Paparangi, one of the northern suburbs of Wellington in New Zealand, lies approximately 10 km north of the city centre, north-east of Johnsonville, north-west of Newlands and south of Grenada and Woodridge. The population was 2,841 at the time of the 2013 census, an increase of 96 from the 2006 census population. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "flat sky" for the Maori-language name Paparangi. The suburb has a small local shopping-centre and a low-decile primary school.