Karori
Karori | |
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City-end Karori from Wrights Hill summit | |
| Coordinates: 41°17′05″S 174°44′12″E / 41.284855°S 174.736795°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Wellington City |
| Local authority | Wellington City Council |
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| Established | 1840 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 628 ha (1,552 acres) |
| Population (June 2024) | |
• Total | 15,330 |
| Postcode(s) | 6012 |
| Mākara | Wilton | |
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Karori
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Northland | |
| Highbury, Taitville |
Karori is a suburb located at the western edge of the urban area of Wellington, New Zealand, 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) from the city centre and is one of New Zealand's most populous suburbs, with a population of 15,330 in June 2024. The name Karori used to be Kaharore and is from the Māori language. No Māori lived in the area, when the first European settlers came to Karori in the 1840s. The first settler in Karori cleared 20 acres of forest on his section with his younger brother Moses and advertised its sale in December 1841.
Amenities in Karori include, a small community garden, a library, a swimming pool, several church buildings, an abandoned council events centre and an empty plot of land with a picnic table memorialising the popular food-cart era, "Food-truck Fridays".