Peacocke, New Zealand

Peacocke is a semi-rural suburb in southern Hamilton in New Zealand. Peacocke was brought into the city boundaries in 1989. It is one of the future urban zones of Hamilton, along with Rotokauri.[1]

Peacocke
Suburb
Peacocke, Hamilton
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityHamilton, New Zealand
Electoral wardHamilton West
Population
 (2006 Census)
 • Total459
Hillcrest Riverlea
Fitzroy
Peacocke
Rukuhia Tamahere

The Peacocke Structure Plan of 2007 provided for development on 620 ha (1,500 acres) over about 25 years.[2]

Two consent applications were made in 2018 proposing an 'Amberfield' development of 862 sections on 105 ha (260 acres) between Peacockes Rd and the Waikato River.[3] By 2020 the granting of the consent had been appealed to the Environment Court, a major issue being protection of habitats for endangered long tailed bats.[3]

History

Nukuhau Pā is one of the best preserved pā sites on the Waikato. It is at the south end of Peacocke, beside the river. Ngāti Mahuta may have been occupied it around 1700, after which Ngati Raukawa conquered it, or it may have belonged to Ngāti Ruru and been taken back by Ngāti Māhanga. It was reported as abandoned about 1830, at the time of the musket wars.[4] After the 1863 invasion of the Waikato it was confiscated.[5]

The land was acquired in 1868 by Colonel de Quincy, who named it “Weston Lea” after his grandmother’s English home,[6] near Bath.[7] In 1887,[8] Fitzroy Peacocke, a son of Captain Peacocke, bought the land from the Colonel, who was step-father of his wife, Florence Henrietta.[6] However, they didn't move there until 1889[9] and the farm was for sale 3 years later.[10] Their son, Egerton Peacocke, took on the farm in 1905 and cleared much of the bush to form a dairy farm. His brother Noel, an architect, designed a new homestead, built in 1912.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Peacocke". Hamilton City Council. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  2. "Peacocke Structure Plan" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. 2007.
  3. "Rail and transport progress outlined". Our Hamilton. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. "Amberfield: Assessment of Archaeological Values" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. 10 April 2018.
  5. "NOTICE OF RAHUI PLACED ON AMBERFIELD DEVELOPMENTS" (PDF). Te Hapū o Te Wakaminenga Wahi o Maniapoto. 7 November 2019.
  6. "EVIDENCE-IN-CHIEF OF MARK EDWIN PEACOCKE FOR WESTON LEA LIMITED" (PDF). 12 April 2019.
  7. Stephen, Leslie, "De Quincey Thomas", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 14, retrieved 18 April 2020
  8. "Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 June 1887. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. "WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 31 December 1889. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. "WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 14 May 1892. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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