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Rongotai
Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the suburb. For the parliamentary electorate, see Rongotai (New Zealand electorate).
Rongotai is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre. It is on the Rongotai isthmus, between the Miramar Peninsula and the suburbs of Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay. It is known mostly for being the location of the Wellington International Airport. It is roughly in the centre of the Rongotai electorate, which is much bigger than the suburb.
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Rongotai | |
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![]() The north-west part of Rongotai. | |
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Coordinates: 41.324°S 174.804°E / -41.324; 174.804 | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Wellington City |
Local authority | Wellington City Council |
Electoral ward |
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Area | |
• Land | 194 ha (479 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 40 |
Airports | Wellington International Airport |
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Evans Bay (suburb) | Evans Bay (bay) | Maupuia |
Kilbirnie |
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Miramar |
Lyall Bay (suburb) | Lyall Bay (bay) | Moa Point |
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "sound of the sea" for Rongotai.[3]