Fairfield, Otago

For the suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand, see Fairfield, Waikato

Fairfield

Coach and Horses Hotel, Fairfield

The quiet suburb of Fairfield lies 10 kilometres to the west of Dunedin CBD, in Otago, southern New Zealand.

Fairfield lies in rolling hill country between Abbotsford and the Taieri Plains, close to the slopes of Saddle Hill and Scroggs Hill. The name Fairfield was originally given as a descriptive name by early European settler William Martin to his farm property, located close to where the town now stands.^[1]

Until 2000, Fairfield was situated on State Highway 1, but the construction of a ten kilometre stretch of the Dunedin Southern Motorway (the southernmost motorway in the world) between Caversham and Mosgiel at that time created the Fairfield bypass. Fairfield has a (2001) population of 2010.

The local primary school is Fairfield School.

The rare Acanthoxyla prasina or prickly stick insect is resident in Fairfield.^[2]

References

↑ Reed, A. W. (1975). Place names of New Zealand. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. ISBN 0-589-00933-8.
↑ "Insect poses prickly questions" on Otago Daily Times website, viewed 2013-10-16

Suburbs of Dunedin
Central city	Central Dunedin City Rise Dunedin North The Exchange Fernhill
Main urban area - north	Balmacewen Burkes Dalmore The Gardens Glenleith Leith Valley Liberton Maia Maori Hill Mount Mera Normanby North East Valley Opoho Pine Hill Prospect Park Ravensbourne St Leonards Wakari Woodhaugh
Main urban area - east	(Otago Harbour) Challis The Cove Grants Braes Highcliff Vauxhall Waverley
Main urban area - south	Andersons Bay Corstorphine Forbury Kensington Kew Musselburgh Ocean Grove (Tomahawk) St Clair St Kilda Shiel Hill South Dunedin Southern Endowment Sunshine Tahuna Tainui
Main urban area - west	Abbotsford Balaclava Belleknowes Bradford Brockville Burnside Caversham Calton Hill Concord The Glen Glenross Green Island Halfway Bush Helensburgh Kaikorai Kaikorai Valley Kenmure Littlebourne Little Paisley Lookout Point Maryhill Mornington Roslyn Sunnyvale
Surrounding districts	Aramoana Brighton Broad Bay Careys Bay Company Bay Evansdale Fairfield Harington Point Macandrew Bay Mosgiel Ocean View Otakou Port Chalmers Portobello Pukehiki Roseneath Sawyers Bay Waitati Waldronville Warrington Wingatui

Coordinates: 45°54′S 170°24′E / 45.900°S 170.400°E / -45.900; 170.400

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