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Masterton is the largest town in the Wairarapa region in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is 85 kilometres northeast of Wellington and 70 kilometres south of Palmerston North, and stands on the banks of the Ruamahanga River. Masterton is a thriving community and the commuter rail link allows many residents easy access to work in the cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, or Upper Hutt. Local industries involve service industries for the surrounding farming community. The town is the headquarters of the annual Golden Shears sheep-shearing competition.

Paraparaumu is a town located in the southwestern North Island of New Zealand. It lies close to the Kapiti Coast 50 kilometres north of the nation's capital city, Wellington. Like many other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast (Paraparaumu Beach), which lies directly opposite Kapiti Island. The two towns form part of the Kapiti Coast District. Together with the nearby towns of Raumati Beach and Raumati South they are among the fastest growing urban areas in New Zealand, and are slowly becoming major dormitory towns with workers commuting to the four cities that make up the Wellington urban area.

The name "Porirua" is of Maori origin. It is possibly a variant of "Pari rua" ("two tides"), a reference to the two arms of the Porirua Harbour. It was the name given in the 19th century to a land registration district that stretched from Kaiwharawhara (or "Kaiwarra") (on the north-west shore of Port Nicholson) northwards to and around the Porirua Harbour. A road climbing the hill from Kaiwharawhara towards Ngaio and Khandallah is still called "Old Porirua Road". In the 19th century a small Maori settlement existed, and a small European village grew up, partly because of the need for a ferry across the harbour. Late in that century the Porirua Mental Hospital was erected on the hill south-west of the village. Originally planned to become a satellite city to Wellington with state housing in the late 1940s, Porirua has grown to city status. Major territorial additions to the city were made in 1973 and 1988 as part of the reduction and eventual abolition of the Hutt County. Suburbs include Ascot Park, Cannons Creek, Elsdon, Onepoto, Paremata, Pauatahanui, Plimmerton, Pukerua Bay, Ranui Heights, Takapuwahia, Titahi Bay, Waitangirua, and Whitby. Rural localities include Judgeford and Horokiri.

Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington, New Zealand. The city is 30 kilometres northeast of the Wellington central business district, and is centred on the upper (northern) valley of the Hutt River which winds its way from northeast to southwest on its way to its outflow into Port Nicholson harbour. The Hutt Valley widens briefly into a 2500 metre wide floodplain between the Rimutaka and Akatarawa Ranges before constricting nine kilometres further downstream at the Taita Gorge, which separates Upper Hutt from its neighbour, Lower Hutt. The city's main urban area is located on this plain. The Upper Hutt city extends to the top of the Rimutaka saddle to the northeast and into the rough hill country of the Akatarawa ranges to the north and northwest, almost reaching the Kapiti Coast close to the town of Paekakariki. The main suburbs of Upper Hutt, from northeast to southwest, include: Timberlea, Brown Owl, Maoribank, Mangaroa, Totara Park, Kingsley Heights, Wallaceville, Trentham, Heretaunga, Silverstream, and Pinehaven. Upper Hutt is sited on an area originally known as Orongomai, and that of the river was Heretaunga (still the name of a suburb of Upper Hutt).

Waikanae is a small town on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast. The name is a Maori word meaning "The glistening of the mullet". The town is about 60 kilometres north of Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, and is between the towns of Paraparaumu, eight kilometres to the southwest, and Otaki, 15 kilometres to the northeast. It and its small neighbouring settlement of Waikanae Beach serve as quiet places for young families and older people. The town and surrounding area is most noted for its beautiful beach and river mouth, which is opposite the long form of Kapiti Island, which lies four kilometres offshore in the Tasman Sea.

Wainuiomata is a suburban town located within the city limits of Lower Hutt - part of the Wellington urban area - in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is located six kilometres to the southeast of the Lower Hutt central business district. Wainuiomata is isolated enough from the rest of the city by the Eastern Hutt Hills to be considered a town in its own right by most New Zealanders.