Fitzroy, Taranaki


Fitzroy is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the north-east of the city centre.
According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Fitzroy has a population of 3,750, an increase of 159 people since the 2006 census.
The area was initially named the Fitzroy Block after Governor Robert FitzRoy reduced the land purchased by the Plymouth Company from local Māori from to in the mid-1840s.
Holy Trinity Church in Henui Street is listed as a Category I structure with Heritage New Zealand.

Education

is a coeducational contributing primary school with a roll of students as of The school celebrated its 125th jubilee in 2007.
Sacred Heart Girls' College is a Catholic girls' secondary school with a roll of students as of The school was founded in 1884 and moved to its present site in 1960. It became a state integrated school in 1982. The secondary school has an attached intermediate school.
St John Bosco School is a coeducational contributing primary school with a roll of students as of It is a state integrated Catholic school, established in 1942.