Карори: Тарихы мен қазіргі жағдайы

Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand

The name Karori used to be Kaharore and is from te reo Māori. It comes from the Māori phrase 'te kaha o ngā rore' meaning 'the place of many bird snares'. Originally forested, Māori used the Karori area for hunting. It also had tracks crossing it that led to Māori pā on the west coast. No Māori lived in the area when the first European settlers came to Karori in the 1840s, having bought the land from the New Zealand Company. The first settler in Karori, John Yule of Glasgow, cleared 20 acres of forest on his section with his younger brother Moses and advertised its sale in December 1841. By 1845, ten 100 acre sections were being taken up and sub divided, and Karori recorded 215 inhabitants – 109 of them under the age of 14 years. The first mental hospital in Wellington was built in 1854.

Karori experienced a gold rush when the valley of the Upper Kaiwharawhara Stream became subject to intensive gold mining activity between 1869 and 1873. This activity eventually led to the building of the lower Karori Dam (now part of Zealandia) in 1873. At the height of the rush, about 200 men worked the claims, driving shafts and drives up to 500 feet in length into the hills. and the Borough of Karori amalgamated with the City of Wellington in 1920.

Karori Historical Society is one of many historical societies of Aotearoa New Zealand, membership application is open to all residents and citizens of New Zealand. The activities include publishing books about the history of Karori and there are many titles listed on their website for example Karori and its People and Karori Streets 1841–1991. The book Karori Streets was updated in 2019 and is about the European settlement of the suburb. Original authors are Will Chapman and historian Katherine (Kitty) Wood who was born in 1912. Judith Burch is the president of Karori historical society and co author of the book, Karori and its People. The other author is Jan Heynes, also the vice president of the society. Heynes has family connections in Karori from in the early 1900s through the Kirkcaldie family.

Zealandia (formerly called the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary) is an enclosed restoration project focusing on the flora and fauna that inhabited the valley before human settlement. Karori Park, on Karori Road features a football and cricket sports ground, all weather track, changing rooms and play area. Ben Burn Park, on Campbell Street features a football and cricket sports ground, changing rooms, athletics, play area and artificial cricket surfaces. Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park in southern Karori has over 40 km of mountain bike and walking tracks built by the mountain biking community and is recognised as a world class area dedicated to mountain biking.

Karori pool is a modern indoor swimming complex with a 25 metre heated pool, learners' pool, toddlers' pool, spa pool and a 30 metre hydro slide. The pool was originally an outdoor facility first opened in 1936. The pool was converted to an indoor pool in 2001 and additional work in 2010 added the hydro slide. The pool is home to the Karori Pirates swimming club.

The centre of Karori contains a basic shopping mall with two supermarkets, a Council operated library (containing a café), a recreation centre and other amenities.

Karori Library opened in the 1840s, operating out of the community hall at the site of the present day library on Karori Road. In November 2005, the current two level library and café were opened. The architects were Warren and Mahoney and the building received critical acclaim receiving this review in Architecture New Zealand: "The Karori library is a box of light that shines brightly in an overcast suburb. The relationship to the street is a model for all those who design for the outer city."

The Karori Community Garden was founded in 2015 by Paul Stevenson. It is located at 21 Beauchamp Street, behind the Beauchamp Street Chapel.

Until 31 October 2017, the full length of Karori Road was served by the Karori Park trolley bus route, which replaced the former tram service in 1954. For many years vehicles on this route ran as Route 12 to Courtenay Place, but are now designated as Route 2 and through routed via the city alternating between Miramar and Seatoun as destinations. The weekday seven minute service is the most frequent of all Wellington routes. Other routes serving the suburb are Route 18e which runs through Kelburn to Miramar via Massey University; Route 21 which runs up Beauchamp St and down Birdwood St, to and from Courtenay Place; peak time Route 37 which runs the 21 route to The Terrace, then via Bowen St and Featherston St to Brandon St; peak time Route 33 from Karori South to and from Brandon St and peak time Route 34 which runs from Karori West to and from Brandon St with an hourly service from Karori South just to and from Karori Mall during the day. Electric buses were introduced on Route 2 in August 2021.

Karori is within the enrolment zones for Wellington College, Wellington Girls' College, Wellington High School,Samuel Marsden, Karori West Normal School, and Karori Normal School.

Stage one of purpose built faculties to hold the Wellington Teachers' Training College were complete in 1969 on the site 26 40 Donald Street. It has a rich history with many notable New Zealanders attended and teaching there. Other names include the Wellington College of Education. This campus was the home of Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education briefly with some controversy until 2016 when the Faculty moved to the Kelburn campus. Construction of a retirement village on the site is underway in 2020 with the company Ryman purchasing the site in 2017.

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School is a composite private Anglican girls' school on Karori Road in Marsden Village. It offers classes from new entrants to Year 13. In 2014 it had a roll of 502.

Karori Normal School is a co educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of
It was founded in 1857 and is the second largest full primary school in New Zealand. It has an artificial turf, two playgrounds, 35 classrooms in approximately four buildings, a concrete field, and a grass field. The author Katherine Mansfield attended the school from 1895 to 1898 and there is a memorial to her at the school on a concrete field called the Katherine Mansfield field, located in front of a tree she wrote about in one of her stories. Karori West Normal School is a co educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of .

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Karori is an Anglican girls' school for Year 1 to 13 students, founded in 1878. It has a roll of as of
St Teresa's School is a co educational state integrated Catholic school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of .