Waterloo, New Zealand

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Waterloo
Country New Zealand
Local authorityLower Hutt City
Electoral wardEastern Ward
Population
 (2006 [1] )
  Total5,142
Train station(s) Waterloo
Lower Hutt CBD Epuni Fairfield
Woburn
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Waterloo is an eastern suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington. It is named after the Battle of Waterloo won by the Duke of Wellington in 1815. [2]

The Hutt City Council formally defines Waterloo as the area bounded by Waterloo Road and Burnside Street in the north, the Hutt Valley railway line in the west, Guthrie Street in the south, and the Wainuiomata hills in the east. [3]

It is the home suburb to Waterloo Primary School and the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. It is also home to Waterloo Interchange, a major train and bus station.

Education

Waterloo School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, [4] [5] with a roll of 519 as of March 2020. [6]

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References

  1. Hutt City Council – 2006 Hutt City Demographic Profile Retrieved: 7 January 2009
  2. Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand – Hutt Valley – central and west Retrieved: 10 January 2009
  3. "Hutt City Wards and Suburbs" (PDF). Hutt City Council. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. "Waterloo School Official School Website". waterloo.school.nz.
  5. "Waterloo School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  6. "Waterloo School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.

Coordinates: 41°13′01″S174°55′34″E / 41.217°S 174.926°E / -41.217; 174.926