Havelock, New Zealand

Infobox Settlement
name = Havelock
population_total = 486
population_as_of = 2006

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image_caption = Part of Havelock at low tide
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = New Zealand
subdivision_type1= Region
subdivision_name1= Marlborough
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latd = 41
latm = 16
lats = 59
latNS = S
longd = 173
longm = 46
longs = 0
longEW = E

Havelock is a coastal village in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It sits at the head of Pelorus Sound, one of the Marlborough Sounds. The population was 486 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 15 from 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/final-counts/marlborough-region.htm|title=Final counts – census night and census usually resident populations, and occupied dwellings - Marlborough Region|publisher=Statistics New Zealand]

State Highway 6 from Nelson to Blenheim passes through the town. Queen Charlotte Drive, which provides a shorter but very tortuous road to Picton proceeds east along the edge of the Sounds. Canvastown is 10 km to the west. Renwick is 31 km to the south. Picton is 35 km to the east. [cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (editor)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 60] [cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|id=ISBN 1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 132, 138]

Havelock is the centre for much of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel industry.

Havelock was named after Sir Henry Havelock, known from the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The main street is Lucknow Street. [cite book|title=Click - A Captured Moment - Marlborough's Early Heritage|author=Marlborough Historical Society|year=2005|isbn=0-473-10475-X|pages=p 68]

Notable people

*William Pickering, space scientist and former director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratorycite web|url=http://www.havelock.school.nz/famous.htm|title=Famous Students|publisher=Havelock School]
*Ernest Rutherford, Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Education

Havelock School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 7 and a roll of 86. [cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=2855|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - Havelock School|publisher=Ministry of Education] The school was founded in 1861. [cite web|url=http://www.havelock.school.nz/rollcall2011.htm|title=RollCall 2011 - Havelock School 150th year Anniversary|publisher=Havelock School]

References

External links

* [http://www.havelock.school.nz Havelock School website]
* [http://www.havelockinfocentre.co.nz Havelock Info Centre]