Otamatea
Otamatea is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. Otamatea is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council. Otamatea is located on the northwestern edge of the Whanganui urban area, straddling State Highway 3 for approximately 3 kilometres north of Virginia Lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Faith City School and Cooks Gardens.
Faith City School
School
Faith City School, formerly Faith Academy, is a state-integrated primary school in New Zealand. With a roll of around 150 students Faith City School is the largest inter-denominational school in the Wanganui area.
Cooks Gardens
Park
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cooks Gardens is a multi-purpose stadium in Wanganui, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches, athletics and cycling. The main stadium, known as Westpac Stadium, is able to hold 20,700 people with 3,500 covered seats. Cooks Gardens is situated 4 km southeast of Otamatea.
Ward Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ward Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Whanganui, New Zealand. Built in 1901 and administered by the Wanganui Astronomical Society, it is named after Joseph Ward, the society's first president and longtime director of the observatory. Ward Observatory is situated 4 km southeast of Otamatea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Johns Hill and Springvale.
St Johns Hill
Suburb
St Johns Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.
Springvale
Suburb
Springvale is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. An extension to the residential urban boundary was proposed in 2018 to provide homes for another 575 homes.
Westmere
Locality
Westmere is a lake and rural community in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The settlement was established in the late 19th century, with a school being opened near the lake in 1894.
Otamatea
- Type: Suburb with 1,730 residents
- Description: locality in Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui Region, New Zealand
- Categories: locality and human settlement
- Location: Manawatū–Whanganui, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-39.90779° or 39° 54′ 28″ southLongitude
175.01928° or 175° 1′ 9″ eastPopulation
1,730Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)Open location code
4VGQ32R9+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3056395260OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6224560Wikidata ID
Q65432395
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Otamatea” goes by many names.
- French: “Otamatea”
- Irish: “Otamatea”
- Maori: “Otamatea”
- Turkish: “Otamatea”
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