- Hoon Hay
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Hoon Hay — Suburb — Coordinates: 43°34′0″S 172°36′30″E / 43.566667°S 172.60833°ECoordinates: 43°34′0″S 172°36′30″E / 43.566667°S 172.60833°E Country New Zealand City Christchurch Population (2001)[1] – Total 4,826 Postcodes 8024, 8025 Hoon Hay is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It lies to the southwest of the city close to the Port Hills. It is named after a village in Derbyshire.
Hillmorton and Spreydon lie to the north. Somerfield is to the east and Cashmere to the southeast. The hill suburb of Westmoreland was developed to the south during the 1980s. To the west lies farmland then Halswell
Hoon Hay valley is a rural valley approximately 2 km southwest of the suburb. Cashmere Stream, a tributary of the Heathcote River, flows down the valley.
Education
- Hoon Hay school is a coeducational state contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 402 and a decile rating of 7. [2]
- Our Lady of the Assumption school is a coeducational state integrated primary school (years 1-8) with a roll of 223 and a decile rating of 8. [3] The school was founded by the Catholic Church in 1957.[4]
References
- ^ Combined Statistics NZ Area units Hoon Hay and Hoon Hay South
- ^ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Hoon Hay school
- ^ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Our Lady of the Assumption school
- ^ "Our Lady of the Assumption 50th Jubilee". Education Gazette New Zealand 85 (19). 6 November 2006. http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php/notices.php?action=view&id=604295. Retrieved 2008-11-16.[dead link]
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Port Hills Suburbs Balmoral Hill • Cashmere • Clifton • Cracroft • Ferrymead • Halswell • Heathcote Valley • Hillsborough • Hoon Hay • Huntsbury • Kennedys Bush • Moncks Bay • Moncks Spur • Mt Pleasant • Murray Aynsley • Redcliffs • Richmond Hill • Scarborough • St Andrews Hill • Sumner • Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake • Westmorland
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