Plimmerton

Plimmerton is a suburb of Porirua in the North Island New Zealand. To the north is Pukerua Bay, in the east Camborne, Mana in the south and part of the Porirua Harbour, west of Porirua Harbour and Cook Strait.

The site is adjacent to one of the well-known beaches of the north-western metropolitan area of ​​Wellington. He had along with Hongoeka Bay the Census 2006 2058 inhabitants, only a small change compared to 2052 in 1996 and 2001.

Inhabited mainly by Ngati Toa Māori settlement in the northwest is counted for most purposes to Plimmerton.

In the north of the industrial area is the Taupo Swamp, the largest vegetated with New Zealand Flax swamp the southern half of the North Island. State Highway 1, here named St Andrews Road, Plimmerton and separates that arose in the 20th century suburban Camborne.

Plimmerton has an extensive shopping area and two blocks to the train station, two churches, a medical center, school, kindergarten, a library and a volunteer fire department.

History

The area was settled by Māori during their early settlement of New Zealand. The significant Pā Taupo was located nearby. In the 1840s, it was the seat of Te Rauparaha, who was captured here by the British in 1846. Near the south end of the Motuhara Road is a tiny sanctuary with a cabbage tree ( Cordyline australis ), possibly a descendant of the tree, near which he was captured, and a commemorative plaque.

The original street layout and the street names date back to the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, which built the railway link between Wellington to Long Burn near Palmerston North. Along the way, several towns were founded in order to promote a settlement that would line benefit economically. John Plimmer, a member of the Wellington Provincial Council, was significant organizer of the Company. In the late 1890s Plimmerton was a well known holiday resort.

For a long time he belonged administratively to the Hutt County, on 1 April 1973, he became the suburb of Porirua.

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