Paparangi

Paparangi
Suburb
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Coordinates: 41°13′04″S 174°49′17″E / 41.21778°S 174.82139°E / -41.21778; 174.82139
CountryNew Zealand
CityWellington City
Local authorityWellington City Council
Electoral ward
Area
[1]
 • Land126 ha (311 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
2,840
Postcode(s)
6037
Glenside, Grenada
Johnsonville
Paparangi
 Woodridge
Johnsonville Newlands

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.[3]

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "flat sky" for the Māori language name Paparangi.[4]

The suburb has a small local shopping-centre and a low-decile primary school.[5][6]

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.[7]

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).[8][9]

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.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ These figures combine the statistical areas of Paparangi (2013 Census QuickStats about a place  : Paparangi) and Paparangi West (2013 Census QuickStats about a place  : Paparangi West)
  4. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Paparangi School". Paparangi School. 17 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Paparangi pupils back at school after fire". Stuff/Fairfax. 3 May 2015.
  7. ^ *Robertson, Lawson & Lois (2012). Up in the Breezy Hills: The History of the suburb Newlands-Paparangi. Wellington: Robertson. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-877572-48-7.
  8. ^ Northern Suburbs: Wellington City p39 (Heritage Trail booklet by Wellington City Council, undated)
  9. ^ *Robertson, Lawson & Lois (2012). Up in the Breezy Hills: The History of the suburb Newlands-Paparangi. Wellington: Robertson. pp. 119, 120. ISBN 978-1-877572-48-7.
  10. ^ Robertson, Lawson & Lois (2012). Up in the Breezy Hills: The History of the suburb Newlands-Paparangi. Wellington: Robertson. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-877572-48-7.