Kennedy's Bush Scenic Reserve
Kennedy's Bush Scenic Reserve is a public conservation reserve in the Port Hills south of Christchurch, New Zealand. It sits above the suburb of Kennedys Bush on the northern side of the hills, just north of Cass Peak, Ōrongomai / Cass Peak. The reserve is covered in dense Old-growth forest, native bush, and at it is the largest remaining patch of native bush on the Port Hills. Ecology In 1906 a survey found 96 species of flora in the reserve. Today the reserve still contains a wide variety of native species of plant. These include ferns, grasses, trees and climbing flowers, as well as and some threatened species including native speargrass, Kunzea ericoides, kānuka, Lophomyrtus obcordata, rōhutu, and Podocarpus totara, tōtara. Birds of New Zealand, Native birds are present in the reserve, including New Zealand bellbird, korimako, Grey warbler, riroriro, kererū, and New Zealand fantail, pīwakawaka. Tūī were also present during the early 20th century. Pest control has b ...
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Cass Peak
Ōrongomai / Cass Peak is a hill in the western Port Hills in Christchurch, New Zealand. Its most notable feature is a radar dome that was built on the peak in the late 1980s, which is used for aircraft positioning services. Geography Cass Peak is located in the Port Hills and is high. Otamatua is the spur on the Christchurch side of the peak that divides the Hoon Hay and Kennedys Bush, Kennedy's Bush valleys. At the bottom end of Otamatua is the Halswell Quarry. On the eastern side of Cass Peak is Lyttelton Harbour, with Allandale, New Zealand, Allandale and Governors Bay the nearest settlements on the harbour side. The peak is accessible from the Summit Road by vehicle, and via the Crater Rim walkway. It is just south of Kennedy's Bush Scenic Reserve. Etymology Cass Peak was named for Thomas Cass (surveyor), Thomas Cass, the chief surveyor of Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury from 1851 until his retirement in 1867. The hill was earlier called Cass's Peak. The Māori langua ...
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