Stoke
Omaio (Māori) | |
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Suburb | |
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Coordinates: 41°19′05″S 173°13′37″E / 41.318°S 173.227°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Nelson |
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Electorates | |
Government | |
• Territorial Authority | Nelson City Council |
• Nelson City Mayor | Nick Smith |
• Nelson MP | Rachel Boyack |
• Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
Area | |
• Total | 22.60 km2 (8.73 sq mi) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 19,980 |
• Density | 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
Postcode | 7011 |
Area code | 03 |
Stoke (Māori: Omaio) is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tāhunanui. Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk.[3]
In 2010 it was voted the "Keep New Zealand Beautiful People's Choice Best Place in New Zealand".[4]
A group of streets in Stoke, between Main Road Stoke and Nayland Road, are named after famous literary figures: Kipling, Tennyson, Keats, Shelley, Marlowe, Browning, Dickens, Homer and Coleridge.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The Nelson suburb traditionally joked about as being a retirement village is officially New Zealand's favourite place. Stoke was awarded the honour at the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards in Parliament last night...
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