Raumati Beach | |
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 Te Raukura ki Kāpiti - Performing Arts Centre | |
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| Coordinates: 40°55′07″S 174°58′52″E / 40.918717°S 174.981143°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Wellington Region |
| Territorial authority | Kāpiti Coast District |
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| Electorates | |
| Government | |
| • Territorial Authority | Kāpiti Coast District Council |
| • Regional council | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
| • Kāpiti Coast Mayor | Janet Holborow |
| • Mana MP | Barbara Edmonds |
| • Te Tai Hauāuru MP | Debbie Ngarewa-Packer |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 5,390 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Postcode(s) | 5032 |
| Area code | 04 |
Raumati Beach is a beach community on the Kāpiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island; located 60km north-west of Wellington, and about 2 km north of Raumati South. It is immediately to the south-west of the larger town of Paraparaumu.[3] The Maungakotukutuku area is located immediately behind Raumati.
"Raumati" is the Māori language word for "summer".
Following the laying out of Raumati Beach as a seaside resort in 1908,[4] the first general store was built in Raumati Beach in 1919.[5]
The town has many landmarks including Kāpiti College, in which Peter Jackson (New Zealand filmmaker) and Christian Cullen (Rugby Union footballer) received their education, St. Mark's Church, the vast sandy beach (popular for walks, fishing and people on holiday), Raumati Beach Shopping Village, Kapiti Island and Weka Park.
The Wharemauku Stream meets the sea in Raumati Beach on the northern side of Raumati Marine Gardens. This park is a popular recreation location: it features a ridable miniature railway. The Beach offers a boat ramp and a tractor is on offer from the Raumati Fishing Club.
During the year several large events are held at Raumati Beach including the Raumati Beach Surf Casting competition which attracts hundreds of fisherman from all around New Zealand. The Kapiti Woman's Triathlon is also held annually within the Marine Gardens and attracts large crowds and is well supported.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Raumati reflections, 1948–1958 by Celia Harden, published by Paraparaumu, 2008, OCLC Number 310733684
- ^ "District History". District Council. Kāpiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "Raumati Beach Village History". Raumati Beach Village. 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2010.