-1.ock {Pi•-
J).
Thiacave
tile . . . 1,. 'tOlmald tile28
Z.7
Fie. 1 I
! , . . . . ,c
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RO A.D
- -~.t:LM
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_
Nj)JI TH - -- TOW_N_QfSTFll~T'.: ;~f
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Fi. 2 :
"'
34.
l
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32
33
land above 100' ~ ..
.~, ,~,
I More thon 500 pop.
•
-·- ·- Main routewoy south
0 Miles
Hawke
Boy
Swampy lowland
less than 500 pap.
5
8.
part of 1862.
October. 1860,9 t..hat he had opened •tbe r.]I odioua
preai•-·
oftbe Hafflock Hotel. while in A ~ , 186210 the owner of the
Ezchanp Hotel.
T.
Reynolda. adYertiaed •apaci . . . pNlli . . . ,priYate apartaeata,
aood
atablinc, auperi.or beda.•At tlda tille aiace All a l w t iapell.trabl• awaap COY..-.d a
l a r p part ol t.h• llereta110•a Plai.n (Fis. 3) vhicJa ••• alao -bjeet
to recut•r fieodlac, little int ... t bad been • • - io 84Ktlias
CliYe &Dd BaYel.eck laad ...ad.le
....,_ ap . . Iii.per...- to the
••at
aa4 ao11th~tile_...,
u the aipificant. local poiata of a . t i . . . . t for the area.ID
1867
thebridc:lnc
of the •cal"IU'Oro JU.Yer atcu
... ...
the neecl fer• riYer ferry (aa well .ia it.a aaaociated pl"Obl . . . ) oa the coaatal roacl between HaYelock and llapier. IaproYedCOIIIIUD-• COIIIIUD-• COIIIIUD-• - to M • . , . . _
wbT
HaYelock Kcu-thahol&l' ...
t becOINt what tbe e&Plyaettl_..
ezpec:Wa.ad....,..
i t wealtl ltec- - All iAlaadcity ... lecally by lapier ealy. TM ldato17 of the
dap after tJae bridp
n
Cli•• wu...-a
on t8 ~ . 1867, raia fell.ceaU-ally ,_. a . . . lfitll 11at<aat . . .
11..u.ac
~th... ,._
n ... ··"" ....
atearcely ~ . . . .,.rd.aacu.a
fell. 0a tile-co- eccaal••
the fl..Uac . . . . . . .Mtc.• ...
~. .
Rt ~ area ~ tlle Tidd ~ Mil9 .•
eaat. ~ 1.att.er OYerflowed northward• l.n t.b.e directJ.0t1 o£ 8-api.er.
Oae ~ the aajor eonaequeneee
or
tbeae tloodat bowe'wer. vaafact of coi:u11clerable •:lptficaace
tor
the later p-owth of ll&Tel.ock. Thi.a c11 . . rs1oa,.,..._t coarae
atoac
tbe weateJ"ll edpo,
the BeretTIil•
creatb
factli~•ted thedraJ.aiac
of
tile Beret.a Plai.A.
• Plain aad
~ - fo1"1181' awa.ap landa. T conaeQ1ie1lU.a f ~ - a
were eapedally aiplficant for HaTelock lfo~h.
•A town of aore ca•opolltan character waa loat
a,,.
Rpraroro•a claaap of coarae a tcent.re of inter-eat a bitio _.. directed
to u a,i:. ... ..ii.ua;. cldefly beeatUle
ot
tbJ.a fact. •11An
eltanlle
ly tMKtl
tbia
iap
the ta a Plain waa a
4ltcl
aot
pia local iecepuace aad waa.,
..
o f ~
ls...-o"
u. ...
••
tiY..-.i,o aatl ~toralpt
.aiun.• cltalS l lt'-'Mll'mteJ!~ SD . _ . .• Id-. l i
t
7313
fer a rail-r
RaU~
t ..imI~ted lalli.ebrri.Ue &"G1~Y("'
1 () •
Ba'ffl.ock a ~pulation •f 52-41' and had apparently readied
a relatiYe , both in popaldJ.on a1ld 011 rerci.al actJ.ri.ty. 1
5
2.
tlUQD 9f
RBLAXU! PfiCLUI
&li9::J99&
•&la by the
preaeace of
t urulv
yand
thgrowtq
• the proclactirity o f ~ ~ Plaia., HaatJ.np
crew
rapidlyeonatitu.t
io
ti84,
vi~ populationof
617
i t wae• town dtetriet t • 16 lock, ~un,Jdle, - to
ve lost
of
the
runctione
upon which
it de04mc:11e«17 , amtcl.aim., i t l.s a rally held contention that t waa
of popw.ation from avelock to Haat.t.aaa ao t t by 1901 Ha•elock'•
popu.l tloa had declined from 524 in 1886 to 374.18 The
probl-a Y«liditr ia DOl~ati reoords t thia tiae, hove.er,
waa refer to i.n a ceiuau~ report
t
1 0119 ldlid& -.cribedHavol.ock Borth a
beinc
•••• lacett if the na1m.'.A of ~IIBIIND-ptl, vi.11-..._,
or
all.
entna w1dell
ri . . .%' 1• iapuai~l• to aa7
UM=se aal.1 ceJltl' . . .
~ .
•
AllGld.nc to..- a poaaible a.aro.n of error, however, i t i.a
evident t.bat Ravelook had clecliaed. :ln both illport • ad
populat.ioa thia ia aubat.aatiatecl by a report pu.bliahed in
tt.
1908
in
theCYClopafdia
of
IP
Zealand
in which B Yelock lilortbla recordecl aa
• ••• a pretty little C011Dt1"7' townaldp, aituatecl
ea the 1....- alopu of• l"flllP of hilla, fourteen
.u ..
fro11 Rapier, alld alMMtt ~ 1111- eaatof t h p . At • t.illle i t waa of eonaid.orabl.e i.aapoffaace aa the cbid at.oppiac plac. oa tho m.d. road ktween Kapier and t aoatla. A I i •
tOIIDahip apranc ap,
the rallwa~, the t.rdfic upoa which it alaeat
aole.17 clepenclod waa di••rted, and tbe townahip
decuLaod.1120
T - two repc,rta
Ra-at
t a t abo1lt tbtt tlU'll ot tile ceat.111"7JlaTOlock. Horth waa t.Pllly probably li:ttle aore tlu a •yillap" conaiat.iae of a -•11 population
which waa
net~
be conaU~tecl a town diatrict llllt.il 1912 andwhich did
Mt
f~aally beeeae aboroup
11 1952. 21The . . . . 111aYel It rtll' ra&Mr tllaa 1BaYOloeJr• ia a
notabl.o pet_at • I ~•••ac• tor l t waa
aria&
tlda •pert of 4ecliae'•
...
p.-oclaaation i.D the Gazette, or a.a
tar
aaaoy of wa coul.4 4iacoYer, in any otber truly
official aanner.•
12.
Between the yeara of 1890 and 1900 there • .,. IIIAIIY uaaplN
~
tu
uee and the uon ... of the tera •xort.h• botb in officialand Mlli~ficial cJ.rcl- {s . . Apperuli1' A) ancl the Ollly ceaclaaion
wbJ.cb aay INt . . awn ia that tile naae 1Ha'Yel.ock lorth' caae
3.
PB1t1op
Of
MYJYER
@OW'Jft
1901-1251
Eaercinc from thi.a period of recession ftaYelock North •cain
beCan to attract people ia the twentieth centUP)', the population
iocreaainc te 501 by- 1911 allcl to 1,828 by 1951 {Tab1e I).
Tear 1901 1911 1921
1926
1936
1945
19S1SOUN:••
Table I s BaYelock 5o~h Popal ation GNWtll l ()01-19 51.
Popalat.ieo
31,
sot
1,11,
1.0501,1,s
,,,sa
.1,8281,z,
Xntercenaal [image:27.598.80.480.444.736.2]T-» DOtabl•
leat:i.uea a r e ~ iA tlt.e •DD11Al pereeat&p inereaeea for the interceoaal perioda coYerecl bJ" t.bi.a tables firstly, the rapid rate of P"Ol(th i n ~ decade 1911-1921 and,aeeond1,.. the net loaa of population J.a tJae e1.1baequerat fiYe yea.p
period, 1921-1926. Explanation for the rapid poplll.ation crowth
bet.ween 1911 and 1921 does not lie in any single factor bat
rather in a coabinaUon of ~eral fAetos-a whicla incllldea apecial
local iaflllefteea aaeh aa tlae exiatea.ce of four freeaiq
worka
l.n tilearea
b)' 192123 and theopem..na
of three pri-.ate boaflliasacllool• io &a..ioclc aortb 4uriaa tb.ia t1ecac1e24 .,.._ pap11.a.
alt.lloap aaialy from N)'Ol:ld HaYel.ocll •ortb• were iaelllllled in the townahip'• popu.lation.
Aecountin& for theptpU1ation loaa ~ 1921-1926 ta_.,.
dittficult a.od there appears
to
be no elearl7-defhed u:pl-atioa for the loaa llhiela appa.--Uy . . . t 1111-ootteed at Ule t.t.ae.15A -aeation tllat it aay han. reaulted frea the poor-tiw
esper:1.-ced by fanu.ac la tile early 19201a aay espld.a ia part
- of the loaa. ~ . on the other Jland• a e i ~ na.tiap nor the
llawke•a Day
eou.at,.
aaff . . . . a coaparable 1-.. of pepalaU.oa at tJdatiae aDd ADY aarked d.ec.llne in ~atioD. aaaociu.d with ttae
4lecl1ne in
f•llll:lns
- . l d aue17 ha . . been~lected
la tJae powtllfd
tb•••
8'1,jacsaat popalat:lona aa..u.
26
21ae • • " of popalattea l.Dcrea-. foll...._ tit.ta l w . waa
.i.., ..Ul. 1936. bat fNll Uda date U. NM d 1ac . . - vaa ...._
rapid. 'the 1 . . . . - a•onal l&CNaM Mi . .
••11:• .. ••
h 1=laed&,...
....
0.-wal.1•
the
popal.at.ioa efllaftlock . .
ffh iDcreaaed
by1.,s.t bnweeo 1901 aact 19S1 to Ute wt-al of 1. 28. The . . ,,,. • • • ~
of people la$e tile towaaldp
d1ariaa
t h w ,..._ vaa I > ~ UOI&~larpl~
a.
the NCOpi~ioo •~ lla'ftllockWorth••
eloae pl'OS'lai~y t:.o~ two larp arbaa areaa of aapie.r and B&eUnp while Nta1ai1'IC
the actY&Dtapa iaheNat in it• predoaiaaat11' n.ra1
.-unc.
Tim.athe
rue
of Bnelock - ~aa a
doftlli~ceatre
bepaa
ftmeUtmwhich baa
u. . .
t.opow ill
iapena •lllp...t Mad OONISUo• u t i l e . . . parUeat . . ly the
Ba-..loek lfofth/llanbp
tra,aapon wldJ• at t.lae . . . . t.lae faeillt&Uac tlle ..int....i,- abort
foot•• cyel-e ~ b e t - t h e
bro~...
Aa t-lle doNdt..-,,aapeet • f
llneloek . .
rtla .... dtmtloped aan..U.y o..-.r tJae l u tdee.._ and a laa1.I - bae tJlie •aa-t-
~
U'&fflowatnc
1'1d• road.ff•ON.a.I.,_ f4 'traffic R . . . . U'ffe1
Ntween 1"al
IMNl7
aatborlU• ta tMarea.
It waa h tM
early ...,..
.t
1.biaM&tlaT
uc:aae
.UllT•
r.lct,aal-~Ut.ebaaeol
ltoa't.ll9
t:
t
1D11:..mai•~ . . .
d ...
1
ld11
.i,, ...
1 ... dter tM t1lftl ,.... . . . . ,. . . of - •
1a..-
M!OUf • _..,.•"••:t
a ...-1oa
of..
~
....
....
=
A
+)
8
r
-•
•
:f
.
' 0=
~
....
..
(M
..
N
•
+)f1'
17.
hill aact the iaplicationa
iaurent
iathur nae,
apaciowmeaaand crane.tear vldcla pYe r i - to• recopitioo
of
'Uri.DC on thebill' aa a atataa ayabol. The contra.at between aedenl houaea
built on the ldll al.opea aacl those built on tbe flat ia not u
p-eat aa ••• the caae in thi.a earlJ.er peri.ocl, bat
dirferenc-certaJ.nly eonthme to a i a t and the 1preati.p1 -.aiae of 111Yiq
oa the hill'
.U.ll
N11Uina ai.pificaat.BaYelock Wonh ta l9Sl, tllell, • - l•rceJ.1' a reaidential auburb of llaa~lnp bat i t alao aerYed aa a NJtir1aent centre,
t.laia fllllctioa ..-,owiac aabat.anUall,. i.D iaponaace bet.ween 1936
and l9Sl (Table ll). The propo-rtlen o~ retiNd peraona haa
Table II I R.eai.denta 6 S yea . .
of ap and over; 1936-1951
Ap&roap 1936
19,s
90+ 2
-85-89
s
s
so-s,
9 1075-79 20 3'
70-74
18
,,
65-69
,2
77-Total
106 172Perceatap
of
Total Pepal.atioa
9.05
11.91951
1
9
t8
,3
75 97
243
13.15
s..rce,
•.
,.
Cea-a-,.rt.
Vol. IXAcN ...
[image:32.597.82.481.385.721.2]t8.
decliaed
atace
1951. batatoac
wi~ tld• tread. the8l"OWiac
cloftd.to17 fmlctio1l haa alao attracted a larp Qllltber of J'OUDC4tl'"
t'ald.liea iatothe b o ~ . and thu• two treacla haYe reaaltecl ia
aajor ehaap:a ia tile character of both the borouc,t& aad ita
19.
CBAPl'EJl 2 POPULATIOi GROWTH SJ:BCB 19$11
~ tNDda wbieh parUelllarlJ' affected the popalation powtb.
r~te
or
Ha•elock North towarda ~ latter partof
tlM periodbet;•••
1901 aad 1951 hlffe not only contimaed to inf111enee t.Mcl...-ly d.efi.Ded. Thia ia . . pecially- t.ue
or
the ta.rad towardaa doraitory- centre fanctioa La BaYelock Jlorth, priaarily- wYLis
BaatLa.p Hi. al.ao to a lwer
enent
Rapier aad the wl"OIIDdtQC2
area.
Two featur• of thia recent gl'Ovth are apparent. Firatly, the totd populatJ.on of the
boroap
baa lncreaaed rapicllF amt,aecondl,-,
there baa been a chan,re in the diatriblltion of - ofthe priacipol eleaenta
of
th• popalaUon.A.
WAL
PQPJMTXOIJ MOW'JB
The fifty 790" period bebee11 1901 and 19Sl addetl 1,45' to i
the
popalaUon oft.be
t.o.Daldp ~ i t took 01\ly the m tclecacte.
1951-1961,
t:e
add a caaparalale n 1nber, 1794. ~ , ~aabaequent
fl••
year per~od,1961-1966,
ritw••• • r.rt.lleP ceapar•bl•lncreaae (i.e.
1,850)
briJaciq the t;.Aal poplllati.a toS,47Z
(TableIll).
naee
1901 la••pr•mt,ed bJ' •
Clll'Tell line (Pi&'. 4) aml tlle apwal'dcarYe _. ~ ltne iJMlicatea tJlat. ~ rate 0, popdaU. pwth la
J
5 000 I
I
10
400
I
I
3 000
I
I
>(Y){'
2
7
I
--
J
I
1000I I I
I
'
J
I
500
I
I
/
/
200
Tab1• Ill I Poplll.Uoa
Gl'OIRh 1951-1966
Y . .
r
PoplllatJ.on A111111al ATerAPPerceat.AP he . . .
1951 1,828
•
4.38
1956
2,,,3
1.,0
1961 3,622
10.21
1966
s,,12
so..rce,
1,1,
Jttr
lftll
1951-52, t9S7, 1962, 1967
•
oa
the ~ a d . l e a of tbe tAlnUlldpu
aIMtl"'O\l&b 330 ac .... of tbe Hawk•'• Bay Couaty
were inc111ded wit.Id.A tu D8lf bol"Ollllh'• b•nda.,. and t.bia added 340 . . . - to
t1'e popl&l.atioa.
11.
Mabataatiatell b7 tbe qaeatJ.-••i . . 3 .a.I.ch 4980"'atnt.ecl tlaat
-65.,-
oft.he lleada ef- - • • l a
wheeoapl~ed
tile qaeatJ.omid."had l i Ted in Ba•elook Wort.II eely aiaee t 960 (Tabl.• XV).
Table
IY
1 1.eaphof
. _ . , . . ce ia B.aYeleck
••rth
I
~ - 8 ,._~ . .
11 -1.lla9 yeaaw-18+ ,.. . . .
No.
P.-etmt..-139
72
lledi-
1-.ua
.r ....
t••c• Nklua 6 79Aftl _ . [image:36.598.97.477.85.401.2]22.
B. CHANG§S
IN DI§T&IBUTIQN
OfPOfULN:C;IOlJ
The cbaag:lq nature of the population clistri ti.on with.in
HaYelock North haa been alaoat •• aipificant for the boroup
aa the actual total. crovt,h. Three aajor tac.t• of popalation
cliatrioution ar particularly not.worthy, i.e. the ace atruetw-e,
racial coapoaition and the occupational gl'Ollpa.
1.
c
ae,ing
c• Bnct.ve
The w t tataodiac feature o f ~ - aape.• ~ popul.atic
chana• ia it•
i
c ... aala,r ~thi'lll.a-,brou.Cht
a*
by 1crea-ia the proper-ti o f ~ peop1e aAd the rttlaUYe clecliae
f
the older a.p CJ'OllPa (Tablev,
Pie.5).
Table V 1 Populati Diatribatioo
by Ap Groupe 1 19S1-1966
UAder 15 ,..an
lS-5'
y,ra 66-64
~S+
yeara1951 JJ.2 44.0 9.9 13.9
1956
32.5
,s.9
8. 12.8l 1
33.8
,s.s
• 9 11 •1951 1956
Moles Females 90+ Moles Females
85-89
80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 :55-59 50-54 45-49 40-« 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14
5 -9 0-4
% 8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 ., ¼3 6 4 2 2 4 6
1961 1966
Moles Females 90+ Moles Females ss-s9
so-84
75-79
70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14
5-9
0-4
,-A-,-I
o/.8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8i; ~~8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8%
a aipi.licant iAcreaae in the proportion of pre-achool and
achool-ap chiltlrm:a liriq in HaYelock Horth. The lar . . increa . .
i.D th• Dllllber • f priaary achool ace children ha• reaultecl in the
coutruc~ion of two new priaary acbool• and 1U111be.a atteocliq tbeae
acboola are inereaainc each year (Table VI). Thia ~. particul.arly Table VY I Priaary School
llolla 1950-1968
a£bool
Year Ba't'eleck TeKata Laclmew Total
llortla BDl'Ol.aeeta
1950 395 395
-i-955 SW SU
1956
S38
53819S7 603 603
1958 650 650
1959 522 152
,1,
1960
Sl2
,s,
7161961 508 203 711
1962 569 223 792
1963 651
2,s
899196, S73
275
213 10611965
566273
%Z2 10611966 S66 298 310 123'
1967 609 302 403
131,
1968 607 319
sos
1,31ckwelopiQC . . . of BaYelock Bonh
althoacb
t ~
thebo.-ou.ah ••
a wllol• there haa been aa iacreaaiac eaaad for acboo1•~ tb to pl'OYJ.de a~twmNlati forfat
25.
entrant.a
torel.J.eTe
t.lleetr in
1JOA theexiatinc acboola. 4
Pre-school children are
likedaef
ftdac
an eYer-increaainc
~ i o n of
t ·total
population. The qwtJ.alre P••loual.7
ottect5 indicated t.llat. i.ra addttJ.oa 'to the 174 ddldNm a~ praeat
of t; tot. 1 popul.at
l9Sl
195
1961
19
I
T le VIX I Iacrea- :1a
P...scbool Ap G..-.p 1951-lJ 6
o-,
pw.1 3 tt.l
215 8.2
3 10.8
10! 12.9
1. ll
16.
toul popalaUoa (TalJle V) . . pee.1a117 ainee 1956 bat a Jweak-clowo.
of ace CJ."OQpa vitld.a thia cat-.,.,- abcn,a - - ~
bl•
coat;ra-.(Table
nu).
Table Ylll t Kumbere an-cl Percents.aea
of People tS-54 yeara, l9St-t966
Tear
15-24
is-u
35-44
,s-s,
Ho.
•
lo. %Ko.
'
11 ••
19S1 202 11.1
196
10.7 330 11.6175
9
.6
1956
337
12.a 280 10.6 301 11.6 290 10.9.,,,
-'51 12.6 399 11.6 363 10.6 388 10.7 tJ66 680 1i.s 705 12.9605
11.,466
18.3Soarc•: N.Z. Ceaaua Report Vel. ll
6CM
1,1\\1Keri.tel
statwp t9S%. t9S7, 1962, 19'67.
ce between 19 St amt 1966
vaa recorded
for
tile2S-3
year old ace croup which pined by35-44 J'ear&
. , poup ai.o to pia (t.,t percet1t)
By contrast t two 1der O'OIIPI,
lJ.n.etl by 1.2
ropo.U
of
cb.ildrell (T li. V) ~ • W.a baa [image:41.597.66.513.180.443.2]part.iCll.larly after 1956, i• _..,. e¥1deot in
tbe
two o1.._t ap.,...,.. 55-64 ,-an aad 65 plaa ,..,a
or
ap. The proporUoaate clecreaae for the fol'lller group between 19 S1 and 1966 • - 3. lper cent wb.U.e for the l.1.t.~ i t waa
5.5
per cent.The Maori popalation 111 Rawk•'• Bay represent• 10.4 per cent
d the
tot~
population., and t.bia &akea Hawke'a Day oneof
the &NNa i n . . , Zealand where the proporU.oa of Maori.a esceeclathe
national. aftlrap o-£
6.S
per cent.6
Vnti1
coaapo.rativel,-l'MellUy,
how . . ..-. oal,- a Yff"'T aaall proportion of thia Maori populatioll
li.-.d ia eit.hes- RaatJ.Dp or lavelock hrt.h (T;ible XX).
Table IX I Maori Population
1 JlaatiAp aad BaYelock Mortll, 19S1-1966
Hyt..inq
Total Popttlatioa
CW Vldeh llaori PoJ*hUoa
PeNeDtap of llaol'i•
llppl.ock ltah
Tota1 PopulatJ.on
Of wbich Maori fopala-ti.oa
. . . tap fd . . .
1951
11.,238
359
i.1
1.,828
.,
0.7
195
2,643
13
o.a
19'6
Scllu-ee1 ••
z.
Cwu bpe" Yel.. lJun•-
.-tiLftt\Atl
9f [image:42.596.53.562.413.770.2],a
.
The
011111pariaoa
baa beeD.4n1fll
with11..uap
toindicate
that the Nceat 1-nn-ea.e h num1Mtra 404 pl'Op(lrti.oa ~ tile Maori
popul.ation in llaTeloek
Jfortll
:la not a teatwaef
that towa alwINt rather
a
feature
.r
thewhole ~/llavel.ock
llortharea
.
Deapite a
larp
proporti.onal iacreaeeof Maori
popalat.ioa inBaY81.ock llertb• the l>oroap
at.ill iacludea a
eowd..derably-•llel"
~ o n ~
Maori•
tha11na.tiAP (8.4 per
oeat).et the
sa6
heuaeholda
inaveloek
Borth
approached with tqueatioaaaire
one oaly v a MAori househeld. It w
....
,
...
the 11...a.s who have t4k up resJ.dence in Havelodt Jlorth ...-ably bel.q ao •overflow'• prepared to live ill the -a11er cent ... 1'ecauae
or
it.a prostaity
to tbeplace o~
work.ft.e 1951 ..S l9S6 OoeapaU.- ~ aaed by 'the lf_, Zeal.Md
Dep&rtaent
or
StaU.Uca are t COl.llp&rabl..e with1961
aDII19667
41'4 laeace GallMmtaNda1.tna to
clla,..Sq ~ at.nactuN_ . .
~
• ri.u nd1ab1e r 1961 aad 19'6.8Slaf.l.~1V-. C Q l l q J & ~ ' f ' ~ Mlat.l W OCC ·UonaJ. ~
'11.'e e f...-
1951
1H1CMJ41 fir19$6• 1 61
anill1966
•
...
Tabl• X
IOcollpational Bt
a
tua, H
a
't'eloclc
•orth
1956,
1961,1966
1956
1961 1966., ... of
,, . . . of
Kalu P . . . lN T•tal
Total
Mal- P . . . 1.. Total Total Mal- P•al . . TotalWork
Poree
Work Poree
111p1.,... 105 3 108
1.4.5
103..
10,
10.3 129 11 1,1Belt
eaplo,..
,,
854
7.1
65
1
716.9
69
13
81...
Salaried
354
2l8
5
7
2
76 • .4
590 261 8518
s.o
978 412 1,390VMaplo,ed 9
4
13
1.7 3 25
o.s
5 3 8a.laUft
ANi•tuc
-
2 20.3
-
2 2 0.2-
-
-aot ap•oift . .
-
-
-
-
-
l l 0.1 I-
ITot,al
Sl4
135
'''
100.0 761277
1,038 100.0 1,183 440 l,612t•ap
of
Total
Work Porcie
8
.6
5.1
8
5.7
0.5
-0.1100.0
N
30.
The - t obrioaa feat . . .
et
Table X 1ata.
u.e...._
in botb~ and Pl'-,Ol"Uona ~ the waaed aacl aalar:led
paup.
TM table doeanot..._,
whft!aer tb.eae two...,. are iD eqaalpropo...U.oa b&tt
w
iadicatioa ofthe
NllatJ.Ye J.aportaac:e of tJaeaetwo P'01IP8
ean -
piaedfroa
the qaestJ.OADaJ.N(Table U).
Table U I Sal&17 ancl Wap
s ...
na,
velock llort.b 1961Salary
·-'f b l _ . . . 9
52
Percentage of To"tal
Saapl.e Gl"Oap (211)
46.S
2,t.6Perceatap of Total
Wqed/Salarled Group (150)
65.3
34.7
Total
150
11.1
100.0
Tlda tal>l.• indicate. t.bat ~
U.O•
people oa-aalari . . nearly tve-tldrda are aalaried wol"kaN
and••
cbe aajori~yfd
aalaried wol'ken fall vi'thlatM
t...Uary aeetor oftla- . , . . _ ,
the n ·1>
an
..a
proportioa _ . . . . la tM ~aaJo,
aectora ~t.1le eeom 1 , . . , - ai.. be . . . . bl reflect ~bl.a - - - - to
-esteat. (Tal>1e UI).
[image:45.599.72.506.234.471.2]total
••wber
1•3•1•
s
1961
1966
8.7
61.80.3
Tabla
XIII I PreportieAal Chaap laIacluat-rial. s.c.ra.
1961-196665.5
61.80.1
1,612
100.0
100.0
100.0
31.
of wol'kera in eecoad..,- illdu't17 v-.lcl be paid by - nt<llar
than by aala17. t.llat
tbe
tac . . • • • propol"t.iODof
•w..-.
or aalari.ed . . ...,,, ..._ (Talt1• X) IMltweea 1961 aml 1966waa
pr1lw!eaatl7
the r e . i tor ...,..
pa1cla.,. . . .
rina ill~
• ~ • bore &It It la..rort-•t.
tlaat fi.paNa ~ toimw• are • t
,.et ••ail.able ,..,.. the19'6
a •
..-.1c ...
batoa
tMbu.la
t.bn aaqof
tll•••
..a
a~ eitMIP ~1a1ana Pl"e!Ulac Worlta, tbe Un11--.. food..-cs•a ..
t ~
~he
bulk ol theee
-.rkera
a,,eeither aoa-ald.lled er
onlyaeal.-ald.lled) that t.-,, q e not•
••and
fi ncJ.allJ'aa
w taalari.ed
work....
It toll.ow.s, ~ o r e , t at aaay of thewol'kera de haye recea.'tl,- ...,. . . into llaYeloek Nert.hare 1 - 8CRIDcl fiaaad.allJ' ~baa man7 of the
boroucb'•
ia.habJ.~ ofloapr
naatinc
and aaaifeatatJ.OM •"f tbuJ are eri.cteo.t in aatertalpoaa-iona. A n•ber of theae aaalfeaatati..,_ will be
eenai..._.
C PTBR
3
1IMPACT OP POP1JUTIOII
aowr,
19s1-196833
.
AflT • riced iacreaae in n urban centre•• poplll•tioa la acmully a-c«-Glllpald.ed by aaeociated aeeoadary «tfeeta which caa,
aad usually do, aablJtantJ.ally alter the :,steal appearance of tbe
towa
.
Bapudinc town NUDClar.l . . willp.e
riae to newaab-d.-tri&loaa,
while
MIWroada
aad.., hotl8ell ANqu.icldy followed
tty eo11N111:lt,aa-t
..-th
ia ~town'•
co•ercial aeetor, the actaal rate of popalaUoo incNA- beioe tJle f aetorcleteraim.na
u.e
rate and esteat
d
tlaeae . _ _.A• HaYOleck hrth1s population expanded~ rapid1y after
1951• claaagea within
tM
boroucbIla••
been exten&J.ve and t •preaeat townacape of Havelock Worth cliften 1Urlcedly ftroa that o,
1951. Three .,_ndary eb.,,.... b.ave been aade alnce 1951 (Fie. 6)
•t
the first.~th•••
waa
notao
IIIIICha
"81llt of growtt& aaof t h e e • - o,r aabaeqwt pawtb. Tide partiaalar boend•17
chaace took
etrece
apoa tile townahip becamn a boNUCh (Apriltat,
1952) aad
. . rte
.
7). Baello,
otber DCMmaar, chaatrea, DeceaNr ,,_.,19'3
IION d i ~ y aNml*
ot
tlte ....-th eaper.twi . . wttM.a &ad DeiN11111&1 t acwalBOROUGH OF HAVELOCK NORTH
6 O 6 12 18 24 Chains
- · - · - Present Borough Boundary
tu 1957
• 1963
(I] 1966
BOROUGH OF HAVELOCK NORTH
6 0 12 18 24 Chains
t-bui.es built prior to 1950
emmHIHI Houses built ofter 1950
3 •
ioto th
boNa&ti,
the foftl81" beeauae of add.lti 1 btlildiaaaect;iona pi'O'Ylded at a tJ.ae when aect.iona were beg:loatns to l:>e
i abort aupp1y L'lnd th latter because
ot
the health baaardaaaociated with t.he number of bouaeholda in
eloae
prexiaitT whichhad to rely on ta.ob for a water aupply and septic tanks tor
sewera •
1
In
a clit.i n to tlaeae bounclal"J'ebaacee
which ••• chanced the ap.atial ..tent: ofro
ctin•
dffelo al IIIOdifled ~ esiatnei~n the retail
•• iated
r • i d t.ial
a a ef t t n of the UJ1ftl
baa been ~u.1lel4~ab1J' aodif-ied aa reault of the deYelopunt
which t ken place 1 the ---ea-cial aect f' ef the
boroacb.
The illCNM . . ia the &UIIIIDttl"a of DOlutta l t within the 1ri.l.1ace'
• ~ 1951. NJlati.Ye ri 11'
ea.iatule
ye.r ~ o c l prier to Havelock Jl rtla
linp . . . . 18a
- · - A ril. lat,
1952 (
31st, 1952) 268
i th.e tom1a1111p lfhel-eae
1.-, I 8)
Ulal!IIU t • 25 pend. ta 1HIUNI (T ble UV). f QUfilllllol.lll&
S
·
1
t,65
• per!
---
--
-
--
-·Talale UY I Pend.ta I•....S fOP
JI_, Dwellt.np, April
ta,
1937 - ~ tat, 1968April
lats
1936-*""
31.,.
,,sa
Year ended
31•t llarc1l
1937
1938
1939
l
4019,1 194'2 1943 194'
.,,s
1946 194719,s
19491950
1951 1951 919
121
6 -215
18 34 %032
21 12 19 12 -2April 1st, 1952
-JioYMb!E
IG,
&2ft8
1953 1954 19S5 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
19 2
llJ63
1964
1965
1966
1 7
19 8
1., •. 68-1.11. 8
38.
Apl"il lat. 1952 - March 31st, 19 O,.,.. 404 new ctwelllop ...
bailt
wtae.eaa
8~ (67.9 per cent f the total hoaa• builtbetween 19$2 and 1968) bave been bailt aince April lat, 196o.
In
effect just..,_. twice aa aany- house• were bu.ilt 1.n Ba.-elockorth i.n the laat eipt, years (854) aa there were i.11 the preYioaa
td.prt ,,eara (404).
A pow.lag propo..U.On of thle eYel..-ent
t
recent,,.. ..
llaareaulted fftNll rapi.d
.t.acreaae
:lD the mber o ho1IW bailt aaderTbe
f i r s t ~
houatMI to appear.t.a
BaTel.ock 8onb...,. ballt i.D 196' wtaen bld.1d:lac pe.ru.ta for a total.
of tlairteell each houaea .,... ie....t. SJ.nee th.la U.. tllere llaa
been a aipj.Ei.eaat iaerea- each ,ear in tlda tne
et
boua:hac(Ta 1• XV) and altlwm8h
ti..,..
can only be projectio.na, therewill be aaay . . . . built i.n the f11ture. i
T le
Xfindicat . .
tat;wher•••
tlau
haTe a feature ofa ....
1oc1t Werthfor . . . .
Mae,
there
h • beeaaore
recent
--.,.aaioo
i the coaatl'UO'tiea ~ thi•
r . .
ofc1we111aa.
TIie peaterle (
erally little prdeat.ac
to
be ... oe) r t tbaa t
f aYOlll.l"N _ .. 'I!!
bJ'
~ people.amc:n
111DWll1DC ~rel.001191!*-=-cU.Ti~~- often too • a l l l est, t; •
to
plot &-(:4~18.·t.17,Tabl.e XY I lloaalDC Pend.U
t . .
Plata and S t a t e - . .
19553-1968
Year
PlaU St.neJlouHa
1955
..
-19S6
-
-19S7
-
-19S8
5-1959
3-1960
2-1961 6
-1962 t
1963
s
-1964
'
13
1965 19
10
19'6
'
,s
1967 32
-Te
a...
1968
1447
Tetal
99
115S•aucea
. . . tidal . . . t a - - - ... a.ml tile . . .
a. ... ...,_
tinm-•
t.a
t..
-rt.Ja...- _.
Nlltll...-t . . . . , w1a1c1a . . . ..... 1., ...
1960 IIM.cla ... ~ ltw . . . . , ... :1-.i. , • • ~ ... ~BOROUGH OF HAVELOCK NORTH
6 0 6 12 18 24 Chains
J. • d c M jor -Di Yi.aiooa Si ce 1 t9S
-· -· -· Borough Boundary
- Roods built since 1950
....iopaell'ta laaTe
t.._
place for the aoRpart
OIi land fonMtrl7...a
for pa,RONl actirit.l- alt...._., thewo IINt.
Nceat . . _cliritd.ona
a.a...
occurred on 141lflr ...
1,. occapiecl bJ' orcllard(Fie. 8 1 A and B) and aaotber land foftlerl1' IINd u part of
the playi.q flelda and teoota court• of Ioaa
Collece (Fie.
8 s C).HaTeloek Korth••
appearaaee ha• t refore Nellchanced
iatwo ways
b7
the ~ of bouai->c areaa. On ~ oae hand therehaa beesl the ...-eaee of - featurea oo t.he
landacape,
i.e.bouelnc ... , w1111. t.11e oc1:aeP lland theN 11ae 11eea tma • • ..,...1
of encla'NII of fonaer
f•l'llliaC
1aDdr ...
vitld.a.aa.
llol'OIIP• Tiler,n.,-,al.
o f ~latter
baaal.ao
affected the't.on.'
t
the towD to- extenc aa i t
u.
cliainiabed the...,__,....a1
atllloaphere which in the past waa a Yer, aipif:lcaat feature~ tb town. Thi• 1"111"&1upect peN.iata to oaJ.y a llaited esteat at pre-..eat and aan:, reaideata
of lODll'N'
nandtnc la BaY8l.ocll 8onhue
cliaturbedbJ'
tbe crowtt&of bouaiq 1flai &DIINR tlda c ~ .
A flu-tlael- cunp betas
l'Oll&bt.
bJ'
1aouat 6"e10J11118Dt. vttlala lla"8l.oek ScarUI 1• ~icea 1• iaPlate
3
Pla~ 4. The fo.,......__ lie•••
latdlt
1a theearly
lSO'•
and..._.ates
tileiadi'ri. lit,- in homd'C atyl- bailt in tlda peri.• - - · - t.lle
l a t ~ . 9111111Md.U DOIIUII• of Ule 17
t960•e,
CltllaotMn:;r&·t• a ~lack ~ iMtri lit7 WM,llt.111.a la bec1•h1& UC~NtP-11181, _ . .... -.t. h t
oaly aa:IIIW . . . MIIIIN• . . .
.w, ..
p l w .uliaiacaild.l.ar aatwt la bat ~ are a l • l.t - -
act..._.
witll44
.
t hniques. These neighbourhoods. naade up of an apparent
•profusion• of hou ing mu.ts lack the charm, setting• and ereaity
of the older buses on sections of varying size with
well-establ:ished gardens and trees. It is probable that in time. with the growth of trees and bushes. the new neighbourhoods will lose
their steriotyped appearance to soae extent but the physical
char. cteri t;.le of site are such that they will never able to
free themsel• from i t COllpl tel.y.
er11~~~ is constantly being mad to 1 1d r house• types but
i t uat be me in mind that there is only a very liaited nuaber
ef houses which could be truly cal.led 'old'. The b r f
bou which have been built a ently as 1937 (Table UV) lends
to Havelock Horth a cloak of •newness• d tbi is another of the
more obviou effects which the buildi.ng progr e has h d upon the
borough. uei1D1te the f act that i t i as old aa st of the urban centres within H ke'a • Ne:lock rth present an ove 11 contmrpor-ary &&1:>ee· ualled in any of th ~ •
to _ _.. cc as aee:Uona .i . , -cliriai
i t • neees.sary to conatl"Uct y new rDi:IGB in
rt.ially in aocU.fyinc
rpbol. of the
(Pis.
)
.
untor
traffic wi.thia th boro Po1>11l.aU. n aw.wwn net y
resulted in tho need to up-grade and iapro.e nerri.cea on maay
of the existing ronda. Kerbin,: and chanelling of the older roads together vi.th the pJ'OYialon of footpaths la a taak at
present occ11pyina much of the tiao and et!~ort of the borough
council staff aad the aaotmt of thi.a type of work ia ~lected
in the counc.il'• roading expenditlare (Table XVI).
Table XVI s Pa,..enta for Maintenance
of Roada in Ba.el.ock Borth, 1951-1966
Tear
Payaenta Proport~eo ~Total
r
a,•eat.afor Tear
19Sl £1,831
1,.,.
1956 £6,025 29.9S
1961 £13,193
3s.,,
1966 £10,282
Jt.u
Tot.al
£31,331
Soareea Local A11-thority Statiatiea,
1951,
1956, 1961, 1966.CQNHIBCL\L IVAJSJOI
To cater for the ne9d.a of the
crowinc
popul.atioo a coaalderableaaollllt of ezpanaioa baa takeA place 1o the ccaaercial . . .
[image:60.595.79.484.254.569.2]"'ilith the alJno.t. •t.artl:1.ag powtb of ita popalatiGJl aince th teratuticm of tbe Senud Worl.cl War there b.a.a bee an
aatoDiahi11"1y rapid growth
ot
t • c • • -eial cen.tre. Man,- ol.d .ideatitiea ••• ld.1111 the tille,
whee
the Till.age,aa
i t1wls alwa711 been
tmowa.
c d boast •er, fe,w 8bopa and one doctor."•••
Thia waa
nry auob the alt ati ed.dent .lo. tlt.e aboppJ.ascentre of ~elock orth i.a 1952. Iaterri..,. vitJI reai.cleata ~
loac
ataaclint; reYealed that in tllAt :,earthere•••
ODl,-
avery
1ia1tN
Dlllllbel" andranee
ofahopa
.
S (Tal)le XVII)
.
Food
Clot;hiac ad Pootwea•
lectrical
Qooda•l'\ll!'DS.JabS.- . . .
rri.ce
:
Ka.eloclt •orth
i l i t i - .1952
ao
.
of Sllopa P'eJl!ll.atapl
'
2l
6
5
.
o
11.1
s
.
t
"The aboppio& centre, 'too, aa beeG
crowiac
ateadi.ly eaeh,-.r
until t.otlay th.ereare
Yfl'" •...-enty pro1eaai
au
1auatw•ea
o t i q in the
boroup
ahoppinc cent.re,whic
h
oow onlya 'Yillace' · · '
timeat c n cla sify aa
47.
;tre by 19 i•
...tdent (Pt. 9). T._.. baa alao been a ehan in the Nlati?e
'fab1e
XVIII
I BaTeleek Korth ppi.nc P ciliti , 1~68Claem..r:lcati
F and Drink
• • of Shope Percent.ace Claa 1
Pere tag a l S~t968
19
Clothl.QC
r ..
~-wear 10
16.
+5.
8
Electric 1 Good.a,
Fundahiop, a
Hardware 6 10.2 +
,.6
s
nice d other 2440.7
+7.4
-
-Total S9
to
.o
HAVELOCK NORTII SHOPPING CENTRE
1952
---...
"'
...
..
..,...
-
G"""""'
-
-C Crci.. G C...,.-C--,
-160 240 G Hoo-!-. Cooker, GG C.-G<<>«<y WH
--
y 10 I I Ic, Chomo• GS c;....,s... w
_,...,
,_0 o._,,
1968
A
--
0, o.,,;,, ....-..
--
Er.ctricd-
-•
-
Filh-...
..,...,_,..
,,.,._, $S---..
...,...,
" ftori,t
"
-es Barris • & Sdicitot- G "-•'Y T
-C CydH GO Gfoc.et"y-Oairy To T.A.1.
----a Caffee Ila, GG G,-,. GIOCff'Y V
-Ck Homoc--, H
-
w _.c, 0 - - LA L o n d - WH
~·-~
CW°'""'""' - LO Ladift'Outfitt~
""" w - Q ., l60 240
DC Drye..._. M Miiir.ty ~ Up,tan
0,
""""'