Durie Hill | |
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Durie Hill Memorial Tower | |
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Coordinates: 39°56′17″S 175°04′07″E / 39.938026°S 175.068702°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Whanganui |
Local authority | Whanganui District Council |
Area | |
• Land | 257 ha (635 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 2,270 |
Whanganui East Bastia Hill |
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(Whanganui River) Whanganui Central |
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Okoia |
Putiki | Marybank |
Durie Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.
The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. It was designed with curvilinear streets, reserves, croquet lawns and tennis courts.[3]
The Durie Hill Elevator connects the suburb with Anzac Parade.[4] The elevator and tunnel were proposed by Wanganui Chronicle editor John Ball and Technical School engineering instructor Edward Crow, but most residents of the new suburb refused to fund it.[5][6]
A revitalisation programme was launched in 2019, including the introduction of planter boxes and the founding of a village market.[7]
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