Green Island is an island off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand, and is also the name of one of the city's suburbs. The suburb itself is not near the sea. Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, located in coastal Otago. ...

The island

Green Island is a small uninhabited island located 12 miles southwest of Dunedin CBD, close to the mouth of the Kaikorai Lagoon.

The suburb

Green Island, since 1989 officially a suburb of Dunedin, is situated on State Highway 1 eight kilometres west of the CBD. It has a population (2001) of 2430. The suburb's main economy is based on light and small scale heavy industry. The New Zealand State Highway network is a network of roads covering the North and South Islands. ...

Abbotsford

Immediately to the north of Green Island, and only separated from it by the State Highway and South Island Main Trunk Railway, is Abbotsford Abbotsford is an entirely residential suburb with virtually no retail or service sector of its own - for these it relies on Green Island which lies only some 300 metres to the south. Abbotsford has a population of 1677.

The Abbotsford landslide

On the night of August 8, 1979, a major landslide occurred in Abbotsford, resulting in the destruction or relocation of some 70 houses, and requiring the evacuation of over 600 people. This remains the largest landslip to have occurred in an urban area of New Zealand. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... It has been suggested that Mudslide be merged into this article or section. ...

Sunnyvale

At the southern end of the two twin suburbs is the smaller suburb of Sunnyvale. This was until the 1990s the site of the main road route south, but it and the suburb of Fairfield immediately to the south were bypassed by a motorway extension in 2000.

External links

Abbotsford landslide