Paekākāriki Hill is a rural locality in Porirua in New Zealand's North Island. It is located inland, behind Paraparaumu and Raumati. Paekākāriki Hill Road runs approximately north to south from Paekākāriki to Pāuatahanui. Grays Road runs along the northern coast of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour's Pauatahunui Arm, which forms the locality's southern boundary.
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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 Pāuatahanui, north of Wellington, New Zealand. However, the project did not subsequently proceed.
The project was originally proposed by the Greater Wellington Regional Council in June 2005. After a tender process in 2006, RES NZ Ltd was selected to develop the project.
It was planned for approximately 40 wind turbines with a capacity of up to 130 MW. Wide public consultation was undertaken during early development of the project. 1300 submissions were received, with over 90% in favour. Nonetheless, a group of residents sought an injunction in May 2008 to stop the wind farm from proceeding. In September 2008 the GWRC withdrew permission for the three turbines that were to be installed in Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, and subsequently banned all turbines from the park. As of June 2011 the project was not expected to proceed.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "view from the hill" for Puketiro.
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The Battle Hill engagement took place from 6 to 13 August 1846, during the New Zealand Wars and was one of the last engagements of the Hutt Valley Campaign.
The engagement was between Ngāti Toa on one side and a colonial force of European troops, police, and Ngāti Awa allies on the other. The colonial force commanded by Major Last was seeking to end resistance to European settlement in the Hutt Valley region. It was pursuing over 300 Ngāti Toa, including women and children, led by Te Rangihaeata.
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The Transmission Gully is a gully in Wellington, it is also a chain of steep-sided, isolated valleys in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, runs approximately north–south between the Kāpiti Coast and Tawa, through hills east of Porirua.
The gully's name comes from the 110,000-volt transmission line that formerly ran through it. The line, built in 1924, linked Wellington to the Mangahao Power Station near Shannon, and later to the wider North Island transmission grid.
Despite lying mostly within the boundaries of Porirua City, Transmission Gully is sparsely populated, and most of the land is farmland, forest, or scrub. There are some areas with lifestyle blocks, particularly near Pāuatahanui, and Transmission Gully is also home to Battle Hill Farm Forest Park.
The 1879 proposal for a Haywards–Plimmerton line railway route north from Wellington envisaged using these valleys; the line was never built.
The Transmission Gully motorway running through the gully was opened in March 2022. It is part of State Highway 1 and was constructed as part of the 2008–2017 National Government's Roads of National Significance package. It will not, however, offer any access to the gully itself, as only a single interchange providing access to Paekākāriki exists between Pāuatahanui and Mackays Crossing.
Apart from the motorway, the only other road access through Transmission Gully is the narrow and winding Paekākāriki Hill Road. Beginning at Paekākāriki, it travels up and over the western ridge of Transmission Gully, and then gradually descends the western bank along most of the length of the gully to Pāuatahanui.
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Pāuatahanui is a village in New Zealand's North Island. It is at the far eastern end of what was known as the Pāuatahanui Inlet, an arm of the Porirua Harbour, northeast of Wellington. In local government terms, Pāuatahanui is part of the Pāuatahanui General Ward of Porirua City.
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Pukerua Bay railway station is located on the North Island Main Trunk Railway in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand and is part of the suburban rail network of Wellington. It is double tracked, has an island platform layout, and is 30.4 km from Wellington railway station, the southern terminus of the NIMT. It is one of two railway stations in Pukerua Bay, the other one at Muri being closed.
Paekākāriki Hill Road, built in 1849, was the main highway north until 1939. The road, which is now fully sealed, is narrow and winding. It has views of the coast. The Battle of Battle Hill, part of the New Zealand Wars, was fought in the area in 1846.
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