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Paraparaumu is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a medium urban area and covers 28.38 km 2 (10.96 sq mi), [1] which includes Otaihanga, Paraparaumu Beach, Raumati Beach and Raumati South. It had an estimated population of 30,300 as of June 2024, with a population density of 1,068 people per km 2 .
Before the 2023 census, Paraparaumu Beach had a smaller boundary, covering 4.80 km 2 (1.85 sq mi). [1] Using that boundary, Paraparaumu Beach had a population of 9,087 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 507 people (5.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,077 people (13.4%) since the 2006 census.
Paraparaumu railway station in Paraparaumu on the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand is an intermediate station on the Kapiti Line section of the North Island Main Trunk for Metlink's electric multiple unit commuter trains from Wellington.
Nonetheless, Paraparaumu was the country's busiest airport in 1949, with up to 20 DC-3s and Lodestars lined up on its apron. The original runway dimensions were (16/34) 1350 m x 45 m with an 85 m starter extension available on runway 16, nearly touching Kapiti Road, which runs past the aerodrome.
Looking south along the Kāpiti Expressway towards the Kapiti Road interchange. The Kāpiti Expressway is a four-lane grade-separated expressway on New Zealand's State Highway 1 route through the Kāpiti Coast north of Wellington.
Territorial authority Location km mi Exit Name Destinations Notes; Far North District: Cape Reinga: 0: 0.0: SH 1 begins: Awanui: 104: 65: SH 10 – Doubtless Bay, Bay of Islands: SH 1/Twin Coast Discovery Highway concurrency begins.
The railway network in New Zealand consists of four main lines, six secondary lines and numerous short branch lines in almost every region. It links all major urban centres except Nelson, Taupō, Queenstown, Whakatāne and (since 2012) Gisborne.
The region is administered by the Wellington Regional Council, which uses the promotional name Greater Wellington Regional Council. [6]The council region covers the conurbation around the capital city, Wellington, and the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each of which has a rural hinterland; it extends up the west coast of the North Island, taking in the coastal settlements of ...