Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington.
It almost completely surrounds Porirua Harbour at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast. The eastern (Pauatahanui) inlet of the harbour is notable for its world-class estuarine values.
The population at the June 2010 estimate was 52,000

The name "Porirua" is of Maori origin. It is possibly a variant of
"Pari-rua" ("two tides"), a reference to the two arms of the Porirua Harbour. The name was given in the 19th century to a land registration district that stretched from Kaiwharawhara (or Kaiwarra) on the north-west shore of Wellington Harbour northwards to and around Porirua Harbour. The road climbing the hill from Kaiwharawhara towards Ngaio and Khandallah is still called Old Porirua Road.

In the 19th century a small European settlement grew up, partly because of the need for a ferry across the harbour. At the time a small Maori settlement already existed


the ALLAN & ALLEN burials in Porirua as at May 2011:

ALLAN Alfred Roy/Ray 71 Years Burial 1950

ALLAN Anna 64 Years Burial Unknown

ALLAN Annie Nairn 95 Years Cremation 2009

ALLAN David 79 Years Cremation 2006

ALLAN Douglas Robertson 85 Years Cremation 2009

ALLAN George Selbie 79 Years Cremation 1991

ALLAN Grace Ellen 86 Years Cremation 2007

ALLAN Gregory 62 Years Cremation 2010

ALLAN John 83 Years Cremation 2003

ALLAN Joy Emma Roberta 80 Years Cremation 1994

ALLAN Roy Richard 75 Years Cremation 2009

ALLAN Ruby Eileen 92 Years Cremation 1998


ALLEN Baby Stillborn Cremation 1996

ALLEN Bettina Joan 77 Years Cremation 2000

ALLEN Claude 27 Years Burial Unknown

ALLEN Cleonee 47 Years Cremation 1987

ALLEN Dulcie Mavis 75 Years Cremation 1986

ALLEN Edith Jean 87 Years Cremation 1985

ALLEN Harvey Donald 56 Years Cremation 1993

ALLEN Jan Elizabeth 24 Years Cremation 1981

ALLEN Joan 75 Years Cremation 1996

ALLEN John 66 Years Burial 1992

ALLEN John Frederick Morgan 47 Years Burial 1933

ALLEN Lorraine Elizabeth 1 Years Burial 1954

ALLEN Margaret 63 Years Cremation 1997

ALLEN Mary 70 Years Cremation 1993

ALLEN Mary Vaughan 83 Years Cremation 1997

ALLEN Norman Godso 86 Years Cremation 1992

ALLEN Patrick Francis 52 Years Burial 1973

ALLEN Pauline Agnes 73 Years Burial 1946

ALLEN Peter John Not recorded Cremation 2008

ALLEN Phillip Wayne 44 Years Cremation 1989

ALLEN Phillippa Barbara 6 Years Burial 1960

ALLEN Thomas Charter 86 Years Cremation 1993

ALLEN Timothy Douglas 19 Years Cremation 1999

ALLEN William 57 Years Burial Unknown

ALLEN William 53 Years Cremation 2004