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Plimmerton Beach

Maybe watch yet another future world champion windsurfer or boardsailor beating the breezes. The area near the beach is one of the Porirua's oldest settlements, dating from the nineteenth century when Plimmer and others pushed the Wellington and Manawatu Railway through.

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Getting there: One minute from the railway station

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Wellington/Porirua, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 27 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.

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