Thorndon, New Zealand

Suburb in Wellington City, New Zealand

Thorndon
Suburb
Thorndon in front of Kelburn and Te Ahumairangi Hill. Karori in the distance
Coordinates: 41°16′30″S 174°46′40″E / 41.2750°S 174.7779°E / -41.2750; 174.7779
Country	New Zealand
City	Wellington City
Local authority	Wellington City Council
Electoral ward	Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori Ward
Established	1840
Area [1]
• Land	149 ha (368 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	4,390
Railway stations	Wellington railway station opened 1937 Pipitea Point station (burnt 1878) Thorndon station (dem. 1937) Lambton station (dem. 1937)
Ferry terminals	Wellington Interislander Terminal, Wellington Bluebridge Terminal

Wilton	Wadestown
Northland	Thorndon	Pipitea
	Kelburn, Pipitea C B D

Thorndon is a historic inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Because the suburb is relatively level compared to the hilly terrain elsewhere in Wellington it contained Wellington's elite residential area until its best was destroyed in the 1960s by a new motorway and the erection of tall office buildings on the sites of its Molesworth Street retail and service businesses.

Before Thorndon was Thorndon it was Haukawakawa and in 1824 Pipitea Pā was settled at its southern end. More recently Pipitea Marae and the land under the Government Centre have been separated from Thorndon and the name Pipitea returned to them in 2003. The reclamations have been included in the new suburb Pipitea.

Thorndon combines the home of government and upmarket residential accommodation. It is located at the northern end of the Central Business District.