Kapiti Coast, Paraparaumu

Name: Kapiti Coast
Address: Paraparaumu, New Zealand

#6 among attractions in Paraparaumu

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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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 40°54'36"S, 175°1'1"E

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Kapiti Coast – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Paekakariki Station Museum, Southward Car Museum, Wellington Tramway Museum, Ngā Manu Nature Reserve.

6.3 miSW
Museum
Paekakariki Station Museum, Paekākāriki
160 min walk • The Paekakariki Station Precinct Trust works "to acquire, develop, and administer the venue of the Railway Station Precinct at Paekakariki for recreational, historical preservation, tourism, and educational purposes, and for other allied or supporting activity".
1.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu
33 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.
4.5 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Wellington Tramway Museum, Paraparaumu
115 min walk • The Wellington Tramway Museum is located at Queen Elizabeth Park in New Zealand, near the overbridge at McKay's Crossing between Paekakariki and Paraparaumu. Trams have been in operation on a line through the park since 1965. The museum is 45 km from Wellington.
4 miNE
Nature and wildlife, Zoo, Park
Ngā Manu Nature Reserve, Waikanae
101 min walk • Ngā Manu Nature Reserve is a nature and wildlife reserve in Waikanae, New Zealand, on the Kapiti Coast of the North Island. In addition to offering a sanctuary for native birds and other animals, the 14 hectares reserve preserves the largest remnant of coastal lowland swamp forest on the Kapiti Coast.
2 miW
Park
Raumati Marine Gardens, Paraparaumu
52 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.
4 miSW
Park
Queen Elizabeth Park
101 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.
6.7 miNW
Island, National park
Kapiti Island
170 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.
1.8 miW
Town, Park
Weka Park, Paraparaumu
46 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.
3.4 miNE
40°52'40"S • 175°4'1"E
Kapiti Coast Museum, Waikanae
88 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.7 miSW
Town
Raumati
119 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.
3.1 miNE
Sport venue, Sport
Waikanae Park
79 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.

Kapiti Coast, Paraparaumu

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Kapiti Coast – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)