Green Island

Green Island is a suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand. It is not on the sea — formerly a borough, it took its name from the Green Island bush, uncleared native forest extending from the valley where the town is centred over the hills towards the coast. The offshore island's name was used to identify the bush. Green Island, since 1989 officially an outer suburb of Dunedin, is on State Highway 1 8 km (5 mi) west of the Dunedin CBD, at 45°54′11″S 170°26′04″E / 45.90306°S 170.434384°E / -45.90306; 170.434384. It has a population (2001) of 2,430. Green Island's main economy is based on light and small scale heavy industry. Immediately to the north of Green Island, and only separated from it by the State Highway and South Island Main Trunk...