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Porirua

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Porirua was built as a satellite city for Wellington in the 1950s and 1960s. This 1958 film highlights the erection of new houses and provision of shops and other amenities in the settlement.

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 79. National Film Unit, 1958

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Ben Schrader, City planning – Suburbs and satellite cities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/25746/porirua (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 3 March 2010, updated 26 March 2015.