page_title: Whitby, New Zealand
hierarchical_section_title: Whitby, New Zealand
caption_attribution_description: The southwestern parts of Whitby, New Zealand, showing the lower of the Whitby Lakes
context_page_description: Whitby, a large suburb of Porirua City, New Zealand, located along much of the southern shore of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour was comprehensively planned in the 1960s and it has been continuously developed since, with current landscaping and expansion in the hills behind the eastern part of Whitby to facilitate the future growth of the suburb.
  The name of the suburb itself, as well as the nautical theme of neighbourhood and street names, are drawn from the life and career of the Pacific explorer James Cook. The bicentennial of his first visit to New Zealand occurred when the development of Whitby started.
  The suburb is commercially centred on the Whitby Shopping Centre, containing almost all the retail businesses in Whitby.
context_section_description: Whitby, a large suburb of Porirua City, New Zealand, located along much of the southern shore of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour was comprehensively planned in the 1960s (when still in Hutt County) and it has been continuously developed since, with current landscaping and expansion in the hills behind the eastern part of Whitby to facilitate the future growth of the suburb.
  The name of the suburb itself, as well as the nautical theme of neighbourhood and street names, are drawn from the life and career of the Pacific explorer James Cook. The bicentennial of his first (1769) visit to New Zealand occurred when the development of Whitby started.
  The suburb is commercially centred on the Whitby Shopping Centre, containing almost all the retail businesses in Whitby.
caption: Southern Whitby, with the lower lake at centre
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