This cache has been placed at a place where people come and have a picnic, relax and read a book or where school children hang out on their way home. The surrounding area has a large amount of history of its own. There is a bright red chinese bridge crossing the creek which was constructed in 1955 after the previous bridge seen in the photo below began to deteriorate past the point of repair.
The area has been named after Sir Douglas Maclean (who later changed the spelling to McLean) who was one of the largest land holders in Hawke's Bay. He was regarded as the country's most successful breeder of shorthorn cattle and Welsh Ponies.
Maclean was a member of various public bodies. He was elected to the Hawke's Bay County Council and the Hawke's Bay Hospital Board. For a time, he was the president of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society. Maclean represented the Napier electorate in Parliament for one term until 1899, when he was narrowly defeated (1994 votes to 1956) by the Liberal Party candidate Alfred Fraser
Maclean married Irish-born Florence Butler-Storey while he studied law in England. They had one son and two daughters. Their son, Algernon Donald Douglas Maclean, died in 1923 from injuries received during WWI. His oldest daughter married Vice Admiral Charles Fountaine, and Andrew Fountaine was thus their grandson.
Maclean died on 7 February 1929. His estate was valued at just under £750,000, he left endowments to various organisations and made provisions for various friends and former employees. The family grave is on Napier Hill.
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