Millbrook Reserve

Helmores Lane

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Across the road from Hagley park, close to the city center, and bordering the prestigious suburb of Fendalton, the Millbrook Reserve is a small park notable for its memorial to Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the first European to arrive in New Zealand waters in 1642. Commemorating the 350th anniversary of Tasman's arrival, the memorial was gifted by the Dutch community, in gratitude for the welcome bestowed on Dutch immigrants to New Zealand, following World War II. Tasman's prophetic words, "this land looks like a very beautiful land," appear on the memorial. Formal European trees, azaleas, rhododendrons, native plants, and in spring, daffodils, anemones and hyacinths, also gifted by the Dutch community, are on display here. Call for additional information.

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