Brown Owl, New Zealand

Brown Owl
Akatarawa Road in Brown Owl
Akatarawa Road in Brown Owl
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Coordinates: 41°06′18″S 175°05′54″E / 41.1049°S 175.0983°E / -41.1049; 175.0983
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWellington Region
Territorial authorityUpper Hutt
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityUpper Hutt City Council
 • Regional councilGreater Wellington Regional Council
 • Mayor of Upper HuttWayne Guppy
 • Remutaka MPChris Hipkins
 • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MPCushla Tangaere-Manuel
Area
 • Total8.99 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total3,850
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)

Brown Owl is a suburb of Upper Hutt, located 3–4km from the city centre. It developed slowly from the 1960s

The suburb is located on the eastern side of the Hutt River at the base of the Eastern Hutt Valley Hills and Emerald Hill, with SH2 running right through it. It is bordered by Timberlea to the east (at the intersection of SH2 and Norana Road in the northeast), Maoribank to the south of SH2 at Moeraki Road, and Birchville just past the northern side of Harcourt Park on Akatarawa Road. Tōtara Park can be accessed by foot by crossing the Harcourt Park Bridge at the end of Norbert Street.

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  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.