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Day's Bay Pavilion opened November 1897 [4] Days Bay is a residential area in Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is walled on three sides by steep bush-clad slopes. Most of its level land is occupied by Williams Park and an independent boys' primary school, originally a part of Williams Park.
A ferry service to Days Bay began in 1893 and later served Eastbourne (at Rona Bay). The service was taken over by the Eastbourne Borough Council in 1913 and continued to operate until 1948. [citation needed] In 1989, a new ferry service was established to Days Bay. It is the only commuter ferry in operation in Wellington.
Days Bay Wharf was built in 1895 by Neil McLean [108] for J. H. Williams to serve Williams' ferries bringing day-trippers across the harbour from Wellington city. Apart from benefitting day trippers, the wharf also improved access to bays on the eastern side of the harbour, which led to an increase in land values.
The hills surrounding Eastbourne provide an important habitat for indigenous biodiversity and contain some of New Zealand's rarest and most-endangered plant species. [16] The banded dotterel (tūturiwhatu) is a nationally vulnerable bird that nests in the Eastbourne foreshore (Robinson Bay), Baring Head, and Parangarahu Lakes.
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Harbour beaches like Oriental Bay, Petone, Days Bay and Hataitai Beach are suited to swimming and sunbathing. [2] The harbour accommodates a range of activities, with five water ski lanes, an area for personal water craft and areas for windsurfing. Several rowing, waka ama and yachting clubs operate from the harbour. [2]
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