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4 unusual facts about Wiri


Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility

Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF) is a women's prison in the Wiri suburb of Manukau City, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ford Telstar

In New Zealand, the Telstar, like the Laser, was assembled locally from 1983 (replacing the highly successful Cortina range) at Ford's original Seaview plant near Lower Hutt and later at the Ford/Mazda joint venture plant in Wiri, Auckland, called Vehicle Assemblers of New Zealand (VANZ).

Marsden Point Oil Refinery

In 1981, the expansion began and the government approving a 170km pipeline to Wiri, south Auckland.

Wiri

As part of the Auckland railway electrification project, the $100 million EMU maintenance and stabling depot was built on 4.4 hectares of the old Winstone Quarry in Wiri, located next to the South-Western Expressway and bordered by Roscommon and Wiri Station Roads.


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North Pole, New York

In 1954, Burlington/Plattsburgh-market NBC affiliate WPTZ (channel 5) was licensed to North Pole at the time of its sign-on (as WIRI).


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