North East Valley

North East Valley
Suburb
North East Valley, looking towards central Dunedin.
North East Valley North East Valley within Dunedin's urban area
Coordinates: 45°51′11″S 170°31′19″E / 45.852956°S 170.521975°E / -45.852956; 170.521975Coordinates: 45°51′11″S 170°31′19″E / 45.852956°S 170.521975°E / -45.852956; 170.521975
Country	New Zealand
Region	Otago
Territorial authority	Dunedin City
Ward	Central
Electorate	Dunedin North
Population (2006 census)
• Total	4,413
Time zone	NZST (UTC+12)
• Summer (DST)	NZDT (UTC+13)
Postcode	9010
Area code	03 (next digits 473)

North East Valley (sometimes spelt Northeast Valley, and often abbreviated to NEV) is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin.

North East Valley sits in the valley of the Lindsay Creek, a tributary of the Water of Leith and on the flanking slopes of Pine Hill and Signal Hill, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the northeast of the city centre.

North East Valley is a residential suburb, and is home to a mix of older residents and students from the city's tertiary institutions (the University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic, which lie 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the south, beyond the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. The suburb mainly consists of one long street, North Road, and numerous perpendicular side roads which branch off of it, many of which - especially on the eastern (Signal Hill) side - are notoriously steep. One of these, Baldwin Street, is reputedly the world's steepest street. Other than North Road, the suburb's main roads include Blacks Road and Norwood Street.

North East Valley was a separate borough until 1910, when it was amalgamated with the city of Dunedin.

The term North East Valley is often used to encompass four smaller suburbs within the valley, but more specifically refers to only one, which stretches from approximately Chambers Street north to Chingford Park. Beyond this are two smaller residential areas, Normanby and Mount Mera, and the area below Chambers Street is often simply referred to as The Gardens or The Gardens Corner (after the nearby Dunedin Botanic Gardens).

Normanby is the name of the northern end of North East Valley, at which point Dunedin's urban area gives way to open countryside. The land here is steeply sloping, as it is the foothills of Mount Cargill. The slopes of Mount Cargill itself are densely wooded, and are crisscrossed with walking tracks, some of which start at the Bethune's Gully reserve, at the northern end of Normanby. Mount Mera is an area of state housing sitting on the north facing side of the valley, just above Normanby.