Porirua
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© Aidan Wojtas from Wellington, New ZealandCC BY-SA 2.0
Population
62K
Coordinates
-41.1337, 174.8406
Category
cities
About
Porirua, a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua', meaning "the tide sweeping up both reaches". It almost completely surrounds Porirua Harbour at the southern end of the Kāpiti Coast.
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