Mana is a locality of

Porirua Porirua, () a list of cities in New Zealand, city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Poriru ...

City in New Zealand, part of the Suburb of Paremata. It is a narrow isthmus bounded to the west by the entrance to

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. The harbour is within the main urban area of the Wellington Region, and is surrounded by the city ...

, and to the east by the Pauatahanui inlet of the Porirua Harbour. Mana Island lies about three kilometres west of the isthmus. State Highway 59 and the

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. The line is long, built to the New Zealand rail gauge of and ser ...

railway both pass through the centre of Mana; the state highway route was previously part of State Highway 1 until SH 1 was shifted to the Transmission Gully Motorway on 7 December 2021. A significant increase in the traffic capacity through Mana occurred in 2005-2006 when a second bridge on the state highway route was added at the southern end, transit lanes were introduced and several sets of traffic lights were added as part of the Plimmerton to Paremata upgrade.

History

Mana was known as Dolly Varden (after a ship) until 1960 when local pressure resulted in the area being renamed Mana.

Notes

References

* * {{cite book , last1=Churchman , first1=Geoffrey Basil , year=1998 , orig-year=1988 , title=The Story of The Wellington to Johnsonville Railway , format= , type= , series= , edition=Second , location=Wellington , publisher=IPL Books , publication-date= , isbn=0-908876-05-X

External links

Mana-Camborne Community Profile
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SH1 Plimmerton to Paremata Upgrade
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