Stoke, New Zealand
Stoke
Omaio (Māori) | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
Interactive map of Stoke | |
| Coordinates: 41°19′05″S 173°13′37″E / 41.318°S 173.227°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Nelson |
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| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Nelson City Council |
| • Nelson City Mayor | Nick Smith |
| • Nelson MP | Rachel Boyack |
| • Te Tai Tonga MP | Tākuta Ferris |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.60 km2 (8.73 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2025) | |
• Total | 20,260 |
| • Density | 896.5/km2 (2,322/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 7011 |
| Area code | 03 |
Stoke (Māori: Omaio) is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tāhunanui. Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk.
In 2010 it was voted the "Keep New Zealand Beautiful People's Choice Best Place in New Zealand".
A group of streets in Stoke, between Main Road Stoke and Nayland Road, are named after famous literary figures: Baxter, Browning, Byron, Coleridge, Dickens, Keats, Kipling, Holcroft, Homer, Marlowe, Masefield, Rossetti, Sargeson, Shelley, Tennyson, and Wordsworth.