Fitzroy, New Plymouth

Fitzroy
Suburb
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church
Map
Coordinates: 39°2′49″S 174°6′17″E / 39.04694°S 174.10472°E / -39.04694; 174.10472
CountryNew Zealand
CityNew Plymouth
Local authorityNew Plymouth District Council
Electoral ward
  • Kaitake-Ngāmotu General Ward
  • Kōhanga Moa General Ward
  • Te Purutanga Mauri Pūmanawa Māori Ward
Area
[1]
 • Land1,036 ha (2,560 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total3,650
(North Taranaki Bight) (North Taranaki Bight) Bell Block
Strandon
Fitzroy
Merrilands Glen Avon

Fitzroy (Māori: Poutūtaki)[3] is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the north-east of the city centre.

The area was initially named the Fitzroy Block after Governor Robert FitzRoy reduced the land purchased by the Plymouth Company from local Māori from 25,000 hectares (62,000 acres) to 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) in the mid-1840s.[4]

Holy Trinity Church in Henui Street is listed as a Category I structure with Heritage New Zealand.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Poutūtaki - te Aka Māori Dictionary".
  4. ^ Ron Lambert and Gail Henry (2000). Taranaki, An Illustrated History. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. p. 33. ISBN 0-7900-0727-4.
  5. ^ "Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 18 March 2016.