Paparangi

Paparangi is one of the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It lies approximately 10 km north of the city centre, north-east of Johnsonville, north-west of Newlands and south of Grenada and Woodridge. The population was 2841 at the time of the 2013 census, an increase of 96 from the 2006 census population.[1]

The area, originally farms and part of Newlands became a dormitory suburb of Wellington with major subdivisions in the early 1960s. Some of the street names (like Mark Avenue) are the first names of children living in the area then.[2]

The suburb has a local shopping centre and a primary school, Paparangi School. [3] [4] [5]

History

The area was settled by a farmer Thomas Drake from Devonshire who was a descendant of John Drake, brother to Sir Francis Drake. He obtained a Crown Grant of 332 acres of land in 1861. His widow Ceres Selina Drake sold the land to the Crown on 3 August 1897, and it was broken into small farms of the Paparangi Estate, as one of the Small Farms Settlements of Richard Seddon’s Liberal Government. Working men got a 2 hectare (5 acre) lease-in-perpetuity section on which they could grow fruit and vegetables and keep pigs, bees and fowls. In the 1920s Sid Styles had a dairy farm, Ocean View Farm in Paparangi supplying milk and cream.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ These figures combine the statistical areas of Paparangi (2013 Census QuickStats about a place:Paparangi) and Paparangi West (2013 Census QuickStats about a place:Paparangi West)
  2. ↑ Northern Suburbs: Wellington City p39 (Heritage Trail booklet by Wellington City Council, undated)
  3. ↑ "Paparangi School". Paparangi School. 17 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Paparangi pupils back at school after fire". Stuff/Fairfax. 3 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Paparangi School". Ministry of Education. 17 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Bremner, Julie (1987). Wellington’s Northern Suburbs 1919-1945. Wellington: Millwood Press. pp. 23, 99. ISBN 0-908582-80-3.
  7. ↑ Carman, Arthur (1982) [1956]. Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road: 1840-1982 (3 ed.). Wellington: Wright and Carman. p. 59.

Coordinates: 39°42′S 174°58′E / 39.700°S 174.967°E / -39.700; 174.967


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