Hayes Paddock (Waikato) Traditional Cache
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Another in a series of caches that Span the Waikato River Walkway System. Hayes Paddock has been in the news here in Hamilton over the past few years because developers are wanting to redevelop the area by removing old State houses and building flash new houses. "A little corner of Hamilton has turned into a battleground between the forces of development and the forces of preservation." But this favourite example of 1930s art of the state in providing good housing has become a battlefield where heritage defends its lines against the forces of development. Concern over the future of Hayes Paddock, named after Irishman Patrick Hayes, who once farmed it, has stirred passions to the point where the police were called to Jellicoe Drive last October when residents tried to block a house transporter with their cars. Thirty residents made their protest at a gaping hole opening up in the fabric of the neighbourhood. Three former state homes were removed. A consent for the removal of six more was granted at the time of writing.A subdivision that created five lots from clearances met zone density rules and has resource consent for an apartment block. The zone allows one unit per 400 square metres. Its 1930s socialist planners wanted Hayes Paddock to be a garden suburb and its single dwellings were built on sections of about 612 to 700 square metres. Here was room for a shed and a vegetable garden and a lawn for children to play on. Different but matching homes - singles, duplexes and two-storey units - were positioned for the sun above curving tree-lined streets and around secluded cul-de-sacs. The heritage value of Hayes Paddock was also outlined in a 1997 heritage survey by Dinah Holman, of Auckland. Later,Hayes Paddock was included as a heritage protection area, similar to the Frankton Railway Village precinct, in Hamilton City's 1999 draft district plan. The above was quoted from " State Houses & Proud of them" Winter 2003; A NZ Historic Places Trust document. This link will download a document with History and design considerations- http://hamilton.co.nz/file/fileid/1230 Old film cannister.
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Sebag bs gerr. Angheny pbire.