Puketiro Wind Farm, Porirua

#13 among attractions in Porirua

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The Puketiro Wind Farm was a renewable energy project proposed for land owned by the Greater Wellington Regional Council in the Puketiro Forest near Pauatahanui, north of Wellington, New Zealand. However, the project did not subsequently proceed. ()

Coordinates: 41°5'60"S, 174°53'60"E

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Puketiro Wind Farm – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Te Rauparaha Arena, Pataka Art + Museum, Royal New Zealand Police College, Aotea Lagoon.

3.9 miSW
Arenas and stadiums, Basketball, Sport venue
Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
101 min walk • Te Rauparaha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre, with pools, dash swim school, a fitness centre and indoor sports stadium and venues, in Porirua, New Zealand. The centre, which cost NZ$17.5 million to construct, was officially opened on 21 November 2008.
3.9 miSW
Specialty museum, Art museum, Museum
Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua
99 min walk • Pataka Art + Museum is a municipal museum and art gallery of Porirua City, New Zealand. Te Marae o Te Umu Kai o Hau is the name of the building where Pataka Museum + Art is located and opened in 1998. It also houses the Porirua City Library, Cafe Kaizen and a Japanese Garden.
2.5 miSW
Museum
Royal New Zealand Police College, Porirua
63 min walk • The Royal New Zealand Police College is the central training institution for police recruits and police officers in New Zealand. It is located at Papakowhai, approximately 2 km north of Porirua City.
2.6 miSW
Lake, Park
Aotea Lagoon, Porirua
67 min walk • Aotea Lagoon is an artificial lagoon surrounded by a 7-hectare public park in the Papakowhai suburb of Porirua, North Island, New Zealand. Aotea and two nearby lagoons were created when major arterial transport links were realigned from the natural coastline to land reclaimed from Porirua Harbour.
3.5 miNE
Park
Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, Pāuatahanui
89 min walk • Battle Hill Farm Forest Park is a regional park near Paekakariki, in the Kapiti Coast District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's lower North Island. The park is a dedicated farm park, administered by Wellington Regional Council. Transmission Gully runs through the park.
3 miW
Tower
Titahi Bay Transmitter, Porirua
76 min walk • The Titahi Bay Transmitter, which until 16 February 2016 was New Zealand's second tallest structure, transmitted AM radio signals from a 220 metres tall radio mast insulated against ground at Titahi Bay in New Zealand.
1 miSE
Church
St Alban's Church, Porirua
27 min walk • St Alban's Church, built in 1898, in Pauatahanui, Porirua is the second church to be built in Pauatahanui, New Zealand. St Alban's Church was listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category 2 historic place in 1983.
4.1 miSW
Neighbourhood
Porirua Central, Porirua
104 min walk • Porirua Central is the central business district and central suburb of Porirua, in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island.
3.7 miSW
Universities and schools
Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Porirua
94 min walk • Whitireia New Zealand, previously called Whitireia Community Polytechnic and Parumoana Community College, is a government-owned and funded tertiary education institute in New Zealand.
0.7 miE
National park
Pāuatahanui Wildlife Reserve
20 min walk • Pāuatahanui Wildlife Reserve is a wetland reserve at the eastern edge of the Pāuatahanui Inlet of the Porirua Harbour in Porirua, New Zealand.
3.8 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua
98 min walk • Jerry Collins Stadium is a multi-purpose sporting complex in Porirua, New Zealand. It currently serves as the home ground of rugby union club Northern United RFC and the Wellington Rugby League representative team, as well as the second home for Team Wellington of the New Zealand Football Championship.