The Old Porirua Road in the 19th century was the main road north up the west coast from Wellington to Porirua in New Zealand.[1] It ran from Kaiwarra (now Kaiwharawhara) up the Ngaio Gorge to Ngaio (then called Crofton), Khandallah, Johnsonville and Tawa to the Porirua Harbour. Most of the road still exists, although many sections are now local roads only, having been superseded as through roads.
The OldPoriruaRoad in the 19th century was the main road north up the west coast from Wellington to Porirua in New Zealand. It ran from Kaiwarra (now...
around Porirua Harbour. The road climbing the hill from Kaiwharawhara towards Ngaio, Khandallah, Johnsonville and Tawa still bears the name "OldPorirua Road"...
during the "Māori Scare" of 1846, near the present Anglican Church; see OldPoriruaRoad. Khandallah, comprising the statistical areas of Khandallah Reserve...
The only road, Takapu Road, which runs by the Takapu Stream, goes down past Grenada North to the intersection with the Johnsonville-Porirua Motorway,...
January–February 1951 page 17 Carman, A. H. (1956). Tawa Flat and the OldPoriruaRoad. Wright and Carman. p. 235. Tawa Heritage, Wellington City Libraries...
north found the road up the Ngaio Gorge, now the Old PoriruaRoad, too steep and dangerous. The road had been built privately for access to a farm with...
decision of the New Zealand Geographic Board. The OldPoriruaRoad went up the Ngaio Gorge to Ngaio and Porirua. From 1890 Kaiwharawhara was part of the Borough...
terminates at Linden on the boundary of Porirua and Wellington City, where it merges on to the older Johnsonville–Porirua Motorway. The length is 27 kilometres...
effective from 20 January 2016 Carman, A. H. (1956). Tawa Flat and the OldPoriruaRoad. Wright and Carman. p. 235. Tawa Heritage, Wellington City Libraries...
included The Birth of a City: Wellington 1840-1843 and Tawa Flat and the OldPoriruaRoad, which went into three editions (1956, 1970, 1982). Carman became a...
wider Wellington metropolitan area, including the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua and Upper Hutt, has a population of 440,900 as of June 2023. The city has...
ISBN 0-908582-59-5. Carman, Arthur (1982) [1956]. Tawa Flat and the OldPoriruaRoad: 1840-1982 (3 ed.). Wellington: Wright and Carman. (also 1970 edition)...
The suburb of Plimmerton lies in the northwest part of the city of Porirua in New Zealand, adjacent to some of the city's more congenial beaches. State...
accessed from Horokiwi Road. The Horokiwi/Korokoro area has historically been used for travel between the Hutt Valley and Porirua. European settlers in...
ISBN 978-1-877572-48-7. Carman, Arthur (1982) [1956]. Tawa Flat and the OldPoriruaRoad: 1840-1982 (3 ed.). Wellington: Wright and Carman. p. 59. Bremner,...
University Press. ISBN 978-1-927322-36-9. Murray, Bruce (2021). The OldPoriruaRoad. Wellington: Tawa Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-473-54017-3. Scholefield...
terms it is the northernmost suburb of Porirua City, in the Wellington Region. It is 12 km north of the Porirua City Centre on State Highway 59, and 30 km...
collisions. This list does not include those who were killed competing on closed-road events whether in motorsport or in competitive cycling events. Passengers...
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