Riversdale

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Riversdale

Total population

2,520

Coordinates-41.51°, 173.97°

Demographic figures from Stats NZ. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Riversdale is a suburb of Blenheim, in the Marlborough region of the South Island of New Zealand. Riversdale is separated from the rest of Blenheim by the Ōpaoa River on the north, east and western sides, and by the Main North Line and State Highway 1 on the western side. To the south, Islington is similarly separated on three sides by the Ōpaoa.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Robert Burns Watson

New Zealand doctor

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Julia Aranui-Faed

psychiatrist in New Zealand (1945-2025)

Ben Sigmund

New Zealand footballer

Cameron Howieson

New Zealand footballer

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Leon MacDonald

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

David Teece

New Zealand - American business academic

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Jason Allen

New Zealand cyclist

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Aaron Bancroft

New Zealand rugby union player

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Alan Sutherland

New Zealand rugby union player (1944–2020)

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Alex Pledger

New Zealand basketball player

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Chip Bailey

Communist, taxi driver, trade unionist

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David Hill

New Zealand rugby union player

Jamie Joseph

New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player and coach

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Jeremy Manning

rugby union player

Liam Messam

New Zealand rugby union player

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Jim Love

New Zealand rugby union coach (born 1953)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Marlborough

• Islington
  0.4 mi away
• Mayfield
  0.8 mi away · pop. 3,390
• Blenheim
  0.8 mi away · pop. 28,800
• Grovetown
  1.7 mi away · pop. 357
• Redwoodtown
  2 mi away · pop. 11,110
• Springlands
  2 mi away · pop. 6,080
• Yelverton
  2 mi away
• Witherlea
  2.4 mi away · pop. 5,960
• Burleigh
  2.5 mi away
• Spring Creek
  3.3 mi away · pop. 576
• Tuamarina
  5.2 mi away · pop. 237
• Woodbourne
  5.2 mi away

Browse all places in Marlborough →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.