Castlecliff

Castlecliff
Suburb
A café in Castlecliff
A café in Castlecliff
Map
Coordinates: 39°56′35″S 174°59′37″E / 39.943031°S 174.993740°E / -39.943031; 174.993740
CountryNew Zealand
CityWhanganui
Local authorityWhanganui District Council
Area
[1]
 • Land865 ha (2,137 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total4,200
Kai Iwi Westmere Tawhero
Castlecliff
 Gonville
(South Taranaki Bight) (Whanganui River mouth)

Castlecliff is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The name was given by the Harbour Board, on the suggestion of the future Prime Minister, John Ballance,[3] when it established the township on what were described as "barren sandhills" in 1882. Many of the streets were named after Harbour Board members.[4] The northern harbour breakwater extended 900 ft (270 m) by 1885.[5] The freezing works was built in 1891.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "HARBOUR BOARD Wanganui Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 November 1882. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL. Wanganui Chronicle". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 8 November 1882. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. ^ "A TRIP TO THE HEADS BY RAIL. Wanganui Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 27 April 1885. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  6. ^ "THE WANGANUI FREEZING WORKS Wanganui Chronicle". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 June 1891. Retrieved 30 June 2023.