Pukerua Bay

Pukerua Bay
Pukerua Bay
Suburb
	Pukerua Bay, looking west.
	Coordinates: 41°02′S 174°53′E / 41.033°S 174.883°E
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 2023)
• Total	2,140
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]

^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "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.

[NZ_population_data_2023_SA2-1] "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[1000-placenames-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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