Harwood, New Zealand

Harwood
Map
Coordinates: 45°48′50″S 170°40′37″E / 45.814°S 170.677°E / -45.814; 170.677
CountryNew Zealand
RegionOtago
Territorial authorityDunedin
Community boardOtago Peninsula Community Board[1][2]
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial authorityDunedin City Council
 • Regional councilOtago Regional Council
 • Mayor of DunedinJules Radich
 • Dunedin MPRachel Brooking
 • Te Tai Tonga MPTākuta Ferris
Area
[3]
 • Total1.51 km2 (0.58 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023)[4]
 • Total240
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Local iwiNgāi Tahu

Harwood is a rural settlement on the northern side of the Otago Peninsula.[5] It is within the boundaries of Dunedin city in New Zealand.

Before 2000, most of the houses were cribs, but they have since been upgraded and become permanent residences.[6]

The area is named for Octavius Harwood and his family, who moved here from Otakou in the 1870s and farmed cattle.[7]

  1. ^ "Otago Peninsula Community Board | Community Plan 2019 – 2020" (PDF). dunedin.govt.nz. Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ "2016 Otago Peninsula Community Board Boundary" (PDF). dunedin.govt.nz. Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  5. ^ Harriss, Gavin (November 2021). Harwood, Otago (Map). NZ Topomap.
  6. ^ McAvinue, Shawn (6 January 2017). "Every day's a holiday in Harwood". Otago Daily Times.
  7. ^ "Octavius Harwood". Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. Retrieved 10 January 2022.