Happy Valley is a southern suburb of

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

, New Zealand, although it is not an "official" suburb to the

Wellington City Council Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the country's capital city Wellington, and ''de facto'' second-largest city (if the commonly considered parts of Wellington, the Upper Hutt, Porirua, Lower Hutt and ...

. It is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast. The name "Happy Valley" has been in use since the 1840s. The statistical area of Happy Valley-Owhiro Bay had a population of 1,743 at the

2013 New Zealand census The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third national census. "The National Census Day" used for the census was on Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,242,048, – an increase of 214,101 or 5.3% over the 20 ...

, an increase of 84 people since the 2006 census. There were 858 males and 885 females. Happy-Valley010

Happy Valley currently has a small eclectic Green community. There is an active community garden nearby the main waterway, the Owhiro Stream, between Ōwhiro Bay School and the coast. North Happy Valley has an active environmental care group called Friends of the Owhiro Stream (FOOS), formed in 2002. The group has done quite an amount of eco-renewal including weed control and planting along the riverbanks. Happy Valley features in the opening and closing scenes of the World War II novel 'Lancewood', written by Alan Marshall, in which both penguins and cows are represented side by side on the beach.

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Suburbs of Wellington City {{Wellington-geo-stub