Porirua

Worth seeing in and around Porirua

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   GNS Science

   GNS Science, officially registered as the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute. It focuses on geology, geophysics, and nuclear science.

   9.8 km · New Zealand research institute · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Titahi Bay Transmitter

   The Titahi Bay Transmitter, which until 16 February 2016 was New Zealand's second tallest structure, transmitted AM radio signals from a 220 metres tall radio mast insulated against ground at Titahi Bay in New Zealand.

   4.2 km · building in Wellington Region, New Zealand · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dowse Art Museum

   The Dowse Art Museum is a municipal art gallery in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. Opened in 1971 in the Lower Hutt CBD, the Dowse occupies a stand-alone building adjacent to other municipal facilities.

   9.8 km · Lower Hutt art museum · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Pātaka Art + Museum

   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.

   900 m · municipal museum and art gallery in Porirua, New Zealand · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Aotea Lagoon

   Aotea Lagoon is an urban park, containing an artificial salt water lagoon, in Porirua, New Zealand. The lagoon was originally a bay on the Onepoto arm of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour.

   1.6 km · urban park in Porirua, New Zealand · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Vogel House

   Vogel House at 75 Woburn Road, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, is a neo-Georgian-style home built in 1933. For 13 years, it was the official residence of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and it housed multiple other ministers and dignitaries.

   9.9 km · historic building in Lower Hutt, New Zealand · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Rangituhi / Colonial Knob

   Rangituhi / Colonial Knob is a large hill or mountain southwest of Porirua city and west of the northern Wellington suburb of Tawa. The peak's summit stands at 468 m.

   4.6 km · hill in New Zealand · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Belmont Regional Park

   Belmont Regional Park is a regional park located between Lower Hutt and Porirua, in the Wellington Region at the southern end of New Zealand's North Island. It is administered by Wellington Regional Council.

   6.6 km · regional park in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Percy Scenic Reserve

   Percy Scenic Reserve is a botanic garden and bush reserve located in Maungaraki in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

   9 km · New Zealand scenic reserve and botanic garden · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Lower Hutt War Memorial Library

    The Lower Hutt War Memorial Library is a building in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, that houses that city's central library. The public library system of the city of Lower Hutt identifies the library collection within the building as the "War Memorial Library".

    9.8 km · public library in Lower Hutt, New Zealand · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Colonial Knob
2. 02
   Gear Homestead
3. 03
   New Zealand Police Museum
4. 04
   Pataka Art + Museum

   There is a Japanese Garden (contributed by sister city Nishio) and at the adjacent public library you can see one of the North Island's best genealogical collections.

5. 05
   Pauatahanui Inlet

   At its eastern end is a wildlife sanctuary that has one of the highest densities of copepods (small crustaceans) in the world.

6. 06
   Plimmerton Beach

   Maybe watch yet another future world champion windsurfer or boardsailor beating the breezes.

From Wikivoyage: Porirua, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Porirua has plenty to keep you busy. Enjoy the traditional activities of golfing or bowling. Go go-karting or horse riding. Play at the beach, the city surrounds Porirua Harbour. Adrenalin Forest, Okowai Road,. 10AM–2.00PM (last entry). Outdoor aerial adventure park. Go in the trees up to 31m. 3 hours with plenty to try. Book ahead. $52 adults, $37 under 18 (height restriction).

1. 01
   Battle Hill Farm Forest Park

   You can view the site of one of the "Hutt Valley Campaign" battles of 1846.

From Wikivoyage: Porirua, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

The usual bakeries, fast-food restaurants (Porirua was home to the first McDonald's restaurant in New Zealand, which opened in June 1976), dairies (convenience stores), fish & chip shops and Chinese takeaways can be found around the city. The North City Mall (opposite Porirua train station) has a large foodcourt with the usual Asian and fast food.

1. 01
   Curry Village

   19 Hartham Place North (between Titahi Bay Rd and Lyttelton Ave),.

2. 02
   Top Taste Restaurant

   1 Hagley St (near the intersection with Lyttelton Ave, south of Te Rauparaha Park), info@toptaste.co.nz.

From Wikivoyage: Porirua, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Porirua

Airports

Wellington (WLG), 22 km

Stations

Porirua Harbour, 3.7 km · Linden railway station, 3.2 km · Takapu Road railway station, 6.1 km · Tawa railway station, 4.4 km · Kenepuru railway station, 2.1 km

• Christchurch → Porirua

  323 km · quickest by air, 4h 40m · NZ$170–260
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  477 km · quickest by air, 5h 23m · NZ$210–310
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Porirua. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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