Northland
Northland is the hill suburb between Kelburn and Wilton, reached through the Northland Tunnel from Kelburn, with the former fire station on Northland Road, the village shops opposite it and Te Ahumairangi above.
Why people love it here
Northland sits on the south-western slopes of Te Ahumairangi, the hill above Thorndon, and the way in from the city is through the Northland Tunnel, which the trams first ran through in 1929. The tunnel comes out at the village, and the village is where the suburb happens.
The 1930 fire station on Northland Road is the building everyone knows. It was designed by William Turnbull in a neo-Georgian style, with its central archway and brick walls, and it served the western suburbs until 1997, when it became apartments. The shops face it across the road.
Two prime ministers, Michael Joseph Savage and Peter Fraser, lived at 64 to 66 Harbour View Road, and the writer Robin Hyde lived on Northland Road in the 1920s. Northland School, on Harbour View Road since 1906, takes children from Year 1 to Year 8, and the Northland Memorial Community Centre on Woburn Road has the halls and the badminton.
Ian Galloway Park, with its fields and the fenced dog park, is at the Wilton end, and Ōtari-Wilton's Bush and the Botanic Garden are each a short drive away. The number 13 bus runs through the village to the city, and Kelburn and the university are the other side of the tunnel.
Northland, counted
Stats NZ figures for the statistical area Northland, Place summaries. Population is the estimated resident population; the rest are the 2023 Census. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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What you can buy here
The Harbour View Road villa
The early houses on the ridge streets, from the years after the suburb took its name in 1900.
The hillside house
Houses stepped up the slope between Northland Road and Garden Road, some with the top floor at street level on the road above.
The apartment in the fire station
The 1930 station converted into flats, and the newer apartments and infill around the village.
The station and the tunnel
The fire station
William Turnbull's 1930 neo-Georgian station on Northland Road, the suburb's finest public building and now its landmark.
The tunnel
Under the ridge from Kelburn since 1929, the tram route that made the suburb and the bus route that still serves it.
What people ask about Northland
Where is Northland?
Northland is on the south-western slopes of Te Ahumairangi, west of the city centre, between Kelburn, Wilton and Karori, and is reached through the Northland Tunnel from Kelburn.
How far is Northland from Wellington's city centre?
About 3 km by road through Kelburn and the Northland Tunnel, and the number 13 bus runs through the village to Brandon Street.
What is Northland known for?
The 1930 former fire station on Northland Road, the Northland Tunnel of 1929, and the houses of two prime ministers, Michael Joseph Savage and Peter Fraser, on Harbour View Road.
What kind of homes are in Northland?
Early villas on the ridge streets, houses stepped up the slope between Northland Road and Garden Road, and apartments including the converted fire station.
What schools are in Northland?
Northland School on Harbour View Road is the state school for Years 1 to 8, and Wellington Girls' College and Onslow College both name Northland in their enrolment zones.
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