Redwood, Canterbury

For the Wellington, New Zealand suburb, see Redwood, Wellington.

Redwood
Redwood, Christchurch in early summer.
Redwood
Coordinates: 43°28′36″S 172°37′01″E / 43.47660°S 172.61696°E / -43.47660; 172.61696Coordinates: 43°28′36″S 172°37′01″E / 43.47660°S 172.61696°E / -43.47660; 172.61696
Area
• Total	4.0943 km² (1.5808 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	7,512
• Density	1,800/km² (4,800/sq mi)

Redwood is a suburb located in Christchurch, New Zealand which includes the sub-division of Redwood Springs. The suburb was first named Styx but renamed following a popular vote of local residents in the 1960s after a large Sequoia redwood tree still standing in Prestons Road. The original forest cover was Totara and Kahikatea. Redwood has its own community radio station called Good Music FM 107.5 (formerly known as Radio Redwood).

External links

Rainbow Springs Nature Park is forested with California redwood trees, originally planted in 1931.

References

Suburbs of Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Main suburbs	Aranui Belfast Bishopdale Burnside Cashmere Central City Fendalton Halswell Hornby Linwood Merivale New Brighton Papanui Riccarton Shirley St Albans Sumner Sydenham Woolston

Minor suburbs	Addington Aidanfield Avondale Avonhead Avonside Barrington Beckenham Bexley Bottle Lake Bridgend Bromley Brooklands Broomfield Burwood Bryndwr Casebrook Chaneys Clifton Coutts Island Cracroft Dallington Edgeware Ferrymead Harewood Heathcote Valley Hei Hei Hillmorton Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Hyde Park Ilam Islington Kainga Kennedys Bush Mairehau Marshland Masham Middleton Moncks Bay Mount Pleasant Murray Aynsley Hill North Linwood North New Brighton Northcote Northwood Oaklands Opawa Ouruhia Parklands Phillipstown Queenspark Redcliffs Redwood Richmond Richmond Hill Richmond South Russley St Andrews Hill St Martins Scarborough Sockburn Somerfield South New Brighton Southshore Spencerville Spreydon Stewarts Gully Strowan Styx Taylors Mistake Upper Riccarton Waimairi Beach Wainoni Waltham Westlake Westmorland Wigram Yaldhurst

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