Boulcott

Boulcott is a central suburb of Lower Hutt City situated in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb lies about a kilometre north-east of the Lower Hutt CBD.

Boulcott
Suburb
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityLower Hutt City
Population
 (2006 [1])
 • Total2,448
Hospitals(s)Hutt Hospital, Boulcott Hospital
Belmont Avalon
Tirohanga
Boulcott
 Epuni
Lower Hutt CBD

Boulcott takes its name from Almon Boulcott (1815-1880), who farmed in the area in the 1840s.[2] His father, John Ellerker Boulcott (1784-1855), was a director of the New Zealand Company.[3] Armed conflict took place in the area at Boulcott's Farm in 1846 during the Hutt Valley Campaign.

Two Lower Hutt hospitals; Hutt Hospital and Boulcott Hospital, lie in Boulcott.

Education

Boulcott has two schools:

  • Boulcott School, a state contributing primary (Year 1–6) school. It has 319 students as of March 2020.[4]
  • St Oran's College, a state-integrated Presbyterian girls' Year 7–13 secondary school. It has 507 students as of March 2020.[4]

The nearest state intermediate (Year 7 and 8) schools are Naenae Intermediate School in Avalon to the north-east or Hutt Intermediate School in Woburn to the south. The nearest state secondary (Year 9–13) school is Naenae College in Avalon.

References
  1. Hutt City Council - 2006 Hutt City Demographic Profile Archived December 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 7 January 2009
  2. Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west Retrieved: 10 January 2009
  3. Louis E. Ward (1928), Early Wellington, Auckland, Whitcombe and Toombs
  4. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.


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