Durie Hill
Durie Hill | |
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Durie Hill Memorial Tower | |
Interactive map of Durie Hill | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Whanganui |
| Local authority | Whanganui District Council |
| Area | |
| • Land | 257 ha (640 acres) |
| Population (June 2025) | |
• Total | 2,250 |
| • Density | 875/km2 (2,270/sq mi) |
| Whanganui East Bastia Hill |
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| (Whanganui River) Whanganui Central |
Durie Hill
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Okoia |
| Putiki | Marybank |
Durie Hill is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.
The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. It was designed with curvilinear streets, reserves, croquet lawns and tennis courts.
The Durie Hill Elevator connects the suburb with Anzac Parade. The elevator and tunnel were proposed by Wanganui Chronicle editor John Ball and Technical School engineering instructor Edward Crow, but most residents of the new suburb refused to fund it.
A revitalisation programme was launched in 2019, including the introduction of planter boxes and the founding of a village market.