The local area has a lot to offer. Being only 30km from the Wellington metropolis and just 15km from Porirua, Fernhill offers the best of rural living along with the convenience that a large city can offer.
Pauatahanui Inlet
Pauatahanui Inlet is an east-west running arm of Porirua Harbour, 30km north of Wellington. The Pauatahanui inlet is also a beautiful wildlife management reserve - a coastal wetland containing a mosaic of tidal flats and indigenous marsh vegetation. Pauatahanui Inlet is the largest in Porirua and the most extensive relatively unmodified estuarine area in the southern part of the North Island. The area around the inlet has been inhabited for at least the last 600 years and is rich with wāhi tapu, archaeological sites, and historic places.
Getting there Public access to the Pauatahanui Wildlife Management Reserve is via the Forest and Bird reserve at Pauatahanui village from State Highway 58. Parking is available. From State Highway 1 you can get onto the route around the estuary by turning off at the Paremata roundabout or at Grays Road in Plimmerton.
Activities Within the Pauatahanui Wildlife Management Reserve there are viewing hides, tracks, a visitor centre and a picnic area. A walk along the rush-lined streams can also offer you a glimpse of the banded kokopu, a beautifully-patterned native fish that can reach up to 250mm.
The Light House Pauatahanui Cinema is located at 3 Paekakariki Hill Road. The cinema is nestled on the edge of the Pauatahanui wildlife reserve and enjoys unobstructed views across the to the Pauatahanui Inlet. The cinema prides itself on providing the Pauatahanui community access to a wide variety of art-house and festival films as well as screening mainstream features.
www.lighthousepauatahanui.co.nz
School
www.pauatahanui.school.nz
Local News
www.pauatahanui.com
Golf Club
www.pauatahanuigolfclub.co.nz
Pony Club
www.nzpca.org/new/areas/waw/wellington/pauatahanui/
Fishing
www.fish.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/
Image Gallery
www.naturespic.com/NewZealand/result_search.asp?search=Pauatahanui