Porirua (N.Z.)
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Name (Hebrew)
פורירואה (ניו זילנד)
Name (Latin)
Porirua (N.Z.)
Other forms of name
City of Porirua (N.Z.)
Porirua Borough (N.Z.)
Porirua City (N.Z.)
nnaa Porirua, N.Z
Coordinates
174.85 174.85 -41.13333333 -41.13333333 (gooearth )
Associated country
New Zealand
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Sources of Information
- Alteration of boundaries between Hutt County and Porirua City ... 1988p. 1 (Boundaries of the district of Hutt County and the district of Porirua City shall be altered by excluding from the district of Hutt County and including in the district of Porirua City the Horokiri Riding)
- New Zealand gazetteer, viewed online October 28, 2025:search for place names (Porirua; feature type: city; location: 41.136S 174.838E; history/origin/meaning: the name Porirua, considered a corruption of Pari-rua, has been translated as 'the tide sweeping up both reaches' or pari 'flowing of the tide' and rua meaning 'two'; land district: Wellington)
- New Zealand. Dept. of Lands and Survey. Map of Porirua and environs, 1969
- Porirua (N.Z.). City Council. Annual report, 1990/91t.p. (City of Porirua)
- Porirua Borough news, Sept. 1964t.p. (Porirua Borough)