Seatoun

Seatoun
Seatoun from Wellington Harbour entrance
Seatoun Seatoun (New Zealand Wellington)
Basic information
Local authority	Wellington City
Date established	1889
Population	2,130 (2006 ^[1])
Facilities
Ferry terminal(s)	Seatoun Ferryterminal
Surrounds
North	Worser Bay
East	Wellington Harbour heads
South	Breaker Bay, Cook Strait
Southwest	Strathmore Park
Northwest	Miramar

Seatoun, an eastern suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, lies on the east coast of the Miramar Peninsula, close to the entrance to Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson), some seven kilometres southeast of the CBD. The suburb sits on an exposed promontory close to Barrett Reef, a dangerous area of rocky shallows upon which many ships have foundered, most notably the inter-island ferry TEV Wahine in 1968.

Europeans first settled the suburb in 1889. The name Seatoun comes from a locality in Forfarshire,^[2] Scotland linked with the family history of James Coutts Crawford, the suburb's founder.

Education

The town is the site of Seatoun School, a highly established primary school founded in 1916. In 2002 Seatoun School was re-established in an award winning new facility on the old Fort Dorset army base. Seatoun School is a decile 10 school, catering towards children from Year 1 to Year 8.

The school is built within metres of the entrance to Wellington Harbour. It is a glorious site with an extensive grass playing field complete with a number of exciting fitness stations around its parameter.

Notable Sites

Seatoun as a suburb outlooks onto Steeple Rock, which is the largest rock of Barrett Reef at the west of the entrance to Wellington Harbour, rising 7m above sea level. Its Māori name is Te Aroaro-o-Kupe (The front of Kupe), after being officially changed on 3 September 2009 from Te Ure-o-Kupe (The penis of Kupe).[1] Kupe, the legendary discoverer of Aotearoa, is said to have injured himself on the rock while swimming.[2]

References

↑ Quickstats about Seatoun
↑ Compare: Chambers, Robert (1836). "Fetteresso". The gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh. Retrieved 2014-09-20. In a northerly part of the parish [of Fetteresso in Kincardineshire] near the shore is the village of Seatoun.

Official suburbs of Wellington City, New Zealand

Northern Ward	Broadmeadows Churton Park Glenside Grenada Grenada North Horokiwi Johnsonville Khandallah Newlands Ohariu Paparangi Tawa Takapu Valley Woodridge

Onslow-Western Ward	Karori Northland Crofton Downs Kaiwharawhara Ngaio Ngauranga Makara Makara Beach Wadestown Wilton

Lambton Ward	Brooklyn Aro Valley Kelburn Wellington Central Mount Victoria Oriental Bay Te Aro Thorndon Highbury Pipitea

Southern Ward	Berhampore Island Bay Newtown Vogeltown Houghton Bay Kingston Mornington Mount Cook Owhiro Bay Southgate

Eastern Ward	Hataitai Lyall Bay Kilbirnie Miramar Seatoun Breaker Bay Karaka Bays Maupuia Melrose Moa Point Rongotai Roseneath Strathmore Park

Coordinates: 41°19′S 174°50′E / 41.317°S 174.833°E / -41.317; 174.833

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