Dating by city / New Zealand / Wellington Region / Paraparaumu
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Paraparaumu is small enough that you may have friends in common, so start with a relaxed coffee in the centre. If you would rather meet away from familiar faces, Raumati Beach is close by.
Within 50 km of Paraparaumu there are 13 towns and cities — Wellington, Lower Hutt and Porirua among them — with more than 720,000 residents in all. In the app you choose the distance yourself: from 10 km to 500 km, or “Any distance”.
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