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Pukerua Bay
Suburb
Pukerua Bay, looking west.
Pukerua Bay, looking west.
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Coordinates: 41°02′S 174°53′E / 41.033°S 174.883°E / -41.033; 174.883
CountryNew Zealand
CityPorirua
Local authorityPorirua City Council
Electoral ward
  • Pāuatahanui General Ward
  • Porirua Māori Ward
Area
 • Land817 ha (2,019 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[1]
 • Total2,140
Train stations
  • Pukerua Bay railway station
  • (Muri railway station closed in 2011)
Tasman Sea Kapiti Island Paekākāriki
Cook Strait
Pukerua Bay
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Pukerua Bay
Paekākāriki Hill
Plimmerton

Pukerua Bay is a small seaside suburb at the southern end of the Kāpiti Coast, New Zealand. In local government 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 north of central Wellington. In Māori, the words puke rua literally mean two hills but it is not clear to which hills the name refers.[2]

  1. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Week, Page 5: 1000 Māori place names". New Zealand History Online. New Zealand: Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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