Elsthorpe, New Zealand

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

Elsthorpe School is a Year 1-8 co-educational state primary school.[7] It is a decile 9 school with a roll of 48 as of April 2023.[8][9]

References
  1. Hariss, Gavin. "Elsthorpe, Hawke's Bay". topomap.co.nz. NZ Topo Map.
  2. "Elsthorpe". nzhistory.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  3. Pollock, Kerryn (30 November 2015). "Hawke's Bay places – Southern coast". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  4. "Business beats nostalgia for Elsthorpe sheep breeder Rick Lee". stuff.co.nz. Stuff Farming. 26 July 2017.
  5. "Elsthorpe St Stephen's". stlukeshn.org.nz. St Luke's Anglican Church.
  6. Ancell, Grant (2014). "Waterhouse memorial, Elsthorpe". nzhistory.govt.nz. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  7. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  8. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  9. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.

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