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| Aotea Lagoon | |
|---|---|
.jpg?lang=en) Aotea Lagoon from the north-east in 2007 | |
  Aotea Lagoon | |
| Location | Porirua |
| Coordinates | 41°7′12″S 174°51′25″E / 41.12000°S 174.85694°E |
| Type | Lagoon |
| Primary inflows | Onepoto Arm, Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour and stormwater drains |
| Primary outflows | Onepoto Arm, Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour |
| Basin countries | New Zealand[1] |
| Managing agency | Porirua City Council[2] |
| Surface area | 5 ha (12 acres)[3] |
| Shore length1 | 0.732 km (0.455 mi)[2] |
| Surface elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Islands | 1 |
| Website | No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata. |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Aotea Lagoon is an artificial lagoon surrounded by a public park in Porirua, New Zealand.
History
[edit]The North Island Main Trunk railway and State Highway 1 used to run around three bays between Porirua city centre and Papakōwhai. The bays were between the mouth of Porirua Stream, Gear Homestead, Thurso Grove and Brora Crescent. A causeway, built 1958–1961 to realign the railway,[2] largely separated the bays from the sea. So the bays became lagoons. In the late 1960s, the Ministry of Works partly filled in the lagoons to widen the causeway and realign the highway.[3][4]
The Ministry of Works also built state housing in Porirua, and had to develop recreational reserves.[5] In November 1973, the ministry offered Porirua City Council two options for the central lagoon. It could be filled in for playing fields or a public park could be built around it.[2] In August 1975, the council chose the public park on 7 ha (17 acres).[6][7] The ministry and Project Employment Programme did the earthworks and landscaping respectively. Then the city's service clubs built amenities,[2] while the council coordinated the project.[8]
Aotea Lagoon officially opened to the public in March 1980.[9] Originally leased from the Crown, it was given to the council in 1994.[2]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- "New Playing Fields or Acquatic [sic] Reserves?". Kapi-Mana News. Porirua. 6 November 1973. p. 23.
- "Government Lifts Contribution to Lagoon Development". Kapi-Mana News. Porirua. 26 August 1975. Front page.
- "Opening of Aotea Lagoon Next Week". Kapi-Mana News. Porirua. 11 March 1980. p. 3.
- Aotea Lagoon Management Plan (Report). Porirua City Council. December 1994.
- Walrond, Carl (1 March 2016). "Roads – Centralised road funding". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- Hydrology and Water Allocation in Te Awarua-O-Porirua Whaitua (PDF) (Report). Greater Wellington Regional Council. 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- "Historic Site: Aotea Lagoon". Porirua Library. n.d. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata.