Elsthorpe is a village in the Central Hawke's Bay District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located east of Ōtāne, Waipawa and State Highway 2 and west of the east coast.[1]
It began as a sheep station, named after Elsthorpe, a hamlet in the English county of Lincolnshire.[2] It is now a small settlement, supporting neighbouring sheep farms.[3][4]
The local St Stephen's Chapel holds five services during the year under the oversight of St Luke's Anglican Church in Havelock North.[5] The village also features a memorial to Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter pilot Flight Lieutenant William Waterhouse, who died in a Vietnam War training accident in Canberra in January 1969.[6]
The Elsthorpe and neighbouring Omakere rugby union teams were featured in a New Zealand television advertisement for coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Education
editElsthorpe School is a Year 1-8 co-educational state primary school.[7] It is a decile 9 school with a roll of 50 as of August 2024.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ Hariss, Gavin. "Elsthorpe, Hawke's Bay". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
- ^ "Elsthorpe". nzhistory.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- ^ Pollock, Kerryn (30 November 2015). "Hawke's Bay places – Southern coast". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- ^ "Business beats nostalgia for Elsthorpe sheep breeder Rick Lee". stuff.co.nz. Stuff Farming. 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Elsthorpe St Stephen's". stlukeshn.org.nz. St Luke's Anglican Church.
- ^ Ancell, Grant (2014). "Waterhouse memorial, Elsthorpe". nzhistory.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
- ^ "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
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