Newfield | |
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| Coordinates: 46°25′05″S 168°22′59″E / 46.418°S 168.383°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Invercargill |
| Local authority | Invercargill City Council |
| Area | |
| • Land | 143 ha (353 acres) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,110 |
| Richmond | Hawthorndale | Mill Road |
| Georgetown |
  Newfield  |
Seaward Bush |
| Strathern | Heidelberg | Rockdale |
Newfield is a suburb in the New Zealand city of Invercargill.
The sign at the Māori secondary school Te Wharekura O Arowhenua in Newfield was defaced with racist graffiti in December 2020.[3] Police launched an investigation,[4] and increased patrols in the Newfield area to reassure the community.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Girao, Luisa (23 December 2020). "'Despicable': Secondary school defaced with racist graffiti". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Otago Daily Times.
- ^ Satherly, Dan (23 December 2020). "Māori teacher says prejudiced graffiti on Invercargill kura 'ugly face of racism' and disrupts cultural pride education". MediaWorks New Zealand. Newshub.
- ^ "Racist slur sprayed on Invercargill kura". Radio New Zealand. 23 December 2020.