Newlands, Wellington facts for kids

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Newlands is one of the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It lies approximately 8 km north of the city centre and to the east of its nearest neighbour Johnsonville. It has a long history of early settlement and originally was farmed including being the early source of Wellington's milk. Newlands is located in a valley and covers two ridgelines, the side of one of which overlooks Wellington Harbour and up to the Hutt Valley.

History

Newlands in 1969

The area that modern Newlands occupies was originally known as Papararangi which is Te Reo Māori for "cluster of hills". A 40 ha area was sold during the 1840–41 land ballots run by the New Zealand Company. There are two theories to the suburb's name. The first is that it was named after Thomas Newland, who arrived in New Zealand from London in 1875 aboard the ship Avalanche and ran a business making glue and oil in neighboring Johnsonville before becoming manager of the manure department of the Wellington Meat Export Company's works in 1892. Thomas Newland was close friends of Walter Futter who owned land in Newlands. The second theory is that it was simply the "New Land" near Johnsonville.

The area was mostly used as a pig and dairy farm, providing Wellington most of their town milk supply from the 1920s to the 1950s. Dairy farms were run by Bill Miles of Newlands Dairy Limited who purchased James Purchase’s farm in Glanmire Rd and ran 100 cows, also Pearce and Tristram. After the Second World War Miles subdivided for housing; initially in Wakely Road, then in Miles Crescent, Lyndfield Lane, Black Rock Road and Glanmire Road. Ernest Hoskings grazed his dairy herd in Johnsonville, Newlands and Horokiwi.

A war memorial was erected after World War I; the original memorial was replaced after World War II because of road widening.

Demographics

Newlands, comprising the statistical areas of Newlands North and Newlands South, covers 6.82 km² (2.63 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 8170 as of June 2022, with a population density of 1198 people per km².

Newlands had a population of 7,824 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 549 people (7.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,068 people (15.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,739 households. There were 3,879 males and 3,942 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 1,626 people (20.8%) aged under 15 years, 1,635 (20.9%) aged 15 to 29, 3,891 (49.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 669 (8.6%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 60.0% European/Pākehā, 11.5% Māori, 7.8% Pacific peoples, 28.7% Asian, and 5.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 35.4%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 44.4% had no religion, 32.8% were Christian, 7.5% were Hindu, 2.7% were Muslim, 2.4% were Buddhist and 3.6% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 2,067 (33.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 636 (10.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,720 (60.0%) people were employed full-time, 804 (13.0%) were part-time, and 267 (4.3%) were unemployed.

Facilities

Newlands town centre contains a New World supermarket, a community centre and medical services along with several other stores. Johnsonville mall and nearby public facilities are also a short distance away.

Community centre

The Newlands Community Centre was opened in 2009 and is home to a drop in centre, Newlands Toy Library and many community groups.

Volunteer fire brigade

Newlands Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in 1965 on Newlands Road and has 22 members and one appliance; a 2020 Iveco type 1 pumping appliance.

Parks and reserves

Waihinahina Park in 2006

Newlands has a number of parks and reserves, including:

• Newlands Park
• Pinkerton Park
• Seton Nossiter Park
• Waihinahina park
• Gilberd Bush Reserve
• Edgecombe Street play area
• Kenmore Street Play Area
• Lyndfield Lane play area
• Cheyne Walk play area
• Salford Street Play Area

Religious sites

• St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church
• St. Andrews Catholic Church
• Newlands Baptist Church
• Newlands Christian Assembly
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses
• Kurinchi Kumaran Temple
• Hare Krishna (ISKCON) Temple

Transport

Newlands Road with Newlands Bus Depot in the foreground.

Roads

Newlands is connected to Ngauranga, and further Wellington via the Ngauranga Gorge towards the South, and through Stewart Drive and Johnsonville to Porirua to the North via State Highway 1, constructed in the 1960s.

Bus services

Newlands is served by several bus services which link it to the wider Wellington area, operated by Newlands Coach Services on behalf of Metlink Wellington. Several of these services link Newlands with the nearby Johnsonville, where further transport options are available.

Newlands Coach Services operates a bus depot next to the State Highway 1 overbridge.

Education

School enrollment zones

Newlands is within the enrollment zones for Newlands College, Newlands School and St Oran's College.

Secondary education

Newlands College is a state coeducational secondary school located on Bracken Road in Newlands. It has a roll of 1,232 as of February 2024.

Primary and intermediate education

Newlands has three primary schools and one intermediate school:

• Newlands Intermediate is located on Bracken road, next to Newlands College, with a roll of 508 as of February 2024.
• Newlands School is a contributing primary school located on Newlands Road with a roll of 294
• Rewa Rewa School is a contributing primary school located on Padnell Crescent with a roll of 143
• Bellevue School is a contributing primary school located on Bancroft Terrace with a roll of 259