Kapiti Marine Reserve, Paraparaumu

#7 among attractions in Paraparaumu

Marine reserve, Nature

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Facts and practical information

Kapiti Marine Reserve is a protected area on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies between Paraparaumu and Waikanae beaches and Kapiti Island and is 30 kilometres north of the capital city Wellington. ()

Established: 1992 (33 years ago)Coordinates: 40°52'52"S, 174°56'56"E

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Kapiti Marine Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Southward Car Museum, Raumati Marine Gardens, Queen Elizabeth Park, Kapiti Island.

4.3 miE
Specialty museum, Museum
Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu
109 min walk • The Southward Car Museum is an automobile museum and event centre established by Len Southward in the 1970s to house his collection. The museum has a collection of over 400 vehicles, as well as three aircraft. It is in Otaihanga, just north of Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island.
3 miSE
Park
Raumati Marine Gardens, Paraparaumu
78 min walk • Raumati Marine Gardens is a public park in Raumati Beach on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast. It is near the Tasman Sea just behind the beach, hence its name, and on the northern side of the park, the Wharemauku Stream reaches the ocean.
5.6 miS
Park
Queen Elizabeth Park
142 min walk • Queen Elizabeth Park is a Wellington Regional Park located on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand. The park contains the last area of natural dunes on the Kapiti Coast.
2.6 miNW
Island, National park
Kapiti Island
67 min walk • Kapiti Island is an island about 5 km off the west coast of the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is 10 km long, running southwest/northeast, and roughly 2 km wide, being more or less rectangular in shape, and has an area of 19.65 km².
3.1 miSE
Town, Park
Weka Park, Paraparaumu
79 min walk • Raumati Beach is a beach community on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island; located 60km north-west of Wellington, and about 10 km north of Raumati South. It is immediately to the south-west of the larger town of Paraparaumu.
5.3 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Waikanae Park
134 min walk • Waikanae Park is a cricket ground in Waikanae, Wellington, New Zealand. The ground held its first List A match when Central Districts played Auckland in the 1993/94 Shell Cup.
4.1 miSE
Area
Kapiti Coast, Paraparaumu
104 min walk • The Kāpiti Coast is the name of the section of the coast of the south-western North Island of New Zealand that is north of Wellington and opposite Kāpiti Island. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Kāpiti Coast District Council and the Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Kapiti Marine Reserve, Paraparaumu

Facts and practical information

Kapiti Marine Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu

Raumati Marine Gardens, Paraparaumu

Queen Elizabeth Park

Kapiti Island

Weka Park, Paraparaumu

Waikanae Park

Kapiti Coast, Paraparaumu