Porirua

Porirua is a peak in Porirua City, Greater Wellington and has an elevation of 165 metres. Porirua is situated nearby to the hamlet Hongoeka, as well as near the locality Karehana Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taupō Swamp and Pukerua Bay.

Taupō Swamp

Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Taupō Swamp is a lowland freshwater swamp located three kilometres north of Plimmerton and 20 kilometres north-northeast of Wellington. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust purchased Taupō Swamp with the aim of both protecting and restoring the wetland.

Pukerua Bay

Railway station

Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.

Pukerua Bay railway station is located on the North Island Main Trunk Railway in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand and is part of the suburban rail network of Wellington.

Plimmerton railway station

Railway station

Photo: AxonsArachnida, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Plimmerton railway station is on the North Island Main Trunk Railway in Plimmerton, Porirua, New Zealand, and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Transdev Wellington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hongoeka and Pukerua Bay.

Hongoeka

Hamlet

Hongoeka is a community in the city of Porirua in New Zealand. It is northwest of Plimmerton and adjacent to Hongoeka Bay. It extends from an urupā boundary at the end of Moana Road, to Haukōpua.

Pukerua Bay

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pukerua Bay is a small seaside suburb at the southern end of the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand. In local government terms it is the northernmost suburb of Porirua City, in the Wellington Region.

Plimmerton

Suburb

Photo: Jasonlv, Public domain.

Plimmerton is a seaside suburb that lies in the northwest part of the city of Porirua in New Zealand, adjacent to some of the city's more congenial beaches.

Porirua

Type: Peak with an elevation of 165 metres
Category: landform
Location: Porirua City, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.05294° or 41° 3′ 11″ south

Longitude

174.85401° or 174° 51′ 14″ east

Elevation

165 metres (541 feet)

Open location code

4VCPWVW3+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10651110057

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

2184396

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