Ōwhiro Bay
Ōwhiro Bay | |
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| Coordinates: 41°20′38″S 174°45′32″E / 41.344°S 174.759°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Wellington City |
| Local authority | Wellington City Council |
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| Area | |
| • Land | 406 ha (1,003 acres) |
| Population (June 2024) | |
• Total | 2,040 |
| Brooklyn | Kingston | |
| Mākara |
Ōwhiro Bay
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Island Bay |
| Cook Strait |
Ōwhiro Bay is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, that overlooks Cook Strait. It is situated west of the larger suburb of Island Bay. The official name of the suburb was changed from Owhiro Bay to Ōwhiro Bay (with macron) by the New Zealand Geographic Board on 21 June 2019. The Bay and stream are named after the navigator Whiro, who landed the waka Nukutere there, and has been historically settled by the Kati Mamoe, Ngati Ira and Ngai Tara tribes.
The suburb has been an industrial area of southern Wellington since the 1950s with the opening of Bata Shoes and the Southern Landfill (1976).