Bay Harbour: July 10, 2019

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Akaroa under fire on Facebook<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

A WEEK after Lyttelton was<br />

targetted by the notorious<br />

Facebook page Sh** Towns of<br />

New Zealand, Akaroa has come<br />

under fire.<br />

A satirical review of Akaroa<br />

which was posted to the page<br />

last Tuesday attracted more<br />

than 200 comments and 50<br />

shares.<br />

Sh** Towns of New Zealand,<br />

which humorously writes about<br />

“all the best places not to go on a<br />

holiday,” is followed by more than<br />

125,000 people.<br />

“The Banks Peninsula outpost<br />

of Akaroa had the misfortune of<br />

being settled by the French and<br />

has been filled with pretentious,<br />

foul-smelling weirdos ever since,”<br />

it read.<br />

Akaroa resident and Frenchman<br />

Steve Le Lievre does not<br />

have Facebook but has read the<br />

post and said it was “way the hell<br />

off from the truth.’’<br />

The 71-year-old is a well-known<br />

identity in Akaroa as he is the<br />

town crier and has lived there his<br />

whole life.<br />

The page took several jabs at<br />

the town’s French history which<br />

dates back to 1840 when the first<br />

group of settlers landed.<br />

Mr Le Lievre is a direct descendant<br />

of one of those settlers,<br />

Francois Le Lievre.<br />

The post read: “French<br />

origins are still evident in the<br />

inhabitants’ laziness, aversion<br />

to personal hygiene, unnatural<br />

lust for baguettes and eagerness<br />

to surrender at the first possible<br />

opportunity,” it read.<br />

“Oh god, it’s rather strange<br />

to me. It has no bearing on the<br />

history of Akaroa,” Mr Le Lievre<br />

said.<br />

“It’s bloody crazy, I know the<br />

history because I’m part of it,” he<br />

said.<br />

The post also served a backhanded<br />

compliment at the town’s<br />

attractive views.<br />

“Akaroa’s main claim to fame<br />

DESCENDANT:<br />

Akaroa town<br />

crier Steve Le<br />

Lievre is not<br />

impressed<br />

with a harsh<br />

write-up on<br />

his home of 71<br />

years.<br />

is its supposed ‘picturesque<br />

charm’, which is pimped out<br />

twice daily when hordes of<br />

norovirus-afflicted cruise ship<br />

passengers descend on the<br />

hamlet to buy dodgy croissants<br />

and take a picture next to an old<br />

lighthouse,” it read.<br />

Mr Le Lievre said he loves<br />

“everything” about Akaroa<br />

including the bustling tourism<br />

scene.<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY: what<br />

do you think of Akaroa? Email<br />

your views to<br />

jess.gibson@starmedia.<br />

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New study shows<br />

impacts of tsunami<br />

•From page 1<br />

Different sea level rise<br />

scenarios are considered –<br />

ranging from 19cm to 1.06m –<br />

over the next 50-<strong>10</strong>0 years.<br />

Lyttelton has a steep<br />

topography on the coast<br />

protecting most of its shoreline<br />

from a tsunami but low-lying<br />

bays in the harbour, like Purau<br />

<strong>Bay</strong>, Charteris <strong>Bay</strong>, Governors<br />

<strong>Bay</strong> and Head of the <strong>Bay</strong>, are<br />

more exposed to inundation.<br />

Using 2018 seas levels,<br />

NIWA discovered during the<br />

magnitude 9.28 earthquake<br />

scenario the inundation at Head<br />

of the <strong>Bay</strong> would reach 1.5km<br />

inland with a maximum depth<br />

of 7m.<br />

The inundation depth for<br />

Head of the <strong>Bay</strong> is expected to<br />

reach 8m with 2065 sea levels,<br />

and 9m by 2120. It would extend<br />

about 90m inland in both<br />

scenarios. Port areas see severe<br />

damage to infrastructure.<br />

Low-lying areas in Akaroa<br />

<strong>Harbour</strong> are the most likely to<br />

be affected in a tsunami, namely<br />

Wainui, Akaroa, Takamatua,<br />

Duvauchelle <strong>Bay</strong>, Barrys <strong>Bay</strong> and<br />

French Farm <strong>Bay</strong>.<br />

In a 9.28 earthquake with 2018<br />

sea levels, the inundation depth<br />

in Akaroa would be more than<br />

5m and reach as far as 250m<br />

inland, flooding most of the<br />

historical town.<br />

In a 2120 sea level scenario,<br />

it shows inundation would<br />

increase in Akaroa by <strong>10</strong>0m<br />

inland. In Takamatua with<br />

2018 levels, inundation would<br />

reach beyond the Christchurch-<br />

Akaroa Rd as far as 440m inland<br />

with a maximum depth of 6.5m.<br />

In 2120, flooding would have<br />

increased by 60m inland.<br />

Scenarios with higher sea<br />

levels also amplified inundation<br />

in other bays.<br />

“Modelling like this is so<br />

important in allowing us to<br />

better understand how tsunamis<br />

flood the land. In turn, it allows<br />

us to make the best-informed<br />

emergency management<br />

decisions,” Mr Orchard said.<br />

“We are always growing<br />

our understanding, and as we<br />

learn more, we will update<br />

information in our tsunami<br />

evacuation zones,” he said.<br />

The modelling was done by<br />

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