Spring Creek, New Zealand
Spring Creek | |
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  Spring Creek | |
| Coordinates: 41°27′38″S 173°57′46″E / 41.46056°S 173.96278°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Marlborough |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 1,276 |
Spring Creek is a small town in Marlborough, New Zealand. State Highway 1 runs past the settlement to the west, and the Wairau River flows past to the east. Picton is 22 km to the north, and Blenheim is 6 km to the south.[1][2]
According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Spring Creek (including Grovetown to the south) has a population of 1,275, an increase of 3 people since the 2006 census. There were 666 males and 609 females.[3]
The first European settlers were George Dodson, William Soper, and Dr Vickerman, in 1850.[4] There was a major flood in 1926, when the Wairau River burst its embankments.[5]
Spring Creek School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of 43.[6][7] A school was first founded in Spring Creek in 1861 or 1863[8] The present school was founded in 1873.[9][10]
Wairau Marae is located in Spring Creek. It is the marae (meeting ground) of Ngāti Rārua and Ngāti Toa Rangatira, and includes the Wairau wharenui (meeting house).[11][12]
Spring Creek has a railway classification yard on the Main North Line.[13]
See also
Notes
- ^ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 61. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 139. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
- ^ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Spring Creek-Grovetown
- ^ McIntosh 1940, p. 163.
- ^ McIntosh 1940, p. 367.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Education Counts: Spring Creek School
- ^ McIntosh 1940, pp. 340, 343.
- ^ Loveridge, Barry Ernest (1973). The centennial history and compilation of records of the Spring Creek School (formerly Marlboroughtown) and the Wairau Pa School, Marlborough, N.Z.
- ^ Hale, Allen M (1954). Marlboroughtown Spring Creek School: A History and Compilation of School Records. Marlboroughtown Spring Creek School Jubilee Committee.
Published ... on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the School, April 17th, 18th, and 19th, 1954
- ^ "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
- ^ "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.
- ^ Marlborough Historical Society (2005). Click – A Captured Moment – Marlborough's Early Heritage. p. 177. ISBN 0-473-10475-X.
References
- McIntosh, Alister; Redman, William Edward; Allen, William Raymond, eds. (1940). Marlborough: A Provincial History. Blenheim: Marlborough Provincial Historical Committee.