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Delve into Redwood
The district Redwood of Linden in Wellington City (Wellington) is a district located in New Zealand a little north of Wellington, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 59 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Evening Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Night Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 18% |
Air Humidity | 98% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
15°C (59 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
17°C (62 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
BEST WESTERN WELLINGTON
Kenlea Cottage
Fernhill Motor Lodge
Newlands Court Motel
A Great View
ASURE 83 By the Sea Motor Lodge
Abbeycourt Motel
Champers Motor Inn
Spinnaker Motel
Asure Bucket Tree Lodge
Videos from this area
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Victory Church Porirua - Fruit Sunday
Sunday school class, theme "Fruit Sunday" youth Sunday school class fruit name "kiwi fruit" and now performing their item.
The grounds of Porirua Hospital
In the time I've lived in the Porirua area, things have changed @ Porirua Hospital. This is a snapshot of some of the grounds. A DVD copy of this clip (and some others) is available at http://kunak...
Automotive repair and services Porirua - 04 237 9690 - North City Motors
Automotive repair and services Porirua http://www.northcitymotors.co.nz North City Motors have been operating as a family business since 1998; from its current location in Kenepuru Drive. We...
Pre Travel Blues (11 July '13)
Sometimes travel is exciting, and sometimes it's overwhelming. Just need to get my bum on that seat and we're good to go.
Regional Reform - A video from Porirua City Council's Mayor Nick Leggett
The local government regional reform debate in Wellington is hotting up. Here's a video from Porirua's Mayor Nick Leggett explaining the reasons for the proposed changes, and how you can make...
Porirua City Council - Long Term Plan 2012-22
This video from the Mayor Nick Leggett summarises the main changes to the city's long term plan for 2012-22. #GigatownPorirua.
Porirua's Mayor Nick Leggett explains Long Term Plan priorities
Porirua's Mayor Nick Leggett explains the Long Term Plan 2012 priorities for Porirua City and invites citizens to make a submission in this second video in the series. #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.
Tawa, New Zealand
Tawa is the northernmost suburb of Wellington, located between Churton Park and Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand. It takes its name from the broadleaf tree, which was once prolific throughout the area, although its most famous tree is the Bucket Tree, a group of large macrocarpa with the topiary of an upside-down bucket. Tawa is also known for its large number of churches, representing a wide range of Christian denominations. The suburb of Tawa occupies the Tawa Basin.
Johnsonville, New Zealand
Johnsonville is a large suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand. It is seven kilometres north of the city centre, at the top of the Ngauranga Gorge, on the main route to Porirua. The population of "J'ville" (as it is commonly known) was about 6,500 at the 2001 census.
Onslow College
Onslow College is a decile‑10 co-educational state secondary school located in Johnsonville, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. The school opened in 1956 to serve the city's rapidly growing northern suburbs. The current principal is Mr Peter Leggat.
Newlands, New Zealand
Newlands is one of the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It lies approximately 8km north of the city centre and to the east of its nearest neighbour Johnsonville. Newlands is located in a valley and covers two ridgelines, the side of one of which overlooks Wellington Harbour and up to the Hutt Valley. This leaves many of the houses exposed to either the cold southerly or the predominant north-westerly winds, or both, that Wellington is known for.
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.
Tawa College
Tawa College is a coeducational school (year 9 - year 13) situated in Tawa, New Zealand, and its principal is Murray Lucas. The Tawa College magazine is called Tawahi (pronounced tawa - he). There are currently around 80 teaching staff and 20 support staff. Tawa College was officially opened in July 1961 and has always maintained a close involvement with the life of the local community, particularly through music and sport.
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.
Churton Park
Churton Park is a suburb located 1.5 km north of Johnsonville in the Northern Suburbs district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It was established in the 1970s, and as of 2009 has a population of 6,260 residents. The suburb includes over 1500 households, 'Churton Park' (a recreational sports field), two primary schools and a kindergarten. A local community center with shops is planned and construction began in February 2011.
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.
Takapu Road Railway Station
Takapu Road Railway Station is on the suburban rail network of Wellington, New Zealand, on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT). It is double tracked with side platforms. It serves the suburbs of Redwood and Grenada North.
Redwood Railway Station
Redwood Railway Station on the suburban rail network of Wellington, New Zealand is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT). It is double tracked with staggered side platforms; the up platform is on the north side of the Tawa Street level crossing, the down platform on the south.
Tawa Railway Station
Tawa Railway Station, originally called Tawa Flat, is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) and is part of the suburban rail network of Wellington, New Zealand. It is double tracked with an island platform, and is 13.75 kilometres from Wellington Railway Station, the southern terminus of the NIMT.
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.
Raroa Railway Station
|} Raroa Railway Station is one of eight stations on the Johnsonville Branch, a commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island. It serves the suburbs of Raroa and Broadmeadows, and is one of four stations on the line to be located on a curve. Electric multiple unit trains are operated by Tranz Metro under the Metlink brand through this station in both directions to Johnsonville (to the north) and Wellington (to the south).
Johnsonville Railway Station
Johnsonville railway station is the terminus of the Johnsonville Line, one of eight stations on the commuter branch railway north of Wellington in New Zealand’s North Island. It serves the suburb of Johnsonville, and as a bus interchange attracts traffic from other suburbs to the north and east. The station is beside Johnsonville Mall, a major regional shopping centre, which incorporates a Countdown supermarket.
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.
Redwood, Wellington
Redwood is a part of Tawa, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway and is served by two stations, Redwood Railway Station and Takapu Road Railway Station. The Redwood subdivision was built on land acquired from the Catholic Church, on the condition that it be named in honour of the late Archbishop Francis Redwood.
Daisy Hill Farm House
Daisy Hill Farm House is a historic building in Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand. The house was built in about 1860 for Robert Bould, a pioneer farmer. He came to New Zealand with the New Zealand Company in the early 1840s and bought land, for a sheep farm, in Johnsonville in 1853. Built in a simplified Georgian style it is one of the few remaining houses of this type in Wellington.
Churton Park School
Churton Park School is a primary school in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It will be one of two primary schools in Churton Park when Amesbury Drive School opens in 2012.
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.
Glenside, New Zealand
Glenside is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is bounded by Tawa to the North, Churton Park to the West/South and Grenada Village across the motorway to the East. Glenside was first settled in 1840. Ngāti Toa are the mana whenua. The area was known as "The Halfway" from 1840 until 1928. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:-41.199355|174.81919||||||| |primary |name= }}
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.
Porirua Lunatic Asylum
Porirua Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Porirua. Established in 1887, it was at one time the largest hospital in New Zealand. The patients ranged from those with psychotic illnesses, to the senile, or alcoholics.