Bellevue, New Zealand

Bellevue
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Coordinates: 37°40′56″S 176°07′43″E / 37.682254°S 176.128501°E / -37.682254; 176.128501
CountryNew Zealand
CityTauranga
Local authorityTauranga City Council
Electoral wardMatua-Otūmoetai General Ward
Area
 • Land172 ha (425 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total4,170
(Tauranga Harbour) Matua Otūmoetai
Bellevue
Bethlehem Brookfield

Bellevue is a suburb of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Bellevue has an athletics club which takes part in national championships.[3]

A woman fired a gun in the suburb in March 2019, sparking a lockdown of local schools.[4]

Two girls were held hostage by their father in their Bellevue home in November 2019, before Police shot the father.[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. ^ White, Peter (18 December 2018). "Bellevue lead Colgate challenge". Sun Media. sunlive.co.nz.
  4. ^ Gillespie, Kiri (31 May 2019). "Tauranga school shooter jailed". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Bay of Plenty Times.
  5. ^ Kerr, Florence (27 November 2019). "Tauranga Shooting: Girls suffered wounds inflicted by their father, family say". stuff.co.nz.