Waitangirua
District of Porirua
in Porirua City of Wellington, New Zealand
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Wellington International Airport (14 mi) - Paraparaumu Airport (17 mi)
- Hood Airport (42 mi)
- Picton Aerodrome (49 mi)
- Woodbourne Airport (57 mi)
- Palmerston North Airport (69 mi)
- RNZAF Base Ohakea (70 mi)
- Wanganui Airport (81 mi)
- Christchurch International Airport (201 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -41.133 and 174.850 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -41° 7' 59" and E 174° 51' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - NZD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Maori
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 12:33 PM (Monday)
- Timezone: Pacific/Auckland
- UTC/GMT offset: 12 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:49 am and 8:22 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 41.117 and -5.117 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to New Zealand.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning New Zealand. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Waitangirua
The district Waitangirua of Porirua in Porirua City (Wellington) is a district in New Zealand about 13 mi north-east of Wellington, the country's capital city.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 62 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Night Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 50% |
| Air Pressure | 1027 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 1% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
16°C (61 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Scattered clouds, fresh breeze.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
16°C (61 °F)
14°C (56 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
15°C (60 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Boulcott Lodge
Spinnaker Motel
Green Gables Motel
Asure Bucket Tree Lodge
AMETHYST COURT MOTOR LODGE
HUTT CITY MOTEL
Videos from this area
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Adrenalin Forest Porirua
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Porirua's Mayor gets wet for fundraising
Watch Porirua's Mayor Nick Leggett getting wet for Paremata School's fundraising gala, Saturday 29 October 2011. #GigatownPorirua.
Petrol Heads at the North City Shopping Centre 2014
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Adrenalin Forest 23 6 2012 GoPro
Adrenalin Forest, Porirua, NZ...Filmed with GoPro action cam. Up to 2.5 hours of high action. Levels 1-4 from 7m to 21m. Level 5 up to 26m. Level 6 up to 31m. Recommended.
Wellington Women's Rugby Final 2014 - Northern United vs Oriental-Rongotai - Extra Time #23
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Floating Lanterns in Porirua Harbour
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Aerial video Entrance to Porirua Harbour
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Porirua City Council - Reserves Management Plan
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Porirua City Draft Long Term Plan 2012-22 - Pauatahanui Reticulation Proposed Project
This video highlights Porirua City Council's proposed Pauatahanui Reticulation Project in the Draft Long Term Plan 2012-22. #GigatownPorirua.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Porirua
Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds Porirua Harbour at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast. The eastern inlet of the harbour is notable for its world-class estuarine values. The population at the June 2012 estimate was 52,900.
Whitby, New Zealand
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 facilitate the future growth of the suburb.
Plimmerton
The suburb of Plimmerton lies in the northwest part of the city of Porirua in New Zealand, adjacent to some of the city's more congenial beaches. State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk railway line pass just east of the main shopping and residential area. Plimmerton has its modern origins as a late 19th Century seaside resort.
Paremata
Paremata is a suburb of Porirua, on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Wellington, New Zealand.
Camborne, New Zealand
Camborne, New Zealand, is a hilltop and seaside suburb of Porirua City developed over a 35-year period from the 1960s, initially by an investment company headed by a Mr Arthur Cornish. It was named after Camborne, Cornwall and most of its street names are of Cornish origin, but its main through street is "Pope Street", named after an honoured former resident of the immediately adjoining suburb of Plimmerton.
Porirua Harbour
Porirua Harbour is a natural inlet in the south-western coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The city of Porirua, one of the four cities in the Wellington conurbation, surrounds it. The city centre is to the south of the harbour. The harbour has an entrance only a few hundred metres in width, close to the suburb of Plimmerton. It opens up into two arms, Porirua Inlet to the south and Pauatahanui Inlet to the north-east. Each arm is around three kilometres in length.
Titahi Bay
Titahi Bay is a suburb of Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the foot of a short peninsula along the west coast of the Porirua Harbour, to the north of Porirua city centre. The suburb's population in 2006 was 7,524. Many scenes from the Taika Waititi movie Eagle vs Shark were shot on location in Titahi Bay.
Fort Parramatta
Fort Parramatta was the name was given to a fort north of Wellington, New Zealand, in the 1840s. The remains of the fort are still visible on the Ngatitoa Domain in Porirua City, but the surrounding suburb name has been changed to "Paremata". {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:41|5|56.27|S|174|51|58.87|E|scale:1000_region:NZ_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki |primary |name= }}
Pauatahanui
Pauatahanui is a village in New Zealand's North Island. It is at the far eastern end of the Pauatahanui Inlet, an arm of the Porirua Harbour, northeast of Wellington. In local government terms, Pauatahanui is part of the Northern Ward of Porirua City. At the 2001 New Zealand census, its population (including nearby wholly rural areas) was 831: 429 males and 402 females. This was a 23.1% increase in population since the previous census in 1996.
Royal New Zealand Police College
The Royal New Zealand Police College (RNZPC) is the central training institution for police recruits and police officers in New Zealand. It is located at Papakowhai, approximately 2 km north of Porirua City. Recruits at the college undergo a rigorous five-month training course. There are around six intakes (called "wings") of recruits admitted each year. Wings consist of 40 to 100 recruits.
Aotea College
Aotea College is a co-educational state secondary school in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand, founded in 1978. The school newsletter, Te Karere, is published once a fortnight to keep families informed on school happenings.
Aotea Lagoon
Aotea Lagoon is an artificial lagoon surrounded by a 7 ha public park in the Papakowhai suburb of Porirua, North Island, New Zealand. Aotea and two nearby lagoons were created as transport links were realigned from the natural coastline to land reclaimed from Porirua Harbour.
Titahi Bay Transmitter
The Titahi Bay Transmitter is New Zealand's second tallest structure. It is an AM transmitter with a 212 metre tall radio mast insulated against ground at Titahi Bay in New Zealand. There are now five stations transmitting from the site, Radio New Zealand National, the parliamentary network, Newstalk ZB, an Iwi radio station and Wellington Access Radio; see List of radio stations in New Zealand and Radio Stations in Wellington. The tower and its surrounding buildings were opened in 1937.
Mana College
Mana College is a decile two secondary school in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand. Mana College celebrates its Golden Jubilee in 2007. In recent years, the college has introduced Pathways a system to help students achieve in areas they need for either trade courses or further tertiary education.
Mana, New Zealand
Mana is a suburb of Porirua City in New Zealand. It is a narrow isthmus bounded to the west by the entrance to Porirua Harbour, and to the east by the Pauatahanui inlet of the Porirua Harbour. Mana Island lies about three kilometres west of the isthmus. State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway both pass through the centre of Mana.
Ascot Park, New Zealand
Ascot Park is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22km north of Wellington in New Zealand.
Kenepuru Railway Station
Kenepuru Railway Station is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in New Zealand, on Wellington's suburban rail network. It is double tracked, has a side platform layout on a curved section of the line, and is 16.16 km from Wellington Railway Station, the southern terminus of the NIMT. It is within walking distance of Kenepuru Hospital.
Taupo Swamp
Taupo Swamp is an approximately 25-hectare (61.7 acres) lowland freshwater swamp, classified as a topogeneous mire, located three kilometres (1.8 miles) north of Plimmerton and 20 kilometres north-northeast of Wellington City, New Zealand. Taupo Swamp is home to largely indigenous vegetation including sedges, flax, ferns, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and grasses. The swamp is visible from State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway.
Bishop Viard College
Bishop Viard College, Also known as Viard College or BVC is a coeducational secondary school (years 7-13) located in Porirua, New Zealand. The college is now integrated into the state system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975.
Te Rauparaha Arena
Te Rauparaha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre in Porirua, New Zealand. The centre, which cost NZ$17.5 million to construct, was officially opened on 21 November 2008. The main stadium has a maximum capacity of 3,000, while a secondary stadium can hold another 500 people. The name of the venue was gifted by the Ngāti Toa iwi, acknowledging of one of their most famous leaders, Te Rauparaha.
Plimmerton Railway Station
Plimmerton Railway Station is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in Plimmerton, Porirua, New Zealand, and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Tranz Metro. It is double tracked around a long island platform, with subway access from Steyne Avenue and Plimmerton Domain's Park and Ride to the north, and a controlled crossing to Steyne Avenue and Mainline Steam at the south end of the platform.
Porirua Park
Porirua Park is a multi-purpose sporting complex in Porirua, New Zealand. It currently serves as the home ground of rugby union club Northern United RFC and the Wellington Rugby League representative team, as well as the second home for Team Wellington of the New Zealand Football Championship. Porirua Park also has a Softball Field located at the western end of the park.
Paremata Railway Station
Paremata Railway Station on the Kapiti Line section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in Paremata in the city of Porirua, New Zealand, is part of the Wellington Region's Tranz Metro suburban rail network. It is double tracked with an island platform. It has subway access to a Park and Ride to the south-east, which includes a bus stop and an overbridge across State Highway 1 to Paremata's southern commercial centre, Paremata School, and the nearby residential areas.
Porirua Railway Station
Porirua Railway Station is an important intermediate station in New Zealand on the Kapiti Line from Wellington and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Tranz Metro. The island platform urban railway station is on a double track section of the North Island Main Trunk which was opened in 1885, on the alignment of today's Down (southbound) line. There is subway access to Porirua city centre and bus stops serving the Porirua area.
Mana Railway Station
Mana Railway Station on the Kapiti Line section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) in the locality of Mana in the Paremata suburb of the city of Porirua, New Zealand is part of Wellington's Tranz Metro suburban rail network. It is double tracked with a platform each side and a subway between them.
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