Poraiti

Poraiti is a suburb on the western outskirts of the city of , in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern . For a long time it was a semi-rural locality on low hills, but has now been extended to include a new residential subdivision developed on the plain in the 2000s.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,010 residents
  • Description: locality in Napier City, Hawke’s Bay Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Poraite”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawke’s Bay Airport and Mission Estate Winery.

Aerodrome
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Hawke's Bay Airport, commonly referred to as Napier Airport, is 's main commercial , serving domestic flights to the main centres of , and , and smaller centres such as . is situated 4 km northeast of Poraiti.

Winery
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is New Zealand's oldest surviving winemaking concern, first established in the Hawke's Bay in 1851 by French Catholic Marist missionaries for producing sacramental wine. is situated 3 km south of Poraiti.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 3 km south of Poraiti.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Park Island and Tamatea.

Locality
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is the largest sports complex in , . It hosts clubs and facilities for association football, cricket, hockey, netball and rugby union.

Suburb
is a suburb in the west of the city of , in the region of New Zealand's . Development of the suburb began in 1969 and it was named in honour of Tamatea-pōkai-whenua, an ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi of Hawke's Bay, that year. is situated 3½ km southeast of Poraiti.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the city of , in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern . It is part of the ward of Napier and was part of the earlier Taradale Borough. is situated 4 km southeast of Poraiti.

Poraiti

Latitude
-39.49534° or 39° 29′ 43″ south
Longitude
176.83398° or 176° 50′ 2″ east
Population
2,010
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
4VGRGR3M+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1444518424
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6246616
Wiki­data ID
Q25661232
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Poraiti” goes by many names.
  • French: “Poraiti”
  • Maori: “Poraiti”
  • Turkish: “Poraiti”

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Localities in the Area

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