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Beach Haven is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand and is located north-west from the city's CBD. It has 3492 households and 1037 residents.〔The figures are sums from the statistical areas of Beachhaven North () and Beachhaven South ()〕 The area has gentrified rapidly over recent years as young professionals move into the area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first1=Simon )〕 == History == Prior to European settlement, the Beach Haven area was covered to the water’s edge by thick bush, pohutukawa, ferns and giant kauri trees. Maori tribes inhabited the area, but were decimated by wars and finally succumbed to the newly acquired guns of Hongi Hika. In 1844 the area was sold to the Government and became deserted. One of the first settlers in the district established an orchard near Soldier’s Bay and as the kauri trees were gradually removed from the land, it was found to be an ideal place for fruit growing, especially grapes and strawberries. Most of the kauri trees taken out were used by boat builders for masts and spurs.〔http://www.kauripark.school.nz/information/history〕 The first European settlers arrived in the 1860s and by the 1880s the area was a popular summer resort, with many city dwellers making the trip across the harbour to Island Bay for excursions and holidays.〔 Up until the 1920s the area was rural, largely made up of market gardens growing fruit (mostly strawberries) and vegetables for the growing city across the harbour. Most of this produce was transported by water. There were also sawmills in the area, the evidence of which could be seen for decades in the form of abandoned machinery and mounds of sawdust. The area was always popular as a holiday destination, evidence of which can still be seen today in some of the remaining baches.〔 In 1923, the Birkdale Land Company bought and surveyed the land around where the wharf is now and it was then marketed as the Beach Haven Estate, "the Gem of the Waitemata." After the construction of the Harbour Bridge in 1959, housing subdivisions completed the transformation into an urban area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beach Haven, New Zealand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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