Burwood is a north-eastern suburb of Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

, New Zealand. The suburb is mostly a residential area and is centred around Burwood Hospital, Travis Wetland

Travis Wetland

Travis Wetland is an ecological restoration programme in the suburb of Burwood in Christchurch, New Zealand.It covers 116 ha of land formerly drained and used as a dairy farm...

 Nature Heritage Park and Bottle Lake Forest

Bottle Lake Forest

Bottle Lake Forest is a production forest and recreational park located in Christchurch, New Zealand, approximately 10 km north-east of the city centre. The visitor centre at the Forest's entry from Waitikiri Drive provides visitors with information about the different roles of Bottle Lake Forest...

 (a 31 acres (125,452.7 m²) recreation, forested area). Recently, the local iwi

Iwi

In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Māori culture. The word iwi means "'peoples' or 'nations'. In "the work of European writers which treat iwi and hapū as parts of a hierarchical structure", it has been used to mean "tribe" , or confederation of tribes,...

, Ngai Tahu

Ngai Tahu

Ngāi Tahu, or Kāi Tahu, is the principal Māori iwi of the southern region of New Zealand, with the tribal authority, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, being based in Christchurch and Invercargill. The iwi combines three groups, Kāi Tahu itself, and Waitaha and Kāti Mamoe who lived in the South Island prior...

, created a new subdivision in the area, naming it 'Tumara Park'.

Burwood contains two schools: Burwood Primary School

Burwood Primary School

Burwood Primary School is a public co-educational primary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated on the Avon river in Burwood/Shirley area....

 and Windsor School.