Waitangirua
Waitangirua is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22km north of Wellington in New Zealand. Waitangirua was established during the 1960s, almost exclusively as a Government housing development for New Zealand's burgeoning working class immigrant population.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitby Library and Royal New Zealand Police College.
Royal New Zealand Police College
College
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
The Royal New Zealand Police College 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ascot Park and Aotea.
Ascot Park
Suburb
Ascot Park is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22 kilometres north of Wellington in New Zealand. Ascot Park covers approximately 90 ha.
Aotea
Suburb
Aotea is a suburb of Porirua, New Zealand. The suburb has two children's playgrounds and a retirement home. It covers an area of 2.68 km2, including a land area of 2.68 km2. The area is entirely inland, but many homes have coastal views.
Whitby
Suburb
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
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 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.
Waitangirua
- Type: Suburb with 4,690 residents
- Description: suburb of Porirua, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: Porirua City, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.12872° or 41° 7′ 43″ southLongitude
174.88016° or 174° 52′ 49″ eastPopulation
4,690Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)Open location code
4VCPVVCJ+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2792328505OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6244913Wikidata ID
Q7960468
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Waitangirua” goes by many names.
- French: “Waitangirua”
- Turkish: “Waitangirua”
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