Port Chalmers
Māori: Kōpūtai | |
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Settlement | |
 Looking across Port Chalmers and the Otago Harbour to the Otago Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates: 45°49′04″S 170°37′08″E / 45.8178°S 170.6188°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Island | South Island |
| Region | Otago |
| Territorial authority | Dunedin |
| Community board | West Harbour Community Board[1] |
| Electorates |
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| Government | |
| • Territorial authority | Dunedin City Council |
| • Regional council | Otago Regional Council |
| • Mayor of Dunedin | Jules Radich |
| • Dunedin MP | Rachel Brooking |
| • Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,460 |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Area code | 03 |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
Port Chalmers (Māori: Kōpūtai)[4][5] is a town serving as the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.
- ^ "2016 West Harbour Community Board Boundary" (PDF). dunedin.govt.nz. Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ J.H., Beattie (1954). "Our Southernmost Maoris. Their habitat. Nature notes. Problems and perplexities. Controversial and conversational. Further place names. Antiquity of man in New Zealand". Otago Daily Times. Dunedin, New Zealand. p. 130.
- ^ W.A, Taylor (1952). "Lore and history of the South Island Māori". Bascands. Christchurch, New Zealand. p. 163.