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{{Short description|Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand}}
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| name           = Aro Valley
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| caption1       = Houses along Aro St
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| city1          = [[Wellington City]]
| council        = [[Wellington City Council]]
| ward           = {{ubl|[[Wellington City Council#Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward| Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward]]|Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori Ward}}
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Aro Valley
| north          = [[Kelburn, New Zealand|Kelburn]]
| northeast      = 
| east           = [[Te Aro]] city centre
| southeast      = 
| south          = [[Brooklyn, Wellington|Brooklyn]]
| southwest      = 
| west           = Mitchelltown,  Taitville (also known as Highbury or Mount Pleasant)
| northwest      = [[Northland, Wellington|Northland]]
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The '''Aro Valley''' forms a small inner-city suburb of [[Wellington]] in [[New Zealand]]. It takes its name from the stream which originally flowed where modern Hōniana Te Puni (formerly Epuni) Street is.<ref name=stuffhistory>{{cite news|title=Street history: Aro St|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/features/7766413/Street-history-Aro-St |work=The Wellingtonian |author= Weber, Adriana }}</ref> The stream's Māori name was originally Wai-Mapihi, but it was commonly called Te Aro Stream due to it running through the [[Te Aro]] flat.<ref name=stuffhistory />

== Geography ==
[[File:Rarora Road, AroValley 04.jpg|thumb|Raroa Road]]
[[File:AroValley 08.jpg|thumb|Aro Valley close to the intersection with Willis Street]]
The Aro Valley is 126 hectares running between the hills of [[Brooklyn, Wellington|Brooklyn]] to the south, and [[Kelburn, New Zealand|Kelburn]] to the north, with the area of [[Karori]] to the west and [[Te Aro]], the city centre to the east.

Much of Wellington consists of the remnants of an old [[peneplain]], a flat expanse that rose from the sea about 20 million years ago. This land was heavily dissected by watercourses from that time and today the tops of the hills around Wellington indicate the general height of that eroded peneplain.<ref>Fundamentals of Geomorphology Richard J Huggett 2007</ref> During this time massive faults appeared that are still active today.

Aro Valley formed from fault activity. One kilometre to the west of Aro Valley is the Wellington Fault running north-east along the foot of the Tinakori Hills and beyond. A series of splinter faults branch off from the Wellington Fault. Activity along these faults over millions of years caused tilting of the land to create valleys, including Aro Valley, south-east of the main fault.

Aro Valley, and its tributary valleys, are well sheltered from the wind and have soil enriched by past alluvial deposits. The valley walls are steep in places and house sites are correspondingly uneven, in typical Wellington fashion.

The valley comprises part of the bed of the Wai-Mapihi Stream.  Aro Street runs through the whole valley, from Willis Street in the east to Raroa Road in the west; major side-streets include Devon Street, Hōniana Te Puni Street, Adams Terrace, Mitchelltown's Holloway Road and Taitville's Norway Street.

==Parks==
[[File:Houses in Aro Valley Park.jpg|thumb|Cardboard houses set up in Aro Valley Park]]
A prominent feature of Aro Valley is Aro Park, which is the site of the former Matauranga School, which was itself on the site of the original Catholic school – St Mary of the Angels. The Park was formerly known as Seed's Hill after an early (1864) resident, Mr. Wm. Seed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wcl.govt.nz/heritage/streetspart2chap15.html|title=Streets of my city|website=www.wcl.govt.nz|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref> The Park has been extended and landscaped in recent years and is a focus for community recreation, especially on summer nights and weekends; the Aro Valley Community Centre stands on part of the park.

in 2017 Wellington Council purchased a considerable area of land to the north west border of Aro Park which will form part of the Wellington Town Belt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2017/08/aro-valley-gully-rejoins-the-town-belt|title=News – Aro Valley gully rejoins the Town Belt – Wellington City Council|website=wellington.govt.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref>

Aro Valley is almost surrounded by parkland the Aro Park to the north, Polhill Gully Recreation Reserve to the Northwest and Tanera Reserve & Central Park to the Southeast.

=== Polhill Gully ===
Polhill Reserve (Waimapihi Reserve) – on the western end of Aro Street – was named for the early settler, Baker Polhill. After his arrival in 1841 aboard the ''Oriental'', Polhill started a business selling timber harvested from the gully. Although he did not own the land, it became known as Polhill's Gully.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wellington City Council |title=History of Polhill Reserve |url=https://wellington.govt.nz/recreation/outdoors/parks-and-reserves/town-belt-reserves/george-denton-park-and-polhill-reserve/polhill-reserve-history |website=Wellington City Council |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> The area was originally a cultivation for Te Aro Māori.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Duncan |title=The Wellington Town Belt 1839–1861 |url=https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_94627466/Wai%20145%2C%20K003.pdf |website=Justice Govt NZ |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref>

By the 1960s Victoria University was considering Polhill Gully and Holloway Road as potential sites for its own expansion and began buying houses but by the 1970s the plans were being actively challenged by a new generation of Mitchelltown residents who felt the houses and the neighbourhood were worth saving, and by others who envisaged the restoration of Polhill Gully for wildlife habitat and recreational use. Discussion, disagreement and protest went on for years, and the university finally abandoned its plans in the early 1980s. Polhill Gully became a City Council Recreation Reserve in 1989.

In 2021, Wellington City Council changed the name from Polhill Gully to Waimapihi Reserve.<ref>{{ cite web |last1=Wellington City Council |title= Name Change Proposal For Polhill Reserves |url=https://meetings.wellington.govt.nz/your-council/reports/826/Name%20Change%20Proposal%20For%20Polhill%20Reserves|website=Wellington City Council | access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref>

Today the reserve is an attractive amenity used by more than a thousand cyclists, runners and walkers a week. It is also frequented by birds, including—thanks to the proximity of the [[Zealandia (wildlife sanctuary)|Zealandia]] wildlife sanctuary—many [[tūī]] and [[kākā]], and the occasional [[New Zealand bellbird|bellbird]], [[grey warbler]], North Island robin and saddleback.

== History ==
The Aro Valley today is a largely untouched remnant of old Wellington, with the majority of its dwellings dating from the first two decades of the twentieth century, and a significant number from the nineteenth. The Wellington City Council notes: "The  Valley  projects  a  strong  sense  of  place  due  to  its  geographical  separation  from  other  parts  of  the  city,  the  enclosure  of  the  valley  walls  and  the  relative  consistency  of  development within."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/your-council/plans-policies-and-bylaws/district-plan/volume02/files/v2residentialapp3.pdf?la=en|title=Wellington City Council Residential Design Guide|website=Wellington City Council|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>

=== Nineteenth century ===
Early tribal occupants of the Aro Valley included [[Ngāti Mutunga]], [[Ngāti Ruanui]], [[Muaūpoko]] and [[Ngāti Mamoe]]. In the 1830s Taranaki iwi [[Te Āti Awa]] settled at its western end. The stream itself was an important food source for Māori. It was called Waimapihi – in Māori, "the stream or bathing place" of Mapihi, a local chieftainess of Muaūpoko and Ngāti Mamoe descent.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Gov09_06Rail-t1-body-d5.html|author= Tohunga|title=The Wisdom of the Maori|magazine=The New Zealand Railways Magazine|volume=9|issue=6|date=1 September 1934|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref> These small communities adapted as best they could to the influx of British settlers that began in 1840, but they took a blow in 1855 when an [[1855 Wairarapa earthquake|earthquake]] raised the low-lying land draining the marshes and cutting off their main source of both food and flax for trading. This misfortune, combined with widespread illness, migration back to Taranaki to settle land disputes, and pressure from settlers for land, gradually saw the Māori population of Te Aro dwindle.
[[File:20180906 Aro Valley houses.jpg|alt=Two almost identical small wooden houses next to each. A pink one and a blue grey one. Set up from the street with a concrete retaining wall. A steep grassy bank is to the right. Parked cars and street posts in the foreground.|thumb|205 & 207 Aro Street. Built by George Baker, circa 1897. Historic Place Category 2]]
The land was part of the [[New Zealand Company]] purchase in 1839. It was first developed by settler Wellingtonians as a working-class residential suburb in around 1860,<ref name=stuffhistory /> the Aro Valley featured small, narrow [[lot (real estate)|section]]s with closely built wooden or corrugated-iron houses.

In the 1840 Plan of Wellington, the Aro Valley consisted of Wordsworth, Aro and Epuni Streets, as well as St John Street, which connected Aro Street and what became known as The Terrace.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=John |title=Wellington's plan (2nd of 4) |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/25723/wellingtons-plan |website=Te Ara |publisher=Manatū Taonga Ministry of Culture and Heritage |access-date=20 March 2025}}</ref> Of the 13 freehold acres available for European settlers, nine were in Epuni Street. European settlement grew as Māori left the area, including Te Āti Awa who returned to Taranaki in the 1850–60s. The valley increased in prominence with the opening of the Old Bullock Track, which allowed the valley to serve as an additional access route to Karori and which settlers would use when buying or selling goods in Wellington.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aro Valley Cottages Heritage Area - Wellington Heritage - Absolutely Positively Wellington City Council Me Heke Ki Poneke |url=https://www.wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz/areas/1-aro-valley-cottages?q= |website=www.wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz |publisher=Wellington City Council |access-date=20 March 2025}}</ref>

Devon Street in the north of Aro Valleys principal developer, William Adams and Elizabeth Adams, came from the Southern UK county of Devon. He purchased land here in 1885 and some of the houses built were occupied by his son and daughter in law Maxwell and Lila Adams.

=== Twentieth century ===
[[File:William Booth Memorial Training College Wellington opening.jpg|alt=A black and white photo of a crowd gathered outside the William Booth Memorial Training College building.|thumb|The opening of the William Booth Memorial Training College in 1914 (now Philosophy House).]]
[[File:AroValley 01.jpg|thumb|War memorial in Aro Valley]]

A route of the [[Wellington tramway system]] was opened in 1904, connecting Aro Street to the [[Wellington railway station]] via the city centre; it closed in 1957.<ref name=stuffhistory />

In the 1960s, ''The Evening Post'' described Holloway Road (a street originally known as Mitchelltown on the western edge of Aro Valley)  as "sagging stairways with most of the tread rotted away", leading to "sagging, open doors and damp, musty rooms where glass from broken windows crunches underfoot".<ref name=Hollowayhistory>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/features/7891272/Holloway-Rds-nod-to-history|title=Holloway Rd's nod to history |author=Romanos, Joseph | work=The Wellingtonian |date=2 November 2012}}</ref>

Matauranga School was a progressive primary school set up by Marie Bell and parents of Aro Valley in 1963<ref name=MarieBell>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/obituaries/8226673/Inspirational-educator-pushed-boundaries-for-women-children|title=Inspirational educator pushed boundaries for women, children |date=2 February 2013 |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]]|first=Carmen|last=Dalli}}</ref> and was a pioneer for the 'free-play' method of pre-schooling within New Zealand. In 1967 it became a full primary school.<ref name=TeraMatauranga>{{cite web|title=Matauranga School, 1969 (2nd of 2)|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/35739/matauranga-school-1969 |work= Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand}}</ref> The school closed in 1982 after teachers Marie Bell and Mike Regan left the school. The site became the current Park and Community centre in 1983 after residents fought the City Council that had "promise[d] to create community open space in the old asphalt schoolyard known as Matauranga [school]" <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Efford |first=Brent |date=2016 |title=Valley Voice |url=http://www.arovalley.org.nz/uploads/4/7/0/9/4709585/valleyvoice_06dec2016_for_print-1.pdf |journal=Aro Valley Voice |volume=quarterly |issue=4 |pages=8}}</ref><ref name=TeraMatauranga />

Gentrification has been ongoing in Aro Valley from the 1970s, boosted by [[urban renewal|urban-renewal]] [[town planning|planning]] (the Comprehensive Urban Renewal Area or CURA) after the rejection of a proposal to turn the valley into a main arterial road route: it became a desirable suburb, seen as close to the centre of Wellington and boasting notable community spirit. The Aro Valley Community Council was established in 1978 and was followed by the building of the Aro Valley Community Centre.<ref name=stuffhistory />

In 1974, the Aro Street public toilets were the scene of a Russian spy drama,<ref name=Hollowayhistory /> when economist, historian and writer [[Bill Sutch]] was caught and charged with attempting to pass [[classified information]] to the [[Soviet Union]]. (Sutch was later acquitted.)<ref>{{cite news|title=Fresh twist in 40-year-old Cold War spy mystery|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/10369208/Fresh-twist-in-40-year-old-Cold-War-spy-mystery |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |date=11 August 2014}}</ref>

Aro Valley contains the largest collection of unaltered working-class homes in Wellington, some built by local tradesmen for employees, many put up by professional builders and developers as speculative investments. Many of the buildings used as shops along Aro Street and a number of houses on Aro Street and Holloway Road are protected by designation on Wellington City Council Heritage List.<ref>http://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/your-council/plans-policies-and-bylaws/district-plan/volume01/files/v1chap21app.pdf?la=en WCC district plan</ref> 

Many of Aro Valley's older houses have serious problems with damp and mould, particularly those on the shadier side of the valley.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trubridge|first=Nick|date=2 December 2014|title=Let's live in... Aro Valley|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/63735090/lets-live-in-aro-valley|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Stuff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203030344/http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/63735090/Lets-live-in-Aro-Valley |archive-date=3 December 2014 }}</ref> One study found that as many as 40% of Aro Valley houses were damp.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Witton|first=Bridie|date=8 October 2020|title=Mouldy, damp flats making Wellingtonians sick, miserable and unproductive.|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/123010008/mouldy-damp-flats-making-wellingtonians-sick-miserable-and-unproductive|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Stuff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011072007/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/123010008/mouldy-damp-flats-making-wellingtonians-sick-miserable-and-unproductive |archive-date=11 October 2020 }}</ref> Despite this, Aro Valley remains a popular location for students to live due to its proximity to the University. 

As of 2021, 59% of homes in Aro Valley were non-owner occupied (rentals) and the median rental price was $631.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Oneroof suburb profile Aro Valley|url=https://www.oneroof.co.nz/suburb/aro-valley-wellington-city-613|url-status=|access-date=25 June 2021|website=Oneroof}}</ref> Between 2017 and 2021 the median sale price for a house in Aro Valley increased from $680,000 to $1.15 million.<ref name=":0" />

== Demographics ==
Aro Valley statistical area, which includes Highbury, covers {{Convert|1.25|km2||abbr=on}}.<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=27 June 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> It had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Aro Valley|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Aro Valley|y}}|R}}/1.25|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.

{{Historical populations|2006|3,432|2013|3,621|2018|3,762|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}}
Aro Valley had a population of 3,762 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], an increase of 141 people (3.9%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 330 people (9.6%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 1,410 households, comprising 1,890 males and 1,875 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.01 males per female. The median age was 27.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 303 people (8.1%) aged under 15 years, 1,764 (46.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,440 (38.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 258 (6.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 84.8% European/[[Pākehā]], 9.3% [[Māori people|Māori]], 3.1% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]], 10.5% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]], and 3.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 31.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 68.8% had no religion, 17.3% were [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 0.3% had [[Religion of Māori people|Māori religious beliefs]], 1.8% were [[Hinduism in New Zealand|Hindu]], 1.0% were [[Islam in New Zealand|Muslim]], 1.1% were [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhist]] and 5.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,611 (46.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 120 (3.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $29,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 723 people (20.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,794 (51.9%) people were employed full-time, 684 (19.8%) were part-time, and 258 (7.5%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Aro Valley (251200)|aro-valley|Aro Valley}}</ref>

== Sociology ==
Aro Valley also adjoins parts of [[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University]] (mainly to the north), and a large number of Valley residents study there or at [[Massey University]] to the east. Despite the gentrification sometimes known as [[gentrification|"yuppification"]] of the suburb, it keeps its reputation as a home to politico-social radicals. The area has a strong community council campaigning on a variety of issues such as eliminating plastic bag use in local shops.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arovalley.org.nz/plastic-free-july.html|title=Plastic Free July|website=Aro Valley Community Centre|language=en|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref> 

Alexandra Hollis writes in ''[[Salient (magazine)|Salient]]'' that "although Aro is this liberal, artsy enclave, it is also very aware of this reputation."<ref name="Salient profile">{{cite news | url=http://salient.org.nz/features/welcome-to-suburbia | title=Welcome to suburbia | work=Salient magazine | date=24 February 2014 | accessdate=21 February 2015 | author=Hollis Alexandra}}</ref> Illustrating this artiness young film-makers based in Wellington in the late 90s and 2000 were dubbed the Aro Valley movement, they made feature-length narrative dramas, which they edited and assembled on computer editing suites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/experimental-film/page-3|title=3.  – Experimental film – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref>

==Politics==
[[File:James Shaw Aro candidates meeting crop.JPG|thumbnail|upright|Green MP [[James Shaw (New Zealand politician)|James Shaw]] speaking at the 2014 Aro Valley candidates meeting. Shaw also lives in Aro Valley.]]
Politically, Aro Valley has become a stronghold or "spiritual home" of the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]].<ref name="Salient profile" /> In the [[2011 New Zealand general election|2011 general election]], the Aro Valley Community Centre was the polling station with the most number of ballots for the Green Party in the country (619), and also was amongst the top polling stations in terms of percentage support for the Greens (at 44%).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/11/29/where-the-greens-are-tops/ | title=Where the Greens are tops | work=blog.greens.org.nz | date=29 November 2011 | accessdate=21 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221050138/https://blog.greens.org.nz/2011/11/29/where-the-greens-are-tops/ | archive-date=21 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Before every general election the Aro Valley candidates meeting is held in the Aro Valley community hall. The atmosphere of the meetings can make them intimidating for candidates, who often face heckling from the audience.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stephenfranks.co.nz/unfranked-41-question-time-in-aro-valley/ | title=Unfranked #41 Question time in Aro Valley | work=stephenfranks.co.nz | date=9 September 2005 | accessdate=21 February 2015 | author=Franks, Stephen}}</ref>

== Education ==
[[File:School of Practical Philosophy.jpeg|thumbnail|The School of Practical Philosophy on Aro Street]]

===School enrolment zone===
Aro Valley is within the enrolment zones for [[Wellington College (New Zealand)|Wellington College]], [[Wellington Girls' College]], [[Wellington High School (New Zealand)|Wellington High School]], [[Wellington East Girls' College]], [[Boulcott#Education|St Oran's College]] and Te Aro School.<ref>{{cite web|title=eLearning Schools Search|url=http://nzschools.tki.org.nz/}}</ref>

=== Aro Valley Pre-School===
Aro Valley Pre-School is a licensed early childhood education centre in a purpose-built building situated next to the Aro Valley Community Centre and Aro Park. The pre-school caters to children aged three and four years old, with some younger children attending accompanied by their parents. Once a week they also facilitate a parent-led playgroup for children under three.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arovalleypreschool.nz/|title=Aro Valley Preschool website}}</ref>

=== Features of interest ===

* Aro Valley Community Centre (complex with public hall and pre-school; former site of Holy Family School) and the surrounding Aro park is the site of the Annual Aro Valley Fair, Arolympics and other events through the year.
* Wesleyan Methodist Hall built in 1903 (restored in 2019) at western end of Aro Street has had many community uses and is now flats.
* [[William Booth Memorial Training College (Wellington)|William Booth Memorial Training College]] (formerly a [[Salvation Army]] officer-training establishment, now the School of Practical Philosophy)
* Mickey Mouse Motors (as featured in the film ''[[Goodbye Pork Pie]]'', ceased trading since 2003, and is now the brewery [http://garageproject.co.nz/ Garage Project])
* Aro Valley War Memorial (at beginning of Holloway Road and the western end of Aro Street)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/aro-valley-war-memorial|title=Aro Valley war memorial  {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online|website=nzhistory.govt.nz|language=en|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warmemorialswgtn.weebly.com/aro-valley-memorial.html|title=ARO VALLEY MEMORIAL|website=WAR MEMORIALS WELLINGTON|language=en|access-date=2018-02-12}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.arovalley.org.nz Aro Valley Community Centre]

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