Woodend, New Zealand

Woodend is a town in the Waimakariri District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It may have been named because it was on the edge of what was then called the Maori Bush, or after an early settler, Thomas Wooding.[2] It is situated with both the Waimakariri and Ashley Rivers running either side.

Woodend
Minor urban area
Woodend in 2010
Woodend
Coordinates: 43°19′S 172°40′E
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Territorial authorityWaimakariri District
Area
 • Total3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2019)[1]
 • Total3,100
 • Density890/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Postcode
7610

The town has a population of 3,100 (June 2019).[1] It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of central Christchurch, and is a satellite town of the city; at the 2006 census, 63% of employed Woodend residents worked in Christchurch.[3]

Education

Woodend School is Woodend's only school. It is a state co-educational full primary school[4] with a decile rating of 8 and a roll of 321 students (as of March 2020).[5] The principal is Adrienne Simpson.

Notable residents
  • Anton Cooper (born 1994), cross-country cyclist and World Under 23 Cross-country champion[6]

References
  1. "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2019". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 421.
  3. "Commuting patterns in Christchurch – Commuting patterns in New Zealand, 1996–2006". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. Education Counts: Woodend School
  5. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. Richens, Matt (30 July 2014). "Anton Cooper wins with mountainbike gold". The Press. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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