Plunket Bay

[davdor]

Can anyone tell us the location of Punket Bay? We have a photo of relatives (no contact yet!!) with this inscription on the reverse side

[Alasdair Hall]

Hi Davdor,
I was born and breed and lived in NZ for 32 years, travelled fairly extensively but have not heard of Plunkett Bay. I did a brief Google seach (2mins) also with no hits. Is it Plunkett or Punkett? You use both?
I don't know what is possible on this forum; can you put the photo on the forum for us to see?
Regards, Alasdair

[margarita]

Is the Plunket bay you are looking for definitely in New Zealand?

On this page there is a reference to Plunket Bay, Newfoundland

http://tinyurl.com/2no6x6

Maggie

P.S. On the fourth line from the bottom on this page

http://tinyurl.com/ytgqrq

it mentions "Royal NZ Plunket-Bay of Plenty". Someone on the site may be able to help with the location.

[Peter_uk_can]

I know there is a Bunker Bay in Australia. Close if the handwriting is as bad as mine.

[Chisel]

Can anyone tell us the location of Punket Bay? We have a photo of relatives (no contact yet!!) with this inscription on the reverse side
Need help from a kiwi?
Can you paste a scan of the picture and location on this site?

[TerrySBaker]

I do not know where Plunket Bay is but I have some info. which may point you in the right direction. William Lee Plunket, born 19/12/1864 at 6, Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin, was a diplomat who became 5th Baron Plunket of Newton in 1897. From 1904-1910 he was Governor/Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand. His youngest son Denis Kiwa Plunket was born on 6/2/1909 at Palmerstone, NZ, so it may be that Plunket Bay was named after William Lee Plunket (WLP) and it is somewhere near Palmerstone. Google Maps tells me that there is a Plunket Street at St. Kilda, Dunedin, 9102, NZ, which is 50 km south of Palmerstone. WLP's wife Lady Victoria Alexandrina (nee Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood) became patron of the Plunket movement which was founded in Dunedin on 14 May 1907. For details see http://www.plunket.org.nz/History_Of_Plunket_Page.htm. This branch of Plunkets, of which my mother was one, is spelt with a single 't' as all Plunkets were until the 1st Baron of Killeen, Co. Meath, Sir Christopher Plunket [c1370-1445], added an extra 't' to his name, because it was fashionable to do such things at that time. Most or all of the other Plunket branches were spelt with 2 t's and were catholic. It is believed that the single 't' branch fled from Co. Louth in the 17th Century to Scotland and came back later as Presbyterians. Their descendant William Conyngham Plunket, who was created 1st Baron of Newton changed his religion to C of I, probably for political reasons.

[Johnzee]

Hi Davdor,

Have checked the 1913 and 1915 lists of NZ place names, and the official list of NZ placenames (ca year 2000 list). There is no Plunket(t) Bay listed. Would need to see the photo/inscription to make any headway - especially if some clear landmarks are shown.

Cheers

Johnzee

[*bunty*]

It may have been a colloquial term or a family name for a certain bay in NZ. Perhaps the Plunket family gathered there every year and that is the reason behind the name?

[JohnN]

...
it mentions "Royal NZ Plunket-Bay of Plenty". Someone on the site may be able to help with the location.

I wonder if the hyphen is the answer...

Royal NZ Plunket Society is the mother and baby-care organisation (usually just referred to as 'Plunket"), while Bay of Plenty is the district in the north east of the North Island.

I suspect that the inscription does not refer to a Plunket Bay, but to the Bay of Plenty. (So-named by Captain Cook because the natives had an abundance of food - which they wouldn't share!)

Just a thought

John
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[TerrySBaker]

I wonder if the hyphen is the answer...

Royal NZ Plunket Society is the mother and baby-care organisation (usually just referred to as 'Plunket"), while Bay of Plenty is the district in the north east of the North Island.

I suspect that the inscription does not refer to a Plunket Bay, but to the Bay of Plenty. (So-named by Captain Cook because the natives had an abundance of food - which they wouldn't share!)

Just a thought

John
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It seems that Margurita may have hit on the answer

[Chisel]

I wonder if the hyphen is the answer...

Royal NZ Plunket Society is the mother and baby-care organisation (usually just referred to as 'Plunket"), while Bay of Plenty is the district in the north east of the North Island.

I suspect that the inscription does not refer to a Plunket Bay, but to the Bay of Plenty. (So-named by Captain Cook because the natives had an abundance of food - which they wouldn't share!)

Just a thought

John
.._

Very clever John|bowdown| I had looked at this one many times and still missed the connection. Quite obvious ready

[TerrySBaker]

There is a Plunket Street at Kawerau, 3127, New Zealand, which is 33.8 km inland from the coast of the Bay of Plenty.