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Korokoro, New Zealand

Coordinates: 41°12′54″S 174°52′08″E / 41.215°S 174.869°E / -41.215; 174.869
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Korokoro
Native bush with tree ferns, a stream, and two men in right foreground, at Korokoro
Native bush with tree ferns, a stream, and two men in right foreground, at Korokoro
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CountryNew Zealand
CityLower Hutt City
Electoral wardHarbour
Established1900s
Population
 (2020[1])
 • Total1,600
Maungaraki
Korokoro
Alicetown, Ava
Horokiwi Petone
Keen walkers on a stream crossing

Korokoro, a suburb of Lower Hutt City, lies in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb occupies part of the western hills of the Hutt Valley; its eastern slopes overlook Petone and the Wellington harbour.

Korokoro was established in the 1900s by the Liberal government (in office 1891-1912), and remained a relatively small settlement until the Lower Hutt City Council developed the area for private housing in the 1960s.[2][failed verification]. Before 1989, Korokoro formed part of the Petone Borough,[3] which amalgamated with Lower Hutt City in that year.[4]

Korokoro has a full primary school established in 1904 called Korokoro School with over 180 pupils attend. The school has eight classrooms and is decile 10.[5]

Education

Korokoro School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[6][7] with a roll of 213 as of August 2024.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Subnational population estimates". NZ.Stat. Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ Te Ara: Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west Retrieved: 24 January 2009
  3. ^ "The Petone Chronicle". May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Our history". Hutt City: Te Awa Kairangi. Hutt City Council. Lower Hutt City. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018. 1989 Amalgamation of Lower Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata and Eastbourne into Lower Hutt City
  5. ^ Korokoro school website Retrieved: 6 April 2012
  6. ^ "Korokoro School Official School Website". korokoro.school.nz.
  7. ^ "Korokoro School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  8. ^ "Korokoro School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.

41°12′54″S 174°52′08″E / 41.215°S 174.869°E / -41.215; 174.869