Gladstone | |
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Locality | |
.jpg) Gladstone Inn | |
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| Coordinates: 41°05′S 175°39′E / 41.083°S 175.650°E | |
| Region | Wellington Region |
| Territorial authority | Carterton District |
| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Carterton District Council |
| • Regional council | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Carterton | Ron Mark |
| • Wairarapa MP | Mike Butterick |
| • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel |
| Area | |
| • Total | 621.16 km2 (239.83 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 970 |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4.0/sq mi) |
Gladstone is a lightly populated locality[3] in the Carterton District of New Zealand's North Island, located on the Mangahuia Stream near where the Tauweru River joins the Ruamahanga River. The nearest town is Carterton 15 kilometres to the northwest, and nearby settlements include Ponatahi to the west and Longbush to the south. It was named after British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.[4]
Several other localities in the country are also called Gladstone - an Invercargill suburb, a coastal sawmill village south of Greymouth, a hamlet beside Lake Hāwea and an area near Levin.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Place name detail: Gladstone". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, "Carterton", accessed 31 May 2007.
- ^ "New Zealand Topographic Map". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 23 December 2018.