Mana is a locality of Porirua 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, and to the east by the Pauatahanui inlet of the Porirua Harbour. Mana Island lies about three kilometres west of the isthmus.
Mana | |
|---|---|
 Mana Peninsula | |
  Mana | |
| Coordinates: 41°05′51″S 174°52′10″E / 41.097548°S 174.869463°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Porirua |
| Train stations | Mana Railway Station |
| Camborne | ||
| Porirua Harbour |
  Mana  |
Porirua Harbour |
| Paremata |
State Highway 59 and the North Island Main Trunk 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.[1] 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
editMana was known as Dolly Varden (after a ship) until 1960 when local pressure resulted in the area being renamed Mana.[2][3]
Notes
edit- ^ "State Highway 59 switch confirmed for December" (Press release). New Zealand Transport Agency. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Hoy 1970, pp. 93–95.
- ^ Churchman 1998, p. 27.
References
edit- Hoy, Douglas George (1970). Rails Out of the Capital. Wellington: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society.
- Churchman, Geoffrey Basil (1998) [1988]. The Story of The Wellington to Johnsonville Railway (Second ed.). Wellington: IPL Books. ISBN 0-908876-05-X.