Cloverlea

Cloverlea
Suburb
Cloverlea Primary School
Cloverlea Primary School
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Coordinates: 40°20′47″S 175°35′01″E / 40.3464°S 175.5837°E / -40.3464; 175.5837
CountryNew Zealand
CityPalmerston North
Local authorityPalmerston North City Council
Electoral ward
  • Te Hirawanui General Ward
  • Te Pūao Māori Ward
Area
[1]
 • Land68 ha (168 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total1,940
Newbury Milson
Cloverlea
 Palmerston North Hospital
Westbrook Highbury Takaro

Cloverlea is a suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand. The suburb is located in the north-western part of town. Its boundaries are currently between Rangitikei Line and Gillespies Line.

The suburb takes its name from the Cloverlea homestead and property built and developed by David Buick MP between 1881 and his death during the influenza pandemic of 1918. Mr Buick ran a successful horse stud in addition to farming sheep and cattle at Cloverlea. He was the Member of Parliament for Palmerston North from 1908 until his death in 1918.[3] Cloverlea is located at 102 No 1 Line, Palmerston North 4475.[4][5]

Under the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act 1915[6] the government purchased 273 acres (110.5 ha) from the Buick estate and allocated 15 sections by ballot held 5 November 1919 to servicemen and nurses returning from the First World War.[7][8] The area was known as Cloverlea Soldier Settlement which over time contracted to Cloverlea.[7][9] However, the area to which this Cloverlea refers is not the more recent suburban development located north east of Highbury, north west of Palmerston North Hospital Area and north of Takaro, but an area about Cloverlea Road which serviced the settlement.[10]

The Mangaone Stream walkway runs along the edge of Cloverlea, it starts all the way in Milson and ends by the Manawatu River.

In 2018, the suburb had a resident population of 1,893.[11]

Cloverlea is a part of the Palmerston North electorate.

  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. ^ "The Sixteen Members of Parliament for Palmerston North 1871-2005, Ch 6: David Buick" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 4 February 2010. pp. 163–210. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "'Cloverlea' 102, Number 1 Line". Manawatū Heritage. Palmerston North City Library (which owns "manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz"). Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ "102 No 1 Line - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Repatriation of returned servicemen". New Zealand History. 3 May 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b Roche, Michael M. (2005). Proudfoot, Lindsay J. (ed.). (Dis)Placing Empire: Renegotiating British Colonial Geographies. Routledge. p. 150. ISBN 978-0754642138.
  8. ^ "CLOVERLEA SETTLEMENT. RESULT OF BALLOT. NURSE SUCCESSFUL". Manawatu Times. Vol. XLIII, no. 14263. 8 November 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  9. ^ "REQUEST FOR SCHOOL AT CLOVERLEA". Manawatu Times. No. 6767. 22 November 1928. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Cloverlea Road - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).