Solway, New Zealand

Solway
Suburb
Donald's homestead at Manaia in front of a corner of Kuripuni Bush, February 1849 William Mein Smith
Donald's homestead at Manaia in front of a corner of Kuripuni Bush, February 1849
William Mein Smith
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Coordinates: 40°57′32″S 175°37′41″E / 40.959°S 175.628°E / -40.959; 175.628
CountryNew Zealand
CityMasterton
Local authorityMasterton District Council
Area
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 • Land846 ha (2,091 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total7,030
Railway stationsSolway railway station
AirportsHood Aerodrome
Upper Plain Ngaumutawa Kuripuni
Solway
 Masterton East
Carterton

Solway is an old-established residential suburb near the Waingawa River in the south-western part of Masterton, the principal town in the Wairarapa Valley of New Zealand's North Island. It was a small part of Manaia run on which Masterton is built.[3] It takes its present name from Solway House built in 1877 for W. H. Donald.

Solway College, a Presbyterian girls' boarding school, was established in Solway House in 1916 but Solway's central feature remains the near-moribund Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association's Solway Showgrounds[note 1] opened in 1911.[4] A Wairarapa Farmers Market for artisan produce is held under the grandstand each Saturday morning.

Solway also has several parks and reserves, including the Masterton Trust Lands Trust's Millennium Reserve[5] built over the Acclimatisation Society's trout hatcheries and South Park, a softball field and dog-walking area.[6]

  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. ^ Early Wairarapa, Story of its Settlement. New Zealand Times 8 July 1922 Page 10
  4. ^ Heritage New Zealand Solway A & P Showgrounds Historic Area
  5. ^ Masterton Trust Lands Trust Native Suburban Oasis
  6. ^ "Parks and Public Spaces". mstn.govt.nz. Masterton District Council.


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