Eastbourne, New Zealand

Eastbourne
Rimu Street, the main street of Eastbourne
Coordinates: 41°18′S 174°54′E / 41.300°S 174.900°E / -41.300; 174.900
Country	New Zealand
Region	Wellington Region
Territorial authority	Lower Hutt
Ward	Harbour
Community board	Eastbourne Community Board[1]
Electorates	Hutt South Te Tai Tonga (Māori)
Government
• Territorial Authority	Hutt City Council
• Regional council	Greater Wellington Regional Council
• Hutt South MP	Chris Bishop
• Te Tai Tonga MP	Tākuta Ferris
Area [2]
• Total	1.93 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population  (June 2023)[3]
• Total	2,810
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)

Eastbourne is a suburb of Lower Hutt, a part of Wellington, New Zealand. Lying beside the sea, it is a popular local tourist destination via car from Petone or from ferry crossings from central Wellington. An outer suburb, it lies on the eastern shore of Wellington Harbour, five kilometres south of the main Lower Hutt urban area and directly across the harbour from the Miramar Peninsula in Wellington city. A narrow exposed coastal road connects it with the rest of Lower Hutt via the Eastern Bays and the industrial suburb of Seaview. It is named for Eastbourne in England, another seaside town known as a destination for day-trips.

In the hills bordering Eastbourne there is mainly native bush and trees. With a locally administered possum-eradication programme, much of the native bush has regenerated, including red-flowering northern rātā trees. The bush has numerous tracks running to and from them, including a track along the entire bays hills ridge. With many settlers originating from Stromboli, an island near Sicily, the suburb has an Italian heritage similar to several other suburbs in Wellington; this is expressed particularly in its architecture.^[4]