Durie Hill
Durie Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.
The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. It was designed with curvilinear streets, reserves, croquet lawns and tennis courts.[1]
The Durie Hill Elevator connects the suburb with Anzac Parade.[2] The elevator and tunnel were proposed by Wanganui Chronicle editor John Ball and Technical School engineering instructor Edward Crow, but most residents of the new suburb refused to fund it.[3][4]
A revitalisation programme was launched in 2019, including the introduction of planter boxes and the founding of a village market.[5]
Education
Durie Hill School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[6] with a roll of 187 as of February 2024.[7]
References
- ^ Schrader, Ben (11 March 2020). "City planning - Planning between the world wars". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- ^ "Durie Hill Elevator and Tower". Visit Whanganui. Whanganui District Council. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Smart, Maxwell J.G.; Bates, Arthur P. (1972). The Wanganui Story. Wanganui: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd. p. 187.
- ^ Wrigglesworth, Karen (2 January 2011). "Wanganui, NZ: Durie Hill Tunnel & Elevator". Geeky Getaways. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Brooks, Paul (27 June 2019). "Durie Hill team steps up". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Wanganui Midweek.
- ^ "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
- ^ "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.