Stoke, New Zealand

Stoke (Māori: Omaio) is a suburb of Nelson in New Zealand, located between Richmond and Tāhunanui.

Stoke was named by William Songer, the personal servant of Arthur Wakefield, after his birthplace Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk.

[4] A group of streets in Stoke, between Main Road Stoke and Nayland Road, are named after famous literary figures: Kipling, Tennyson, Keats, Shelley, Marlowe, Browning, Dickens, Homer and Coleridge.

It includes the Isel Park research facility which is part of the Nelson Provincial Museum.

Before the 2023 census, Stoke had a smaller boundary, covering 22.25 km2 (8.59 sq mi).

Stoke Main Road