Brown Owl, New Zealand
Suburb of Upper Hutt City, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brown Owl is a suburb of Upper Hutt, located 3–4km from the city centre. It developed slowly from the 1960s
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Brown Owl | |
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Coordinates: 41.1049°S 175.0983°E / -41.1049; 175.0983 | |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Wellington Region |
Territorial authority | Upper Hutt |
Electorates | |
Government | |
• Territorial Authority | Upper Hutt City Council |
• Regional council | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
• Mayor of Upper Hutt | Wayne Guppy |
• Remutaka MP | Chris Hipkins |
• Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MP | Cushla Tangaere-Manuel |
Area | |
• Total | 8.99 km2 (3.47 sq mi) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 3,850 |
• Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
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The suburb is located on the eastern side of the Hutt River at the base of the Eastern Hutt Valley Hills and Emerald Hill, with SH2 running right through it. It is bordered by Timberlea to the east (at the intersection of SH2 and Norana Road in the northeast), Maoribank to the south of SH2 at Moeraki Road, and Birchville just past the northern side of Harcourt Park on Akatarawa Road. Tōtara Park can be accessed by foot by crossing the Harcourt Park Bridge at the end of Norbert Street.