Thorndon, New Zealand
Thorndon | |
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| Coordinates: 41°16′30″S 174°46′40″E / 41.2750°S 174.7779°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Wellington City |
| Local authority | Wellington City Council |
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| Established | 1840 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 149 ha (368 acres) |
| Population (June 2024) | |
• Total | 4,310 |
| Railway stations |
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| Ferry terminals | Wellington Interislander Terminal, Wellington Bluebridge Terminal |
| Wilton | Wadestown | |
| Northland |
Thorndon
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Pipitea |
| Kelburn, Pipitea Central Business District |
Thorndon is a historic inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Because the suburb is relatively level compared to the hilly terrain elsewhere in Wellington it contained Wellington's elite residential area until it changed in the 1960s with the building of a new motorway and the erection of tall office buildings on the sites of its Molesworth Street retail and service businesses.
Before Thorndon was Thorndon it was Haukawakawa and in 1824 Pipitea Pā was settled at its southern end. More recently Pipitea Marae and the land under the Government Centre have been separated from Thorndon and the name Pipitea returned in 2003. The reclamations have been included in the new suburb Pipitea.
Thorndon combines the home of government and residential accommodation. It is located at the northern end of the Central Business District.