Things to do in Russell, Bay of Islands
Russell is a quaint and historic town in the Bay of Islands, with lovely accommodation and an excellent range of restaurants. It is isolated on a narrow peninsula giving it an island ambience.
At the turn of the 19th century Russell then known as Kororareka was the first permanent European settlement and served as a shore station for whalers, a swashbuckling town full of whalers and sealers with a reputation as the ‘Hell Hole of the Pacific’. It was renamed Russell in 1844 in honour of the British Colonial Secretary of the day.
Today Russell offers one of the most romantic holiday experiences in the country, with its range of top class restaurants and cafes, abundant fresh local produce and seafood, exquisitely restored historic buildings and excellent galleries.
Russell Bay of Islands New Zealand Aerial View
Aerial view of historic Russell (Maori name Kororareka) starting near Eagles Nest, crossing over Russell and across the peninsular to Long Beach with views of the wharf and waterfront. A brief view of the Islands towards Cape Brett and the hole in the rock before following the clear water towards Tapeka Point. Russell was the first capital city of New Zealand and dates back to the whalers and first settlers. It boasts New Zealand's oldest church, first police station, first liquor license and first petrol station. Russell is a must see and ideal base to discover the many local attractions and explore the rest of Northland. Tapeka Del Mar is just two minutes from Russell at Tapeka Point. View the Tapeka Point video to see the beach house location
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Russell, known as Kororareka in the early 19th century, was the first permanent European settlement and seaport in New Zealand. It is situated in the Bay of Islands, in the far north of the North Island.
The 2013 New Zealand census recorded a resident population of 720, a decrease of 96 from 2006. Much of the accommodation in the area consists of holiday homes or tourist accommodation.
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A shot of the Russell water front in the bay of islands new zealand
Pulling into Russell (Kororareka), Bay of Islands, Paihia, Northalnd, New Zealand.
A short clip of us pulling into Russell from a short trip from Paihia (where we were staying) in the Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand, February 2009.
Donkey Bay Inn, Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Stunning new boutique hotel and spa opening for Summer 2017 in the beautiful Bay of Islands. donkeybayinn.co.nz
Paihia & Russell (Kororāreka), Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Paihia & Russell (Kororareka), Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Ulysses Ride Northland New Zealand
Thought I would ride with the Ulysses crowd on 3 October 2010. Beautiful day and wonderful roads. Roll on summer in NZ!!! Russell is a brilliant area and the back roads to Whangarei are great biking territory.
Russell, Bay of Islands
Looking around in Russell and nice views from Flagstaff hill.
Kayaking in Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Historic Russell, where many early European explorers and settlers arrived, seen from my kayak.
Filmed with a GoPro HD Hero 960 on a head strap. (People look at you funny, but you get good video, especially from such a small camera. I've seen larger matchboxes.) It does distort slightly with its fisheye lens, which is why the paddle looks curved.
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Russell, known as Kororareka in the early 19th century, was the first permanent European settlement and seaport in New Zealand. It is situated in the Bay of Islands, in the far north of the North Island.
The 2013 New Zealand census recorded a resident population of 720, a decrease of 96 from 2006. Much of the accommodation in the area consists of holiday homes or tourist accommodation.
First European Settlement - Russell, New Zealand
Located in the Bay of Islands of the North Island, Russell - once known as Kororareka - was the first permanent European settlement in New Zealand. The town was established to promote trade and relations between the Europeans and the native Maori. But lawlessness became the norm in the town and Kororareka soon became known as the Hell Hole of the Pacific. But it eventually became known as Russell, taking over the name of a village that had at one point been designated the capital of New Zealand.
Today Russell is a quiet beach town, host to tourists and home to shops and restaurants.
The Photos (in order)
A04A2381 - The ferry to Russell leaves from Paihia
A04A2392 - The Duke of Marlborough Hotel sits on the Russell waterfront; it was the first licensed inn in New Zealand, although the business began some years before the New Zealand government was organized
A04A2394 - The beach at Russell
A04A2401 - On the Russell waterfront
A04A2402 - The Christ Church Anglican church is the oldest church in New Zealand
A04A2408 - The beach at Tapeka Point
A04A2412 - The view from atop Flagstaff Hill, where a flagstaff holding the British flag provoked the First Maori War over issues surrounding Britain's increased presence in and domination of New Zealand
A04A2419 - Giant sundial is located on the lower summit of Flagstaff Hill
Elders raise 1835 DOI Flag on Kororareka 10 March 2016
Today is the official day of the the 1835 Declaration of Independence Flag of King William IV was raised up the Flag Staff fixed on the land at Kororareka in Russel Bay of Islands as a sign of Distress. Te Kaea Maori News interviewed me asking me what is the consequences of the New Zealand Navy not turning up the top of this hill where the British Military Navy erected their Foreign Authority Flag Pole on our Moai Hapu Natives Customary Lands we already settle on in our own Custom Laws. The Maori Te Kaea News Reporter asked asked my specifically what is going to happen now that the Navy didn't turn up to a Dawn Service and the Hapu Elders notified them of this occasion. Fires were lit along the shore line of these Ngati Rahiri hapu Lands signalling a distress call to the NZ Navy it must meet with the Hapu and Elders to assist the Elders raise the King William IV Admiralty Flag as the Dominant the Flag of original Authority over the Hapu Lands when PM John Key failed to consult with the Hapu by signing the TPPA Agreement without Consent of the Local Ngati Rahiti and Ngati Kawa Hapu Hapu, leaving the Elders to treat the NZ Government as a threat on the Taumata Upper house Agreement Land Titles at risk of sell off. And so my answer to his question reflected the Taumata of the local Ngati Rahiri Hapu of this British Settlement village and Ngati Kawa Hapu Treaty of Waitangi Grounds and Te Tii Marae Taumata Chiefs Elders Whanau Hapu decisions made at Te Tii Marae against PM John Key Government on 3 February 2016 banning the TPPA Agreement threatening our Land, Resources Financial Trade Bank Investment Interests so we collectively took action to notify the NZ Navy to assist us to raise our 1835 Declaration of Independence Flag Sovereign Authority over PM John Key Football Fern Flag of no interest to the Elders and Hapu Chiefs. And so this is a clear message I gave him. If the NZ Navy failed to respond to our wishes, it means the Nay is looking after PM John Keys Financial Interests in our HAPU LANDS. So then we shall call in the British Military and Navy to assist the Elders and Hapu to raise our Commercial Trading Bank Flag up the Mast of this British Ship of Admiralty Mast and confiscate the Land underneath it and every property attached to it since the offensive New Zealand Colonial Government and its Governor General Jerry Mateparae and its Prime Minister John Key has ignored our Elders and Taumata Letters of Notice to the Chief of Navy Rear Admiral John Martin, now we takke legal action to seize all the lands of the Treaty Grounds and every other land foreshore they have threatened to use for their own benefit and not the Hapu Landlords, since the Taumata on Te Tii Marae removed the Authority of TRUSTEES LANDOWNERS TITLES from the HAPU NATIVE Lands, the consequences of the NZ Navy was made public Nationally and Internationally of our Intentions to use the MOAI CROWN CONFEDERATION HAPU KING WILLIAM IV Sheriffs to SEIZE and CONFISCATE all the LANDS affected by the Rogue ignorant Alien Government of NO PUBLIC of NEW ZEALAND BRITISH 1835 and 1852 CONSTITUTIONS but a Politicians 1986 CONSTITUTION and ILLEGAL ILLEGITIMATE NO END DATE CONTRACT 1840 TREATY OF WAITANGI AGREEMENT versus the Legitimate 1835 KING WILLIAM IV MOAI HAPU NATIVE CONTRACT and 1835 and 1852 CONSTITUTION and 1835 FLAG SOVEREIGN JURISDICTION TITLE!
The Jewel of New Zealand: The Bay of Islands .avi
New Zealand's beauty, tranquility and purity; locked in history and current day's sense of discovery and adventure; the Bay of Islands is either your playground or your sanctuary.
The Bay of Islands is an area in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located 60 km north-west of Whangarei, it is close to the northern tip of the country.
It is one of the most popular fishing, sailing and tourist destinations in the country, and has been renowned internationally for its big-game fishing since American author Zane Grey publicised it in the 1930s.
The bay itself is an irregular 16 km-wide inlet in the north-eastern coast of the island. A natural harbour, it has several arms which extend into the land, notably Waikare Inlet in the south and Kerikeri and Te Puna (Mangonui) inlets in the north-west. The small town of Russell is located at the end of a short peninsula that extends into the bay from the southeast. Several islands lie to the north of this peninsula, notably Urupukapuka Island to the east and Moturoa Island to the north. The Purerua Peninsula extends to the west of the bay, north of Te Puna Inlet, and Cape Brett Peninsula extends 10 km into the Pacific Ocean at the eastern end of the bay.
The first European to visit the area was Captain Cook, who named the region in 1769. The Bay of Islands was the first area in New Zealand to be settled by Europeans. Whalers arrived towards the end of the 18th century, while the first missionaries settled in 1814. The first full-blooded European child recorded as being born in the country, Thomas King, was born in 1815 at Oihi Bay in the Bay of Islands. (There have been unsubstantiated claims that a European girl was born earlier at the Dusky Sound settlement in the South Island).
The bay has many interesting historic towns including Paihia, Russell, Waitangi and Kerikeri. Russell, formerly known as Kororareka, was the first permanent European settlement in New Zealand, and dates from the early 19th century. Kerikeri contains many historic sites from the earliest European colonial settlement in the country. These include the Mission House, also called Kemp House, which is the oldest wooden structure still standing in New Zealand. The Stone Store, a former storehouse, is the oldest stone building in New Zealand, construction having begun on 19 April 1832.
In a 2006 study, the Bay of Islands was found to have the second bluest sky in the world, after Rio de Janeiro.[
Attack on Rangiriri, November 20th 1863
Clip from The Governor (1977).
The attack on Rangiriri lead to the highest British casualties of any battle in the the New Zealand Wars. Forty-nine British were killed and eighty-seven wounded, against thirty-six Maori dead and thirty-five wounded.
British Casualties:
Royal Artillery-
Captain Henry Mercer (Killed), Bombardier William Martin (Killed), Gunner Culverwell (Killed), Gunner Keven (Killed), Sergeant Major Hamilton (Wounded), Gunner J. Bold (Wounded)
Royal Engineers-
Captain Brooks (Wounded)
HMS Curacoa-
Midshipman Watkins (Killed), Quartermaster J. Woods (Killed), A.B. William Tidy (Killed), Lieutenant H. M. Alexander (Wounded), Lieutenant C. F. Hotham (Wounded), A.B. Thomas Dooley (Wounded), O.B. Solomon Hayes (Wounded), A.B. Walter Robinson (Wounded)
HMS Harrier-
A.B. Frederick Osborne (Killed), Marine Richard Downer (Killed), A.B. Charles Stevenson (Killed)
HMS Eclipse-
Captain R. C. Mayne (Wounded), A.B. Henry Oldfield (Wounded)
HMS Miranda-
Lieutenant E. Panter Downes (Wounded), L.B. Thomas Gulling (Wounded)
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot-
Corporal T. Payne (Killed), Private John Sayers (Killed), Corporal Richard Norgrove (Wounded), Private Hugh McReynolds (Wounded), Private Joseph Molloy (Wounded), Private James Yeates (Wounded), Private James McCammon (Wounded), Private William Baxter (Wounded), Private John Donard (Wounded), Private James Granger (Wounded), Corporal Henry Savage (Wounded), Private Charles Boucher (Wounded), Private James Dornan (Wounded), Private Edward Mead (Wounded),, Private Paul Cain (Wounded),
14th (West Yorkshire) Regiment of Foot-
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Wilson Austen (Killed), Captain John Phelps (Killed), Lieutenant W. L. Murphy (Killed), Private Richard Needham (Killed), Private Thomas Osborne (Killed), Private Darby Shea (Killed), Private George Smith (Killed), Private Thomas Bellew (Killed), Lance Corporal Charles Burrell (Killed), Private Richard Nolan (Killed), Private Robert McCrory (Killed), Private Henry Russell (Killed). Lance Sergeant Henry Mansbridge (Wounded). Private John Hannigan (Wounded). Private James Carrole (Wounded). Private Charles Lewis (Wounded). Private Peter Murray (Wounded). Private John Shenton (Wounded). Private Edward Swain (Wounded). Private John Bozen (Wounded)
40th (2nd Somerset) Regiment of Foot-
Ensign Andrew Ducrow (Killed), Private Edward Loughlin (Killed), Private Benjamin Barber (Killed), Private Edward Hone (Killed), Private Edwin Goldsborough (Killed), Private William Usher (Killed), Private John Daley (Killed), Private John McNally (Killed), Private John Jones (Killed), Private Henry Brown (Wounded). Corporal Nicholas Holmberg (Wounded). Private Henry Mann (Wounded). Private William Jones (Wounded). Private James Healy (Wounded). Private Francis Brotherton (Wounded). Private Thomas Grimes (Wounded). Private George Roberts (Wounded). Private Edmond Doran (Wounded). Private Joseph Scales (Wounded)
65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot-
Private William Johnstone (Killed), Private George Bell (Killed), Private Alexander McCleland (Killed), Private Thomas Blackham (Killed), Private Robert Clarke (Killed), Private Alexander Hepburn (Killed), Private Jonathan Neat (Killed), Private John Cavanagh (Killed), Private Thomas Roberts (Killed), Private Patrick King (Killed), Private Peter Manley (Killed), Private Mooney (Killed), Private James McCausland (Killed), Private Edward Brown (Killed), Private J. Cain (Killed), Captain W. H. Gresson (Wounded), Lieutenant J. S. Talbot (Wounded), Lieutenant A. H. Lewis (Wounded), Lieutenant G. R. Chevalier (Wounded), Private Robert Morris (Wounded), Private John Halkin (Wounded), Private Francis Horne (Wounded), Private Charles Ellentree (Wounded), Private John Carpenter (Wounded), Private Samuel McBurney (Wounded), Private Patrick Gorman (Wounded), Private Richard Colebrook (Wounded), Private Thomas Hopwood (Wounded), Private Thomas Swift (Wounded), Private John Cottam (Wounded), Private James Cernorey (Wounded), Private Robert Brunsley (Wounded), Private William Bartlett (Wounded), Private Thomas McConnell (Wounded), Private Andrew Law (Wounded), Private John McAdam (Wounded), Private Abraham Russell (Wounded), Private James Morris (Wounded), Private Alexander McClean (Wounded), Sergeant Mangan (Wounded), Private Anthony Mullins (Wounded), Private Arthur Waring (Wounded), Private Michael Griffin (Wounded), Private Thomas Sheehan (Wounded), Private Thomas Smith (Wounded), Private John Cairns (Wounded), Corporal Robert Howson (Wounded), Private John Murrall (Wounded), Private Richard Walsh (Wounded), Sergeant Daniel Hughes (Wounded), Drummer John Crimmins (Wounded), Private Thomas Lockerby (Wounded)
HELL HOLE of the Pacific
Russell is a lazy, pretty, tourist town in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand with all commodities you may need. But in its beginning years, it was the Hell Hole of the Pacific. We were part of a live public engaging play by its residents and shopkeepers
Fullers Cream Cruise
The Cream cruise in the Bay of Islands.
Kahawai Fishing in the Bay of Islands NZ
Cruising around the Bay of Islands New Zealand, fishing in a small boat.
Timeline of New Zealand history | Wikipedia audio article
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Timeline of New Zealand history
00:00:12 1 Prehistory (to 1000 CE)
00:01:16 2 Pre-colonial time (1000 to 1839)
00:01:28 2.1 1000 to 1600
00:02:32 2.2 17th century
00:03:31 2.3 18th century
00:05:40 2.4 Early 19th century; 1801–1839
00:10:27 3 Colony and self-government (1840 to 1946)
00:10:39 3.1 1840s
00:13:19 3.2 1850s
00:15:05 3.3 1860s
00:18:20 3.4 1870s
00:20:33 3.5 1880s
00:22:59 3.6 1890s
00:25:23 3.7 1900s
00:27:51 3.8 1910s
00:30:46 3.9 1920s
00:32:32 3.10 1930s
00:35:29 3.11 1940 to 1946
00:39:21 4 Full independence (1947 to 1983)
00:39:33 4.1 1947 to 1949
00:40:57 4.2 1950s
00:43:36 4.3 1960s
00:46:16 4.4 1970s
00:50:07 4.5 1980s
00:51:08 5 Restructuring (1984 to date)
00:51:19 5.1 1984 to 1989
00:55:18 5.2 1990s
01:00:56 5.3 2000s
01:04:35 5.4 2010s
01:07:14 6 See also
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