Feilding | |
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Town | |
 Manchester Square | |
| Nickname: 'Friendly' Feilding | |
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| Coordinates: 40°13′S 175°34′E / 40.217°S 175.567°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Manawatū-Whanganui |
| District | Manawatū District |
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| Named for | Colonel William Henry Adelbert Feilding |
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| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Manawatū District Council |
| • Regional council | Horizons Regional Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.59 km2 (9.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (June 2024)[3] | |
| • Total | 18,250 |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 4702 |
| Telephone | 06 |
| Website | www.feilding.co.nz |
Feilding is a town in the Manawatū District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 54, 20 kilometres north of Palmerston North. The town is the seat of the Manawatū District Council.
Feilding has won the annual New Zealand's Most Beautiful Town award 16 times.[4] It is an Edwardian-themed town, with the district plan encouraging buildings in the CBD to be built in that style. The town is currently extending its CBD beautification featuring paving and planter boxes on the footpaths on the main streets in the CBD, including the realignment and beautification of Fergusson Street to the South Street entrance of Manfeild Park.[citation needed]
The town is a service town for the surrounding farming district. The Feilding Saleyards has been a vital part of the wider Manawatū community for over 125 years. As transport systems improved and farming practices changed, the need for small, local saleyards all but disappeared, leaving few major selling complexes in New Zealand. Manawatū is a diverse and fertile farming area with high production, high stock-carrying capacity, and a stable climate. These factors make Feilding Saleyards a popular medium for many farmers. A unique aspect of Feilding Saleyards is their location in the centre of town.[5]
The Manawatū Plains, on which the town is sited, are very fertile land, and as such it is a prosperous agricultural area. Being located on the floodplain of a major river has its problems, however, and in February 2004 the town suffered extensive flooding. In 2009 the Horizons Regional Council commissioned a new flood protection scheme to prevent extensive flooding in the future.[6]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Feilding wins New Zealand's most beautiful town for the 16th time". Stuff. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Feilding Saleyards 125 Years of Success 1880–2005" (June 2005) Adapted by Foreword authored by Ian McKelvie.
- ^ "Flood protection scheme opens". infonews.co.nz. New Zealand. 25 March 2000. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.