The Porirua area came to be occupied by a succession of tribes, including Ngati Tara and Ngati Ira.
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16 Facts About Porirua
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Since the 1940s, Porirua has grown to a city population approaching 57,000, with state housing no longer in the majority.
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Porirua was sold to Mitsubishi in 1987 and the factory closed in 1998.
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Porirua was sold to overseas investors in 1997, then went into receivership and was bought by Wellington investors in 1998.
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Road improvements have progressively reduced travel times between Wellington and Porirua and increased the demand for housing development in Porirua.
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The second section, from Takapu Road to Porirua, opened about 1956 and allowed through traffic to bypass the lower speed road through Tawa.
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The Porirua area became part of New Munster which included that part of the North Island south of the Patea River and the whole of the South Island.
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The British Parliament passed the first New Zealand Constitution Act in 1846 which reformed the provinces and the Porirua area became part of New Ulster which now included all of the North Island.
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In 1876, Provincial Government was abolished and replaced with 36 borough councils and 63 county councils and the Porirua area became the Porirua Riding of the Hutt County, formed in 1877.
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In 1908, a smaller Makara County with offices in Porirua was formed from the Makara and Porirua Ridings or the south-western part of the Hutt County.
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In 1948, the Tawa Flat and Linden Progressive Associations and Porirua interests, led by Arthur Carman and Percy Clark, made a representation to the Local Government Commission asking for a single borough covering the whole of the Porirua Basin.
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Porirua is largely formed around the arms of the Porirua Harbour, and the coastline facing out to Cook Strait and the north-eastern parts of the South Island.
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State Highway 59 is the main route through Porirua itself, passes north–south through the middle of the city, linking Porirua southwards to Wellington and northwards to the Kapiti Coast and the bulk of the North Island.
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Porirua is home to the powerful Northern United RFC, the current Wellington regional champions, and the smaller Paremata-Plimmerton RFC.
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Porirua is home to the three-time Chatham Cup winning Capital Football team Western Suburbs FC.
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