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Andersons Bay (sometimes spelt in the grammatically correct former form Anderson's Bay, and often known locally simply as "Andy Bay") is a suburb of the
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
city of
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
. It is located in the southeast of the city's urban area, southeast of the city's centre.
Geography
The suburb of Andersons Bay extends south from the
Andersons Bay Inlet Andersons may refer to:
People
*Andrew Andersons (born 1942), an Australian architect
*Jānis Andersons (born 1986), a Latvian ice hockey player
Other uses
*Anderson baronets, nine baronetcies, all extinct
*Clan Anderson, a Scottish clan
*The Ande ...
, an indentation in the southern shore of the
Otago Harbour
Otago Harbour is the natural harbour of Dunedin, New Zealand, consisting of a long, much-indented stretch of generally navigable water separating the Otago Peninsula from the mainland. They join at its southwest end, from the harbour mouth. It ...
, and across the
isthmus
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joining the
Otago Peninsula
The Otago Peninsula ( mi, Muaūpoko) is a long, hilly indented finger of land that forms the easternmost part of Dunedin, New Zealand. Volcanic in origin, it forms one wall of the eroded valley that now forms Otago Harbour. The peninsula lies sou ...
to the mainland.
The suburb's name is also occasionally used by Dunedinites for the area extending north along the Southern Endowment, an area of land reclaimed from the harbour which sits close to its western shore – towards the suburb of
South Dunedin
South Dunedin is a major inner city suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located, as its name suggests, to the south of the city centre, on part of a large plain known locally simply as "The Flat". The suburb is a mix of industrial ...
. This area, which was reclaimed during the mid-twentieth century, was the location of the bay for which the suburb is named. The Southern Endowment, largely used for light industrial purposes, also includes a sports complex,
the Edgar Centre
The Edgar Centre is a large multi-purpose indoor sports venue in South Dunedin, New Zealand, on the shore of Otago Harbour close to Andersons Bay Inlet. It is the home venue of the Otago Nuggets basketball team, and an alternate venue for the S ...
.
South of the Andersons Bay Inlet the suburb comprises residential housing. It is bounded by
Musselburgh
Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of .
History
The name Musselburgh is Ol ...
in the west and southwest,
Shiel Hill
Shiel Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the southeastern edge of the city's urban area, southeast of the city's centre at the western end of the Otago Peninsula, close to the isthmus joining the ...
in the east, and the coastal suburbs of
Tahuna and
Tainui
Tainui is a tribal waka confederation of New Zealand Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato.
There are oth ...
in the south. These two smaller suburbs, which lie close to the
Pacific Ocean
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, are often considered part of either Andersons Bay or Musselburgh. The rocky outcrops of the
Musselburgh Rise stand immediately to the west and south of the Andersons Bay Inlet.
Close to the southern edge of the Andersons Bay Inlet a large memorial stone commemorates the
Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont.
The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...
Māori
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* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
prisoners of the
New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. They were previously commonly referred to as the Land Wars or the M ...
who were transported south to Dunedin, many of whom constructed the causeway across the head of the inlet and much of Dunedin's foreshore roads as
forced labour
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. A branch railway ran along Portobello Road in this area from the 1870s until 1912.
One of Dunedin's secondary schools,
Bayfield High School stands on reclaimed land at the southern end of the inlet. This school lies close to the boundary of the suburbs of Andersons Bay and
Musselburgh
Musselburgh (; sco, Musselburrae; gd, Baile nam Feusgan) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It has a population of .
History
The name Musselburgh is Ol ...
.
Andersons Bay's main roads include Portobello Road and Portsmouth Drive (in the industrial area north of the inlet, and Musselburgh Rise, Silverton Street, and Somerville Street (in the residential area to the south). Shore Street and Marne Street skirt the western and eastern shores of the inlet; Marne Street links with Larnach Road, which runs steeply up to the suburbs of
Waverley Waverley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Waverley'' (novel), by Sir Walter Scott
** ''Waverley'' Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel
* Waverley Harrison, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Stree ...
and
Vauxhall
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.
History
Māori named the area ''Puketai'' or ''Puketahi'', probably meaning "single or isolated hill". It is likely that a
pa of this name was sited somewhere in the vicinity, possibly on the rise overlooking
Tomahawk Lagoon
Tomahawk Lagoon is a twin-lobed lagoon, located at the western end of the Otago Peninsula within the city limits of Dunedin, New Zealand. It lies close to the southeastern edge of the city's main urban area, near the suburb of Ocean Grove, which ...
in what is now the suburb's southeast, or on some section of the
Musselburgh Rise. Such a site would have commanded a strategic position prior to the reclamation of land from the harbour and from swamp, as it would have controlled almost all land passage to the
Otago Peninsula
The Otago Peninsula ( mi, Muaūpoko) is a long, hilly indented finger of land that forms the easternmost part of Dunedin, New Zealand. Volcanic in origin, it forms one wall of the eroded valley that now forms Otago Harbour. The peninsula lies sou ...
.
Andersons Bay gained its current name due to early
settler
A settler is a person who has human migration, migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area.
A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a ...
James Anderson and his son and daughter-in-law John and
Isabella
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, who were the first European settlers in the district in 1844 - four years before the official founding of the
Otago Settlement and Dunedin. James's grandson John was the first European child born in the area, in 1846. Their home was close to what is now the corner of Somerville and Silverton Streets, a corner known for many years by the now almost-forgotten name of Ross's Corner.
Andersons Bay Inlet Andersons may refer to:
People
*Andrew Andersons (born 1942), an Australian architect
*Jānis Andersons (born 1986), a Latvian ice hockey player
Other uses
*Anderson baronets, nine baronetcies, all extinct
*Clan Anderson, a Scottish clan
*The Ande ...
, once known as Andersons Cove, represents the remnant of a far larger expanse of water which included the long-reclaimed Tainui Inlet. Much of this was reclaimed in the 1950s to provide grounds for Bayfield High School. In the late 19th century both a railway and ferry service connected this area with central Dunedin, but neither has survived. The ferry operated only during the 1890s, and the railway operated from 1877 until the early years of the twentieth century. Rail planners envisaged a railway line running along the shore of the peninsula to
Portobello, but Andersons Bay was the furthest the line ever reached.
Andersons Bay had its own council briefly, the Bay Town Board. This administered the area from 1905 until its amalgamation with Dunedin City in 1912.
Andersons Bay hit news headlines in 1995 after one of New Zealand's most notorious crimes took place in Every Street, close to the boundary of Andersons Bay and
Shiel Hill
Shiel Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the southeastern edge of the city's urban area, southeast of the city's centre at the western end of the Otago Peninsula, close to the isthmus joining the ...
. The case, in which five of the six members of the Bain family were slain, led to one of New Zealand's most prominent
''causes célèbres'' after the arrest of the remaining member of the family,
David Bain
On 20 June 1994, Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their four childrenArawa, Laniet and Stephenwere shot to death in Dunedin, New Zealand. The only suspects were David Cullen Bain, the eldest son and only survivor, and Robin Bain, the father ...
, for the murders. David Bain, found guilty, served 13 years of a life sentence before succeeding in having the case reopened. His retrial, in 2009, resulted in a verdict of "not guilty".
On 15 March 2019 part of Somerville Street in Andersons Bay was cordoned off while police, including
Armed Offenders Squad
The Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) are specialist part-time units of the New Zealand Police based around the country available to respond to high risk incidents using specialist tactics and equipment.
The AOS was established when front-line poli ...
officers, searched a house formerly occupied by a suspect in the
Christchurch mosque shootings
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.
Tahuna and Tainui
Tahuna and Tainui are two small, somewhat vaguely defined suburbs which lie to the south of Andersons Bay and Musselburgh, close to Dunedin's southern coastline (
Ocean Beach). Both are often considered parts of either Musselburgh or Andersons Bay.
Demographics
Andersons Bay covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Andersons Bay had a population of 2,379 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 39 people (1.7%) since the
2013 census, and a decrease of 12 people (−0.5%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 894 households. There were 1,155 males and 1,224 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female. The median age was 40.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 471 people (19.8%) aged under 15 years, 402 (16.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,152 (48.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 351 (14.8%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 92.1% European/Pākehā, 8.1% Māori, 2.3% Pacific peoples, 5.2% Asian, and 2.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 20.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.3% had no religion, 33.0% were Christian, 0.3% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 1.8% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 672 (35.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 255 (13.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $35,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 390 people (20.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 984 (51.6%) people were employed full-time, 339 (17.8%) were part-time, and 63 (3.3%) were unemployed.
Education
Andersons Bay School is a primary
school
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for year 1 to year 6 children (5 to 10 years old). It has a
decile rating of 10. It is one of the largest primary schools in Dunedin, with a roll of students as of The school brought in the use of a school uniform in 2014.
The school celebrated its 150th Anniversary with a reunion in 2008.
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References
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