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Takapu Valley, one of the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand, is a rural area. The only road, Takapu Road, which runs by the Takapu Stream, goes down past Grenada North to the intersection with the Johnsonville-Porirua Motorway , and to Tawa where most facilities are.
One house in the Willowbank area, just south of Takapu Road, was provided with an underpass to give access to the road. North of the tunnels, there are two road crossings. A bridge was constructed over the new railway at the south end of Takapu Road station to provide road access from the Main Road to the Takapu valley.
The Porirua Stream flows northwards along the valley, fed by a number of tributaries, including the Takapu Stream. Loosely following the path of the Porirua Stream through the valley is the North Island Main Trunk line; the Kapiti Line of the Wellington suburban railway, operated by Transdev Wellington (under the trading name Metlink).
Takapu or Tākapu is: The New Zealand name for the Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), a seabird. HMNZS Takapu, a patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy; Takapu Road in Wellington, New Zealand, is the location of Takapu Road Railway Station and Takapu Valley
Takapu Valley Rānui is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of Wellington in New Zealand . Rānui means midday in the Māori language .
Takapu Road railway station is on the suburban rail network of Wellington, New Zealand, on the Kapiti section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT). It is double tracked with side platforms. It serves the suburbs of Redwood and Grenada North, and the rural Takapu Valley.
McCoy's Stockade was at the junction with the Takapu Valley road and Leigh's Stockade was at the junction with Oxford Street in Tawa, at the southern end and about where Mexted's Service Station is. The route of the Old Porirua Road through Tawa is now marked by bronze plaques in the footpath.
Vogeltown is a hillside suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, on the eastern slopes of Brooklyn and overlooking Newtown.It is sometimes considered part of Mornington.. In later Maori times parts of the area now occupied by Vogeltown and eastern Brooklyn were used for cultivation by the Te Aro hapu (sub-tribe) of the Te Atiawa, the dominant tribe in the region.