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Porirua

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Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. [1]

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Aaradhna

Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel (born December 20, 1983), better known by her stage name Aaradhna, is a New Zealand-born musical recording artist signed under the music label Dawn Raid Entertainment.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari:, Pashto: Afġānistān, Dari: Afġānestān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.

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Alistair Campbell (poet)

Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM (25 June 1925 – 16 August 2009) was a New Zealand poet, playwright, and novelist.

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AndHow.FM

andHow.FM is a non-profit, independent radio station which broadcasts at 107.5 FM from Mangaroa, New Zealand.

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Aotea College

Aotea College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Porirua, New Zealand.

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Aotea Lagoon

Aotea Lagoon is an artificial lagoon surrounded by a public park in the Papakowhai suburb of Porirua, North Island, New Zealand.

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Aotea, New Zealand

Aotea is the newest suburb of Porirua.

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Ascot Park, New Zealand

Ascot Park is a suburb of Porirua City approximately north of Wellington in New Zealand.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australia national handball team

The Australia national handball team is the national handball team of Australia, representing the country in international matches.

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Bamyan

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Bishop Viard College

Bishop Viard College, Also known as Viard College or BVC is a coeducational secondary school (years 7-13) located in Porirua, New Zealand.

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Blazon

In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image.

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Camborne, New Zealand

Camborne, New Zealand, is a hilltop and seaside suburb of Porirua City developed over a 35-year period from the 1960s, initially by an investment company headed by a Mr Arthur Cornish.

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Cannons Creek, New Zealand

Cannons Creek is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22km north of Wellington in New Zealand.

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Chatham Cup

The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's association football.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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City of Blacktown

Blacktown City Council is a local government area in western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Cook Islands national handball team

The Cook Islands national handball team is the national handball team of Cook Islands.

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Craig Garner

Craig Donald Garner (born 12 July 1971 in Porirua, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played ten first-class matches for the Central Districts Stags in the 1990s and he also played for Nelson in the Hawke Cup.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cycle Friendly Awards

The New Zealand Cycle Friendly Awards were devised by the Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN) in 2003.

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Cycling Action Network

Cycling Action Network (CAN) is a national cycling advocacy group founded in November 1996 in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Duncan Paia'aua

Duncan Paia'aua (born 20 January 1995) is an Australian rugby union player who currently plays as a fly-half for the Queensland Reds in the international Super Rugby competition.

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Elsdon Best

Elsdon Best (30 June 1856 – 9 September 1931) was an ethnographer who made important contributions to the study of the Māori of New Zealand.

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Emmett Skilton

Emmett Skilton (born 23 September 1987), also credited as Emmett Couling Skilton, is a New Zealand-based actor, director and producer.

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Fort Parramatta

Fort Parramatta was the name was given to a fort north of Wellington, New Zealand, in the 1840s.

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Frank Moore (political activist)

Francis (Frank) Thomas Moore (19 May 1867 – 17 November 1940) was a New Zealand political activist.

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Gary McCormick

Gary McCormick is a New Zealand poet, radio and television personality, debater and raconteur.

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Haywards

Haywards is a small hillside suburb in the Hutt Valley near Wellington, New Zealand.

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Helen Smith (politician)

Helen Mary Smith (25 May 1927 – 26 December 2007) was a Porirua, New Zealand city councillor from 1973 until 2001.

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Heremaia Ngata

Heremaia ("Harry") Ngata (born 24 August 1971 in Wanganui) is a former New Zealand association football player who played as a midfielder.

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Hongoeka

Hongoeka is a community in the city of Porirua in New Zealand.

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Hutt County

Hutt County was one of the former counties of New Zealand.

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Hutt Valley

The Hutt Valley is the large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington region of New Zealand.

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

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Iwi

Iwi are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Jerry Collins

Jerry Collins (4 November 1980 – 5 June 2015) was a Samoan-born professional New Zealand rugby union player.

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John Rod

In 1876, John William Rod (1856–1920) migrated from England to New Zealand and embarked upon a successful business career.

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Johnsonville, New Zealand

Johnsonville is a large suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand.

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Judgeford

Judgeford is a suburb of Porirua, a city near Wellington, New Zealand.

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Kaiwharawhara

Kaiwharawhara, formerly known as Kaiwarra, is an urban seaside suburb of Wellington in New Zealand's North Island.

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Kapiti Coast

The Kapiti Coast (formerly known as the Golden 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 Kapiti Island.

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Kapiti Coast Airport

Kapiti Coast Airport (IATA: PPQ, ICAO: NZPP), earlier called Paraparaumu Airport, is on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island, between the Wellington dormitory suburbs of Paraparaumu Beach (to the west and north), Paraparaumu to the east, and Raumati Beach to the south.

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Kapiti Line

Metlink's Kapiti Line is the electrified southern portion of the North Island Main Trunk Railway between New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, and Waikanae on the Kapiti Coast, operated by Transdev Wellington on behalf of Greater Wellington Regional Council.

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Karehana Bay

Karehana Bay is a bay and nearby residential area at the western end of Plimmerton, a northern coastal suburb of Porirua.

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Kaumātua

Kaumātua are elected tribal elders of either gender in a Māori community who have been involved with their whānau for a number of years.

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Ken Douglas

Kenneth George Douglas (born 15 November 1935) is a New Zealand trade union leader.

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Ken Gray (rugby union)

Kenneth Francis Gray, MBE (24 June 1938 – 18 November 1992), was an international rugby union player from Porirua, New Zealand.

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Kenepuru

Kenepuru is a primarily industrial suburb of the city of Porirua in New Zealand.

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Khandallah

Khandallah is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.

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Kiteboarding

Kiteboarding is an action sport combining aspects of wakeboarding, snowboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, skateboarding and sailing into one extreme sport.

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Kmart Australia

Kmart Australia Limited is an Australian chain of retail stores (low-price stores), owned by Wesfarmers.

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Longburn

Longburn (or Karere) is a rural settlement just outside Palmerston North in the Manawatu-Wanganui area of New Zealand.

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Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt (Awakairangi) is a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Mana College

Mana College is a decile two secondary school in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Mana Island (New Zealand)

Mana Island is the smaller of two islands that lie off the southwest coast of the North Island of New Zealand (the larger is Kapiti Island).

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Mana, New Zealand

Mana is a suburb of Porirua City in New Zealand.

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Marina

A marina (from Spanish, Portuguese and Italian: marina, "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.

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Māori language

Māori, also known as te reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.

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Māori people

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

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McDonald's

McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Michael Campbell

Michael Shane Campbell, CNZM (born 23 February 1969) is a retired New Zealand professional golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year.

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Mike Riddell

Michael Riddell (born 23 March 1953 in Porirua East, New Zealand) is a Dunedin, New Zealand-based writer.

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New Zealand national football team

The New Zealand national football team represents New Zealand in international association football.

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New Zealand national handball team

The New Zealand national handball team is the national handball team of New Zealand and is controlled by the New Zealand Handball Federation.

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New Zealand national rugby union team

The New Zealand national rugby union team, called the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is known as the country's national sport.

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New Zealand State Highway 1

State Highway 1 (SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand roading network, running the length of both main islands.

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New Zealand State Highway 58

State Highway 58 is a New Zealand state highway in the Wellington Region linking the Hutt Valley to Porirua.

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Ngaio, New Zealand

Ngaio is an inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.

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Ngāti Toa

Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori iwi (tribe) in the lower North Island and upper South Island of New Zealand.

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Nishio, Aichi

is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan.

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North Island

The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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North Island Main Trunk

The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland.

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Onepoto, Wellington

Onepoto is a suburb of Porirua City in New Zealand.

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Overlander (train)

The Overlander was a long-distance rail passenger train between Auckland and Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand, along the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT).

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P. J. Solomon

Pehi James 'PJ' Solomon is a former international rugby player from Porirua, New Zealand.

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Papakowhai

Papakowhai, a suburb of Porirua City, lies approximately 22 km north of Wellington in New Zealand.

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Paremata

Paremata is a suburb of Porirua, on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Wellington, New Zealand.

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Pataka Art + Museum

Pataka Art + Museum is a municipal museum and art gallery of Porirua City, New Zealand.

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Pauatahanui

Pauatahanui is a village in New Zealand's North Island.

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Paul Rauhihi

Paul Rauhihi (born 3 July 1973 in Porirua, New Zealand) is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented his country.

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Peter Jackson

Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and film producer.

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Plimmerton

The suburb of Plimmerton lies in the northwest part of the city of Porirua in New Zealand, adjacent to some of the city's more congenial beaches.

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Porirua Harbour

Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour, commonly known as Porirua Harbour, is a natural inlet in the south-western coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Porirua railway station

Porirua railway station is an important intermediate station in New Zealand on the Kapiti Line from Wellington and is part of Wellington's Metlink suburban rail network operated by Transdev.

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Pukerua Bay

Pukerua Bay is a small seaside community at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.

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Ramon Te Wake

Ramon Te Wake (born 25 March 1976) is a documentarian, singer-songwriter and television presenter from New Zealand.

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Regions of New Zealand

New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.

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Robert Arnold

Robert Allan Arnold (born 13 August 1982), commonly known as Rob Arnold, is a singer from Wellington, New Zealand, who achieved fame in a New Zealand boy band, Boyband, as “Gay Boy”.

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Rodney So'oialo

Rodney So'oialo (born 3 October 1979 in Moto'otua, Samoa) is a New Zealand rugby union player who recently played in Japan for the Honda Heat.

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Royal New Zealand Police College

The Royal New Zealand Police College (RNZPC) is the central training institution for police recruits and police officers in New Zealand.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Sea Scout

Sea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and water-based activities.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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State housing

State housing is a system of public housing in New Zealand, offering low-cost rental housing to residents on low to moderate incomes.

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State planning in Porirua

In the post war era, a shortage of housing in Wellington led to a need for increased housing development.

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Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa), branded as Stats NZ, is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the collection of statistics related to the economy, population and society of New Zealand.

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Takapuwahia

Takapuwahia, also known as Porirua Pa, is the oldest settlement of Porirua City in the lower North Island of New Zealand.

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Tamati Ellison

Tamati Ellison (born 1 April 1983) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.

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Taupo Swamp

Taupo Swamp is an approximately 25-hectare (61.7 acres) lowland freshwater swamp, classified as a topogeneous mire, located three kilometres (1.8 miles) north of Plimmerton and 20 kilometres north-northeast of Wellington City, New Zealand.

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Tawa Flat deviation

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Titahi Bay

Titahi Bay, a suburb of Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand, lies at the foot of a short peninsula on the west coast of the Porirua Harbour, to the north of Porirua city centre.

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TJ Perenara

Thomas Tekanapu Rawakata Perenara (born 23 January 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union player who represents the All Blacks internationally, is the current Vice-Captain of the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition and is signed to the Wellington Lions in the ITM Cup.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt (Māori: Orongomai) is a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.

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Urban areas of New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand defines urban areas of New Zealand for statistical purposes (they have no administrative or legal basis).

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Values Party

The Values Party was a New Zealand political party.

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Vince Mellars

Vincent Mellars (born 27 January 1984 in Porirua) is a New Zealand rugby league player who plays for the Featherstone Rovers in the Kingstone Press Championship.

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Waikanae

Waikanae is a small town on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast.

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Waitangirua

Waitangirua is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22km north of Wellington in New Zealand.

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Water skiing

Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company

| The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR or W&MR) was a private railway company that built, owned and operated the Wellington-Manawatu railway line between Thorndon in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and Longburn, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, between 1881 and 1908, when it was acquired by the New Zealand Government Railways.

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Wellington Harbour

Wellington Harbour is the large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island.

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Wellington International Airport

Wellington International Airport (formerly known as Rongotai Airport) is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.

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Wellington Region

The Wellington Region (also known as Greater Wellington) is a local government region of New Zealand that occupies the southern end of the North Island.

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Wellington Rugby Football Union

The Wellington Rugby Football Union (known as the Wellington Lions for competition reasons) are a New Zealand governing body of rugby union in the New Zealand province of Wellington.

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Western Suburbs FC (New Zealand)

Western Suburbs Football Club (Wests) is an association football club in Porirua, New Zealand.

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Whitby

Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Borough of Scarborough and English county of North Yorkshire.

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Whitby, New Zealand

Whitby, a large suburb of Porirua City, New Zealand, located along much of the southern shore of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour was comprehensively planned in the 1960s (when still in Hutt County) and it has been continuously developed since, with current landscaping and expansion in the hills behind the eastern part of Whitby to facilitate the future growth of the suburb.

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Whitford Brown

Whitford James Richard Brown (13 May 1910 – 14 April 1986) was the foundation mayor of Porirua City, a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, for 21 years from 1962 to 1983.

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Whitireia New Zealand

Whitireia New Zealand, previously called Whitireia Community Polytechnic (Māori: Te Kura Matatini o Whitireia) is a government owned and funded tertiary education institute in New Zealand.

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Windsurfing

Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing.

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Yangzhou

Yangzhou, formerly romanized as Yangchow, is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province, China.

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2010 Oceania Handball Championship

The 2010 Oceania Handball Championship took place in Porirua, New Zealand from 8–10 May.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porirua

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