Tīrau Bay
Tīrau Bay is a bay in Greater Wellington, North Island. Tīrau Bay is situated nearby to the locality Pararauma, as well as near Angapaua.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bight in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Tirau Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pātaka Art + Museum and Porirua railway station.
Pātaka Art + Museum
Museum
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pātaka Museum of Arts and Cultures, often stylised as Pātaka Art + Museum, is a municipal museum and art gallery in Porirua City, New Zealand. Te Marae o Te Umu Kai o Hau is the name of the building where Pātaka is located and opened in 1998.
Porirua railway station
Railway station
Porirua railway station is an important intermediate station in New Zealand on the Kāpiti Line from Wellington and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Transdev Wellington.
Te Rauparaha Arena
Sports venue
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Te Rauparaha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre, with pools, Dash Swim School, a fitness centre, and indoor sports stadium and venues, in Porirua, New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tītahi Bay and Takapūwāhia.
Tītahi Bay
Suburb
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tītahi Bay, also written Titahi Bay, is a suburb of Porirua in metropolitan Wellington, in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the foot of a short peninsula on the west coast of the Porirua Harbour, to the north of Porirua city centre.
Takapūwāhia
Suburb
Takapūwāhia, also known as Porirua Pā, 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.
Elsdon
Suburb
Elsdon is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Porirua located immediately to the west to of the city's CBD. The area was named after Elsdon Best, a historian who studied archaeological sites in the area.
Tīrau Bay
- Categories: bight and body of water
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.1114° or 41° 6′ 41″ southLongitude
174.812° or 174° 48′ 43″ eastOpen location code
4VCPVRQ6+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1015342415OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
6244961Wikidata ID
Q33605794
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Satellite Map
Discover Tīrau Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Tīrau Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tirau Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pararauma and Angapaua.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stuart Park and Pikarere.
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