Pukerua Bay

Suburb in Porirua, New Zealand

Pukerua Bay
Suburb
Pukerua Bay, looking west.
Coordinates: 41°02′S 174°53′E / 41.033°S 174.883°E / -41.033; 174.883
Country	New Zealand
City	Porirua
Local authority	Porirua City Council
Electoral ward	Pāuatahanui General Ward Porirua Māori Ward
Area
• Land	817 ha (2,019 acres)
Population  (June 2024)[1]
• Total	2,070
Train stations	Pukerua Bay railway station (Muri railway station closed in 2011)

Tasman Sea	Kapiti Island	Paekākāriki
Cook Strait	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]