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Porirua, (Māori: Pari-ā-Rua) a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua', meaning "the tide sweeping up both reaches". [5]
Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour, commonly known as Porirua Harbour, is a natural inlet in the south-western coast of the North Island of New Zealand. [1]The harbour is within the main urban area of the Wellington Region, and is surrounded by the city of Porirua, with the city centre to the south of the harbour.
Takapūwāhia, also known as Porirua Pa, was originally built on one of the oldest settlements in the Porirua basin — Te Urukahika, a small hamlet located on the western shore of Porirua harbour in the lower North Island of New Zealand. In the 1850s Takapūwāhia had a population of over 250 Māori.
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 ...
Mana Island Māori: Te Mana o Kupe Mana Island Geography Coordinates 41°05′15″S 174°46′53″E / 41.0876°S 174.7815°E / -41.0876; 174.7815 Area 2.17 km 2 (0.84 sq mi) Length 3 km (1.9 mi) Administration New Zealand Mana Island seen from Porirua Mana Island is the smaller of two islands that lie off the southwest coast of the North Island of New Zealand (the larger is ...
Porirua Central had a population of 261 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 174 people (−40.0%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 105 people (−28.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 33 households, comprising 183 males and 78 females, giving a sex ratio of 2.35 males per female.
Rangituhi / Colonial Knob is the proposed location for an adventure park to be called the 'Porirua Adventure Park', with plans going back to 2016. This includes proposals for mountain biking, zip lines, surf simulators, a gondola and cafes.
Southern Whitby, with the lower lake at centre. Whitby, a large suburb of Porirua City, New Zealand, located along much of the southern shore of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour was comprehensively planned in the 1960s (when still in Hutt County) and it has been continuously developed since, with current landscaping and expansion in the hills behind the eastern part of Whitby to ...