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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand's bold national museum, renowned for its interactive exhibits, Maori taonga, and a colossal squid specimen.
9 km · about 15 min drive
OceaniaNew ZealandWellington Region
Paparangi
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
About Paparangi
Paparangi is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Grenada North, 9km from Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington.
Paparangi is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, with about 2,800 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Grenada North, about 4 km away.
Paparangi, one of the northern suburbs of Wellington in New Zealand, lies approximately 10 km north of the city centre, north-east of Johnsonville, north-west of Newlands and south of Grenada and Woodridge. The population was 2,841 at the time of the 2013 census, an increase of 96 from the 2006 census population.
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New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "flat sky" for the Māori language name Paparangi.
The suburb has a small local shopping-centre and a low-decile primary school.
The area, formerly in small farms and part of Newlands, became a dormitory suburb of Wellington, with major subdivisions in the early 1960s adding about a hundred houses a year. Beazley Homes of Tauranga (owned by Barry Beazley) was a major developer.
Some of the street names are the first names of children living in the area then or of children whose parents became involved in development of the suburb (Cara Crescent, Mark Avenue and Lynda Avenue take their names from children of Barry Beazley).
In 1991 a new landfill opened in Grenada, with direct access via an overbridge to the adjacent motorway. A road extension would give Newlands and Paparangi access to the motorway, but the Grenada Village Progressive Association expressed concerns about any increase in traffic and in car speeds. From 1994 the Wellington City Council consulted with residents, and in 2009 the Mayor opened the "Mark Avenue Extension" connecting the two areas.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Paparangi?
Within an hour or so of Paparangi: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (9 km), Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington (9 km), Weta Workshop, Miramar, Wellington (10 km), Southward Car Museum (40 km).
Are there any good drives near Paparangi?
The nearest famous roads are Queen Charlotte Drive.
Where is Paparangi?
Paparangi is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, about 4 km from Grenada North.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,840
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -41.2159, 174.8177
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Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Paparangi
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington
196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
9 km · about 15 min drive
film location
Weta Workshop, Miramar, Wellington
The effects house behind Middle-earth; its Wellington workshop tour displays original props, weapons and creature designs.
10 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Southward Car Museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
40 km · about 45 min drive
film location
Putangirua Pinnacles (Paths of the Dead)
The eroded badland spires on the Wairarapa coast are the Dimholt Road approach to the Paths of the Dead in Return of the King.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Paparangi
- Right hereMount Victoria Lookout, Wellington196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
- 74 kmQueen Charlotte DriveWinding 35 km sealed road between Picton and Havelock hugging the Marlborough Sounds, with numerous bays and lookout pull-offs.
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