Hakahaka

Hakahaka, where the road descends to the Port was the home from the very early days of an American negro who came ashore from an American whaling ship. He married a Maori wife and to my knowledge had a son and a daughter. In my young days the son was a highly respected figure of the community in Blenheim. A fine upstanding figure and when in his Salvation Army uniform and beating the big drum in the band he was a person to take notice of. He had a traction engine driver's ticket and many a thousand sacks of chaff he helped cut on our farm. After oat growing for chaff became a thing of the past he was employed by the Blenheim Borough Council for many years. He died in 1960 aged 95 at the home of his son in Raglan, the son being the postmaster there. The Davis daughter married and had a son who after holding a responsible position in the Works Department in Blenheim for many years, retired just recently.

On the site of the original Davis home at Hakahaka some old orchard and poplar trees are to be seen.