Marshland, New Zealand

Marshland
Suburb
Windsor Golf Course with Marshland in the distance
Windsor Golf Course with Marshland in the distance
Map
Coordinates: 43°28′30″S 172°39′07″E / 43.475°S 172.652°E / -43.475; 172.652
CountryNew Zealand
CityChristchurch
Local authorityChristchurch City Council
Electoral ward
  • Harewood
  • Innes
Community board
  • Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
  • Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central
  • Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood
Area
[1]
 • Land896 ha (2,214 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total1,070
Belfast Kainga Bottle Lake
Redwood
Marshland
 Prestons
Northcote Mairehau Shirley

Marshland is a semi-rural suburb on the northern side of Christchurch city. The land is primarily used for horticulture and dairy farming.[3]

The suburb is named for the peaty soil, and was also called Rhodes' Swamp after landowner and politician Robert Heaton Rhodes (1815–1884).[4]

State Highway 74 forms the western and southern boundary of the suburb. The Styx River runs northeast through Marshland.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Marshland". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Christchurch Place Names: A - M : Islington" (PDF). Christchurch City Libraries. February 2016. p. 179.
  5. ^ Harriss, Gavin (April 2021). Marshland, Canterbury (Map).