Solway, New Zealand

Solway is a suburb in the southern part of Masterton, a town in the Wairarapa Valley of New Zealand's North Island.

It features several parks and reserves, including the Millennium Park Reserve, and the South Park, a softball field and dog-walking area.[1]

History

Solway was developed out of a large station owned by one of the first European farmers to settle in the Wairarapa, William Hodgson Donald,[2] who named his station after the Cumbrian manor-house he was born and grew up in, the now-demolished Solway House on the banks of the Whampool River between Anthorn and Cardurnock.[3] The area had previously been known by the native Maori name Manaia, and for a brief period in 1911–12 was known as Purakau.[4]

A new 80-lot subdivision received planning approval in September 2013.[5][6]

Education

Solway School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[7][8] with a roll of 200 as of March 2020.[9]

Hadlow Preparatory School is a co-educational Anglican state-integrated primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[10][11] with a roll of 188.[12]

Solway College is a state-integrated Presbyterian girls' intermediate and secondary school for Year 7 to 13 students,[13] with a roll of 162.[14] It is a boarding school founded in 1916.[15]

Transport

Roads and bus services

Solway is served by many forms of public transport. State Highway 2 (or High Street), runs straight through the middle of Solway.

There are two bus services serving Solway:

  • 200 – To/from central Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston & Martinborough. Runs all week.
  • 202 – Travelling from Central Masterton through Solway and Kuripuni and back again. Runs 4 times daily on weekdays.

Rail services

Solway connects residents to the cities of Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt and Wellington. Its close proximity to Solway College makes it popular with its students, which board in Masterton and live in Wellington.

Hood Aerodrome
The Wings over Wairarapa Air Show is at Hood Aerodrome

Hood Aerodrome is in Solway though as of 2015, there are no commercial flights from it. From early 2009 until late 2013 Air New Zealand provided flights to Auckland, operated by subsidiary Eagle Airways six days a week, mainly to serve business customers in the Wairarapa.[16] There have been a few other unsuccessful attempts at commercial air travel in Masterton, mostly failing due to its proximity to major airports in Wellington and Palmerston North. The most significant was by South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand (SPANZ), which operated daily flights using DC3s during the sixties to destinations nationwide until the airline's closure in 1966.

Peter Jackson is an avid aviation enthusiast and owns a collection of over 40 flyable World War I-era warbirds housed at Solway's Hood Aerodrome.[17]

References
Anzac Day 2009
  1. "Parks and Public Spaces". mstn.govt.nz. Masterton District Council.
  2. In Peace & War: A Civilian Soldier's Story
  3. Carlisle Journal
  4. Wairarapa Age
  5. "Wairarapa Times Age". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Wairarapa Times Age.
  6. "Solway September 2013" (PDF). mstn.govt.nz. Masterton District Council.
  7. "Solway School Official School Website". solway.school.nz.
  8. "Solway School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  9. "Solway School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  10. "Hadlow Preparatory School Official School Website". hadlow.school.nz.
  11. "Hadlow Preparatory School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  12. "Hadlow Preparatory School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  13. "Solway College Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  14. "Solway College Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  15. "Solway College Official School Website". solwaycollege.school.nz.
  16. "Air NZ announces Masterton-Auckland route". Fairfax New Zealand. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  17. Kahn, jeremy (23 September 2014). "Peter Jackson dogfighting over vintage warbirds". New Zealand Herald.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.