"redolent of the soil": New Zealand Interior and Landscape Architecture of the 1890s

Authors

  • Christine McCarthy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/aha.v20.8709

Keywords:

Landscape Architecture, New Zealand, History, 19th century, Interior Architecture – New Zealand

Abstract

The 1890s was a period when Pākehā began to strongly identify with New Zealand. There were several reasons for this. By the 1890s a majority of Pākehā had been born in New Zealand, the first generation of Pākehā settlers was passing, the Māori population had dropped, in 1891, to 44,177, and there was a perception by many Pākehā that Māori were a dying race. It was thus considered by many Pākehā that Māori "no longer posed the same threat" as they did during the civil wars, reframing Māori "as a brave and noble race." Smith also writes that "elevating Māori to honorary whites was a further way to render Pākehā superior to white Australians, as well as affirming the long-held belief in a hierarchy of races in which Māori were superior to Aboriginal Australians.

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Published

2023-12-04

How to Cite

McCarthy, C. (2023). "redolent of the soil": New Zealand Interior and Landscape Architecture of the 1890s. Architectural History Aotearoa, 20, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.26686/aha.v20.8709

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