Peraki

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Coordinates: 43°51′30″S 172°49′27″E / 43.85833°S 172.82417°E / -43.85833; 172.82417 Peraki is a bay on the south side of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. It is the site of the first permanent European settlement in Canterbury.^[1]^[2] George Hempelman, a Prussian whaler, established a whaling station in the bay in 1837.^[3]

References

↑ Christchurch: a history
↑ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 343.
↑ Crean, Mike (6 April 2013). "The glory days of whaling long gone". The Press. p. C12.

v t e Settlements of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand

Settlements	Allandale Ataahua Akaroa Barrys Bay Birdling's Flat Cass Bay Charteris Bay Chorlton Church Bay Cooptown Corsair Bay Diamond Harbour Duvauchelle French Farm Governors Bay Gebbies Pass Gebbies Valley Hilltop Kaituna Valley Kukupa Lansdowne Le Bons Bay Little Akaloa Little River Lyttelton Motukarara Ohinetahi Okains Bay Okuti Valley Peraki Pigeon Bay Puaha Puari Purau Port Levy Rapaki Robinsons Bay Tai Tapu Takamatua Teddington The Kaik Wainui

Port Hills suburbs	Balmoral Hill Cashmere Clifton Cracroft Ferrymead Halswell Heathcote Valley Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Kennedys Bush Moncks Bay Moncks Spur Mt Pleasant Murray Aynsley Redcliffs Richmond Hill Scarborough St Andrews Hill Sumner Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake Westmorland

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