Kenepuru stream waitangarua, porirua east, cannons creek. Porirua commercial centre is 4 or 5 minutes away by car or longer by bus short walk down beaumaris crescent, service every half hour until late evening. Committee 20192020 the guardians of pauatahanui inlet. A succession of tribes lived around the twin inlets of porirua harbour. The two arms of the harbour onepoto and pauatahanui and their surrounding wetlands and. Engineer, steward to master as well as harbour pilots, union leaders and shipping company executives. The earliest known name for wellington city, derived from maori legend, is te upoko o te ika a maui or the head of mauis fish. Roading project likely suffocating wildlife in porirua. Hi vicky, are you able to delete double ups on this list. Pauatahanui inlet is the lower north islands largest estuary and it needs protecting. Page 29 porirua harbour and catchment teaching resource porirua harbour and catchment teaching resource page 29 theme three human impact on the harbour level 3 social science achievement objectives.
The earliest human habitation dates back to 1450 ad. Captain cook first anchored in wellington harbour back in 1773 and this was charted in 1826 as port nicholson but changed in 1860 to wellington, named after the duke of wellington. Rate payers wanted wellington airport at porirua wings over. Always interesting and the staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Apr 16, 2018 the alignment and the single track were later replaced with straight double track along the shore of the porirua harbour, and several years later the same was done with the road. Ian barlow, poriruas village planning entrepreneur deserves a medal for his part in our gaining this esteemed award.
A few hundred or so years ago, he entered the harbour we now know as porirua, dropped anchor near paremata, and took it all in. A large proportion of the population commutes to wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. We operate a 24hour harbour communication station, operate and maintain navigation aids in the region, manage mooring areas and respond to marine oil spills. Spotted dogfish is another common, but false, identifier as true dogfish are a different order of shark. History waterfront reclamation wellington city council. On the go and no time to finish that story right now. Te upoko o te ika a maui which means the head of mauis fish. Looking out over plimmerton to porirua harbour and pauatahanui inlet. The porirua harbour and its catchment porirua city council. Porirua harbour is badly polluted from runoff from development and construction of transmission gully. Te awarua o porirua, or porirua harbour, is the largest estuary in the lower north island.
It was named after camborne, cornwall, and most of its street names are of cornish origin, but its main through street is pope street, named after william george pope known as bob who was an honoured former. It almost completely surrounds porirua harbour at the wikipedia. In the 19th century, the name designated a landregistration district that stretched from kaiwharawhara or kaiwara on the northwest shore of wellington harbour northwards to and around porirua harbour. At the larger scale is the onepoto arm of the te awarua o porirua porirua harbour and shoreline. Your news is the place for you to save content to read later from any device. Porirua will have a gondola up rangituhi, much like this one in melbourne. Awarua, the taniwha of porirua awarua was a taniwha who lived in the porirua harbour many hundreds of years ago. In the past porirua referred to the entire harbour area, it then became associated with the city, and now once again, the name has come to encompass this original region keith, 1990. Marine deployment in the district up until city status was achieved in 1965. At the smaller scale is a papakainga site owned by a ngati toa whanau, the parai whanau. We provide safe and efficient maritime management for recreational and commercial users of our regions waters. About wellington wellington jewish community centre.
Check out the shop it has great objects of desire, books,art etc. Te awaruao porirua harbour, commonly known as porirua harbour, is a natural inlet in the southwestern coast of the north island of new zealand. Porirua city of about 50,000 people sits just north of wellington, the capital of new zealand, which is largely on a peninsula. This new te awaruaoporirua porirua harbour childrens app turns the pataka our harbour kids mural into a collection of education games and puzzles for children to enjoy and learn from.
Porirua city of about 50,000 people sits just north of wellington, the capital of new zealand, which is at the southwest tip of the north island the smaller of. Jan 08, 2016 the harbour provides a mixture of cultural, recreational and ecological opportunities rarely seen in such a concentrated area. We have a commitment to put the harbour right it could take 10 years, it may take 20 or 30. In 2016 he pulled off an underdog victory in the race for the mayoralty of porirua, promising to take the diverse and rapidly. Te awaruaoporirua harbour, commonly known as porirua harbour, is a natural inlet in the. Tawa history article by elsdon best on porirua and they who settled it.
The area referred to as porirua has also changed over time. Wellington harbour wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Pride about past achievements is far less important than the ideas and energy we direct towards the future. Z wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Best historical fiction set in new zealand 41 books. Porirua harbour and catchment history the progressive effects of post european development dominate the history and biophysical condition of the porirua harbour catchment and its water systems. Porirua harbour plimmerton, new zealand tide station. Porirua mayor mike tana is on the ropes in just his first term. Poriruas village planning is a world winner on water. Oct 24, 2019 books celebrating the city of porirua. Awarua, the taniwha of porirua maori myths, legends and. Porirua on the other hand was sheltered between low hills which offered no obstacle to easy ascent, its harbour was free of fogs and mist, and at pahautanui there existed an almost ideal and wholly sheltered seaplane base also, rubbing elbows with the main trunk railway line. Te awaruao porirua harbour, commonly known as porirua harbour, is a natural inlet in the southwestern coast of the north.
Camborne, new zealand is a hilltop and seaside suburb of porirua city developed over a 35year period from the 1960s, initially by an investment company headed by a mr arthur cornish. Find hotels near porirua harbour, new zealand online. New mayor nick leggett was in chicago for the awards, delighted at the opportunity to showcase porirua on the world stage. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Old railway embankment circa 1885 on the edge of porirua harbour, now colonised by native plants. Visit porirua library to find your next book, borrow the latest magazines, take part in storytime, or explore our history. Harbour management greater wellington regional council.
The 1855 wairarapa, new zealand, earthquake bulletin of the new. Christine also headed the pauatahanui history group responsible for the research that went into creating the book pauatahanui a local history. Early history earlier names of wellington harbour lambton harbour 1840. The harbour has an entrance only a few hundred metres in width, close to the suburb of plimmerton. This continues the good working relationship the society has with the tawa library who also publicise and sell our books.
Classroom conversations, anzac day and remembrance, links and resources, ncea history, junior social studies and history hands on history history guides, links and resources. Browse nz history nzhistory, new zealand history online. Wellington harbour and its waterfront have gone by many names. Join facebook to connect with goldina pokai and others you may know. The progressive effects of post european development dominate the history and biophysical condition of the porirua harbour catchment and its water systems.
Rate payers wanted wellington airport at porirua wings. Land was scarce in wellington from the beginning, when 1,100 townacre lots were pegged out in 1840, with few spaces for public buildings or parks, and public access to the harbour restricted to the northern end of the town. Treasure on our doorstep porirua harbour and inlet on. Te awaruaoporirua harbour greater wellington regional. Wellington places te ara encyclopedia of new zealand.
Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Waka ama on te awaruaoporirua will be a popular part of the waitangi day commemorations in porirua, whether its part of the official welcome or for the public to have rides. Te awaruaoporirua harbour and catchment strategy and action plan. Wellington wellington tourism, about indian tourism. It explains the processes which have led to present day porirua city being as it is today. Te awaruao porirua harbour is our greatest environmental taonga and we are working hard to protect it. Read a list of books on wellington maori local history, compiled by the libraries. The tawa history week initiative was inaugurated in 2008 to bring greater awareness of local history to tawa.
Porirua city of about 50,000 people sits just north of wellington, the capital of new zealand, which is largely on a peninsula at the southwest tip of the north island the smaller of the countrys two major islands, but. Awarua would often venture out into te moana o raukawa chasing food or visiting friends. We brought with us 100 prayer books, fifteen testaments and six catechisms. Poriruas environmentally friendly community carwash. Aug 29, 2019 completed by porirua city council and greater wellington regional council, the survey of te awaruao porirua harbour paints a bleak picture of the health of the waterway north of wellington. It is a narrow isthmus bounded to the west by the entrance to porirua harbour, and to the east by the pauatahanui inlet of the porirua harbour. Mana island lies about three kilometres west of the isthmus. She is a trustee of the porirua harbour and catchment community trust and has lived on a farm on the northern shores of pauatahanui inlet for 36 years. Porirua harbour 2020 all you need to know before you go. Press release porirua city council completion of a new dune and wetland system to provide additional habitat for birdlife was a highlight in the annual report 201617. Pauatahanui and from the harbour front at porirua and take photographs of it. The bountiful harbour te awarua o porirua harbour catalogue record.
The mantlings are green and silver with colours reversed on each side. It opens up into two arms, onepoto arm to the south and pauatahanui arm to the northeast. Porirua harbour is the home of ngati toa rangatira and the haka ka mate. The name porirua is derived from the maori parirua meaning twin flowings of the tide. Harbour in terms of their orientation, geomorphic setting, fault history, soils, and the. Location guide for porirua harbour plimmerton, new zealand tide station, also showing nearby tide stations and surf breaks. Harbour history porirua harbour and catchment history. This idea has been expanded by te ara, where porirua is translated as the tide sweeping up both reaches n. Two sites, at two different scales are offered on which to consider the question what is a decolonised city. Porirua city council and autoparts store repco have teamed up to make.
Porirua city of about 50,000 people sits just north of wellington, the capital of new zealand, which is at the southwest tip of the north island the smaller of the countrys two major islands, but warmer and less mountainous and with about 3 million of nzs 4. Onepoto arm the onepoto arm numerous streams and lagoons feeding into the harbour include small streams from titahi bay, the lagoons fed from aotea and papakowhai aotea, okiwi and papakowhai lagoons and the main streams converging into the harbour. The urban area includes four cities wellington, on the peninsula between cook strait and wellington harbour, contains the central business district and about half of wellingtons population, porirua on porirua harbour to the north is notable for its large maori and pacific island communities, lower hutt and upper hutt are largely suburban areas to the northeast, together known as the hutt valley. Porirua harbour was spoken of in early days by those who saw it prior to the destruction of the bush, and the exposure of mud flats by the elevating of. Rig are taken mainly by set net and bottom trawl and there are six managed stocks of rig around new zealand shores with three within 40km of porirua harbour. Porirua web cams often provide live camera feeds showing current weather conditions, or current traffic conditions.
In those times, the surrounding hills were clad with the tallest native trees and the harbour was much deeper than it is today. This is the mecca for art and history enthusiasts considering theres heaps of competition in wellington galleries. Wellington is a top holiday destination in new zealand, offering a wide range of porirua accommodation options such as hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, apartments and luxury lodges. This makes pauatahanui inlet a highly important spawning ground for rig. Ive added some books just now and checked for duplicates when i was finished, so any duplicates there might have been should be gone now. Tawa history article by elsdon best on porirua and they. Porirua harbour is a natural inlet in the southwestern coast of the north island of new zealand. Wriggle coastalmanagement iii porirua harbour broad scale habitat mapping 200708 prepared for greater wellington regional council and porirua city council by leigh stevens and barry robertson. Porirua is a city in the wellington region of new zealand, 20 km north of the city of wellington. Bridget williams books limited, wellington, new zealand.
Awarua was a taniwha who lived in the porirua harbour many hundreds of years ago. Porirua harbour is a natural inlet in the south western coast of the north island of new zealand. Tawa flat and the old porirua road, 18401955 by arthur. Historical snapshot of porirua this report details the history of porirua in order to inform the development of a decolonised city. The alignment and the single track were later replaced with straight double track along the shore of the porirua harbour, and several years later the same was done with the road. In 2010, the porirua city council set out on a clear path of reform and renewal. The whale recalls the main occupation of the first european settlers at porirua and titahi bay whilst the galley, or sailing ship, recalls the ships which were so very much in evidence in porirua harbour between 1830 and 1850. Onepoto flows from the paremata bridges south and ends at the shoreline of porirua city. Constructive and engaging, learn the history and ecology of the harbour and porirua as you explore several highly detailed, interactive murals depicting the harbour in this fun, educational app. May 15, 2019 this new te awaruaoporirua porirua harbour childrens app turns the pataka our harbour kids mural into a collection of education games and puzzles for children to enjoy and learn from. Maori books on wellington wellington city libraries. An important fish nursery that was once home to rich cockle beds. Books about new zealand, travel, wildlife, fiction, cookery score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The harbour was originally named parirua which translates to twin flowings of the tide.
Welcome to whats probably the worlds one and only plimmerton, nestled on and above the northern shore of the porirua harbour. East of the motorway the suburbs of cannons creek and porirua east grew out of rolling farmland. In 1846, tension between ngati toa and european settlers culminated in several skirmishes. State highway 1 and the north island main trunk railway both pass through the centre of mana.
Porirua harbour is located 21km north of wellington city. A portrait of porirua the creation of a planned city, by neil and june penman our story follows the coming of man, the settlement of the district, the porirua hospital and the u. The gallery reads like a pictorial timeline and history picturebook come to life. Takapuwahia marae is one street back from the harbour that attracted the iwi here in the early 1800s. An international retailer of books, magazines, dvds and postcards since 1985 and publisher of them since 1988 based primarily in wellington, new zealand. The name porirua, a corruption of parirua, means the tide sweeping up both reaches. He first landed at komangarautahiri komanga point south of titahi bay. View porirua accommodation images, contact your hosts or book your room directly online. Open since 1998, the museum and gallery is home to plenty of curious intricacies, cabinets of fine and fancy jewellery, walls of prints, fabric works, photographs and paintings, not to mention impressive maori and pacific history. The many knives out for porirua mayor mike tana the spinoff. Construction is ready to start on the next section of the popular te ara piko pathway around pauatahanui inlet, with history playing a role in shaping this latest leg. Take a voyage through wellingtons harbour and explore the coastline across the harbour at matiusomes island.
She is a trustee of the porirua harbour and catchment community. Harbour edge pop up, porirua, wellington neat places. Want to find information about poriruas history in a hurry. Plimmerton academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Completed by porirua city council and greater wellington regional council, the survey of te awaruaoporirua harbour paints a bleak picture of the health of the waterway north of wellington. The city of porirua, one of the four cities in the wellington conurbation, surrounds it.
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