Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It almost completely surrounds Porirua Harbour at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast. Pauatahanui Inlet, the eastern inlet of the harbour, is notable for its world-class estuarine values.
Population: 50,914
Latitude: -41° 07' 59.99" S
Longitude: 174° 50' 60.00" E
BATS Theatre is New Zealand's leading venue for the development of new theatre practitioners and plays. Most of the productions at BATS Theatre are New Zealand works. Ninety per cent of its annual programme of 50 to 60 shows are New Zealand and worl…
Avalon is a suburb of Lower Hutt in New Zealand, formed as a private residential development in the 1970s on land formerly occupied by market-gardens on the left (eastern) bank of the Hutt River.
The Aro Valley forms a small inner-city suburb of Wellington in New Zealand. It takes its name from the Stream which originally flowed where modern Epuni Street is.
The Adam Art Gallery (in Maori: Te Pātaka Toi) is the purpose-built gallery of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
The Zephyrometer is a civic sculpture by Evans Bay, Wellington. It was made by Christchurch artist Phil Price and installed in 2003. It is a kinetic sculpture consisting of a concrete cylinder holding a 26m tall needle which sways to show wind direc…
Wrights Hill Fortress is a counter bombardment coastal artillery battery in the Karori suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It was built between 1942 and 1947 and is predominantly underground, with numerous tunnels linking the war shelters, gun emplac…
The Wellington Cenotaph, also known as the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial, is a war memorial in Wellington, New Zealand. Commemorating the New Zealand dead of World War I, and World War II. it was unveiled on Anzac Day (25 April) 1931 and is loca…
This article relates to the Anglican Cathedral of Wellington.
Wainuiomata High School is a state co-educational secondary school situated in Wainuiomata, a suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The school was founded in January 2002 from the merger of Wainuiomata College and Parkway College.
The Embassy of the United States in Wellington, New Zealand along with the consulate general in Auckland provides assistance to American citizens and issues travel visas to foreign nationals who wish to visit the United States.
Trentham is the most populous suburb of Upper Hutt, a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand.
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 suppor…
St Bernard's College (often abbreviated to SBC) is a Catholic Year 7 to 13 (Form 1 to 7) secondary School for Boys, located at 183 Waterloo Rd, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station located in the Lower Hutt, New Zealand suburb of Petone. It is on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 10.5 km (6.5 mi) north of Wellington, and is the junction for the Me…
The Overseas Investment Office is the New Zealand government agency responsible for regulating foreign direct investment into New Zealand.
Newlands College is a state coeducational secondary school located in the Wellington, New Zealand suburb of Newlands.
The Massey Memorial is the mausoleum of New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey, at Point Halswell on the Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, New Zealand.
Mana Island is the smaller of two islands that lie off the southwest coast of the North Island of New Zealand (the larger is Kapiti Island).