Durie Hill

Durie Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. It was designed with curvilinear streets, reserves, croquet lawns and tennis courts.[1]

The Durie Hill Elevator connects the suburb with Anzac Parade.[2] The elevator and tunnel were proposed by Wanganui Chronicle editor John Ball and Technical School engineering instructor Edward Crow, but most residents of the new suburb refused to fund it.[3][4]

A revitalisation programme was launched in 2019, including the introduction of planter boxes and the founding of a village market.[5]

Education

Durie Hill School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[6] with a roll of 238 as of March 2020.[7]

References
  1. Schrader, Ben (11 March 2020). "City planning - Planning between the world wars". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  2. "Durie Hill Elevator and Tower". Visit Whanganui. Whanganui District Council. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. Smart, Maxwell J.G.; Bates, Arthur P. (1972). The Wanganui Story. Wanganui: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd. p. 187.
  4. Wrigglesworth, Karen (2 January 2011). "Wanganui, NZ: Durie Hill Tunnel & Elevator". Geeky Getaways. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. Brooks, Paul (27 June 2019). "Durie Hill team steps up". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Wanganui Midweek.
  6. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  7. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.

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