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Southward Car Museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Paraparaumu
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
About Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Waikanae, 46km from Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington.
Paraparaumu is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, with about 30,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Waikanae, about 6 km away.
Paraparaumu is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kāpiti Coast, 51 kilometres (32 mi) north of the nation's capital city, Wellington. It is also known to residents as Pram or Paraparam.
Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Beach,Read more
which is directly opposite Kapiti Island. The two towns form part of the Kāpiti Coast District. Together with nearby Raumati Beach and Raumati South, Paraparaumu serves in part as a commuter town for people working in Wellington City and the wider Wellington metropolitan area. Inland behind Paraparaumu is the Maungakotukutuku area.
The village of Lindale is just north of the Paraparaumu town centre. It began as a tourist and agricultural centre, but later gained a reputation for cheese and the Lindale Barnyard petting farm.
The old State Highway 1 and the Kāpiti Line section of the North Island Main Trunk railway both pass through Lindale. The railway line was formerly owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, and construction of the line was completed when the ends from Wellington and Longburn (Palmerston North) met near Lindale in Otaihanga in 1886. There were proposals to extend the commuter train service operated by Transdev Wellington to a new station at Lindale, subject to Wellington Regional Council funding, but these were dropped when electrification for the commuter service was extended from Paraparaumu to Waikanae.
The majority of shops are located close to the town centre in the Coastlands Mall, close to the train station.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Paraparaumu?
Within an hour or so of Paraparaumu: Southward Car Museum (3 km), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (46 km), Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington (46 km), Weta Workshop, Miramar, Wellington (46 km).
Are there any good drives near Paraparaumu?
The nearest famous roads are Queen Charlotte Drive.
Where is Paraparaumu?
Paraparaumu is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, about 6 km from Waikanae.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,900
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -40.9167, 175.0167
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Worth the detour from Paraparaumu
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
46 km · about 55 min 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.
46 km · about 55 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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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- 46 kmMount Victoria Lookout, Wellington196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
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