Stoke, New Zealand

Stoke

*Omaio* (Māori)
Stoke Omaio (Māori)
Suburb
	Stoke is slightly right of centre, lying between Richmond on the left and Tāhunanui under the coastal cloud on the right
	Coordinates: 41°19′05″S 173°13′37″E / 41.318°S 173.227°E
Country	New Zealand
Region	Nelson
Ward	Stoke-Tāhunanui General Ward; Whakatū Māori Ward;
Electorates	Nelson; Te Tai Tonga (Māori);
Government
• Territorial Authority	Nelson City Council
• Nelson City Mayor	Nick Smith
• Nelson MP	Rachel Boyack
• Te Tai Tonga MP	Tākuta Ferris
Area
• Total	22.60 km2 (8.73 sq mi)
Population (June 2024)
• Total	19,850
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+12 (NZST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode	7011
Area code	03

Stoke (Māori: Omaio) is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tāhunanui. Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk.

In 2010 it was voted the "Keep New Zealand Beautiful People's Choice Best Place in New Zealand".

A group of streets in Stoke, between Main Road Stoke and Nayland Road, are named after famous literary figures: Baxter, Browning, Byron, Coleridge, Dickens, Keats, Kipling, Holcroft, Homer, Marlowe, Masefield, Rossetti, Sargeson, Shelley, Tennyson, and Wordsworth.