Clive, New Zealand

Clive
Photograph of the decommissioned Catholic Church in Clive
The decommissioned Catholic church in Clive
Map
Coordinates: 39°35′S 176°55′E / 39.583°S 176.917°E / -39.583; 176.917
CountryNew Zealand
RegionHawke's Bay Region
Territorial authorityHastings District
Ward
  • Heretaunga General Ward
  • Takitimu Māori Ward
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityHastings District Council
 • Regional councilHawke's Bay Regional Council
Area
 • Total3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total2,120
 • Density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)

Clive (Māori: Karaewa)[3] is a small town, ten kilometres from the city centres of both Napier and Hastings in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It is close to the mouth of the Ngaruroro River.

The town is part of the Hastings district. It was named (like many of the towns in the vicinity) after a prominent person from imperial India, in this case Robert Clive, better known as "Clive of India". The name was given by John Curling.[4]

The town of Clive is mainly rural, yet with the increasing number of people moving into Hawke's Bay, and Clive being at the meeting point of Hastings and Napier, new subdivisions are being built to accommodate the growing population.

Clive is home to the Hawke's Bay Rowing Club who train on the Clive River.[5] The Hawke's Bay Rowing Regatta is held on the first weekend of the year and was started in 1872.[6]

  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. ^ "Karaewa - te Aka Māori Dictionary".
  4. ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 82. ISBN 9780143204107.
  5. ^ "Hawkes Bay Rowing Club Official Website". hawkesbayrowing.co.nz. Hawkes Bay Rowing Club.
  6. ^ Gullery, Lawrence (6 August 2012). "Olympic Rowing Medals Could be Boon for Club's Future". Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 15 January 2016.