{{Infobox Settlement
|name             = Parakai
|population_total = 1,371
|population_as_of = 2006
|subdivision_type = Whenua
|subdivision_name = [[Aotearoa]]
|subdivision_type1= Takiwā
|subdivision_name1= [[Tāmaki-makau-rau (takiwā)|Tāmaki-makau-rau]]
|pushpin_map      = Auckland
|pushpin_label_position = top
|latd             = 36
|latm             = 39
|lats             = 49
|latNS            = S
|longd            = 174
|longm            = 26
|longs            = 10
|longEW           = E
}}
Ko '''Parakai''' he nohanga o te takiwā o [[Tāmaki-makau-rau (takiwā)| Tāmaki-makau-rau]], i roto anō i te rohe whenua o Ākarana-ki-te-raki (AK). E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te [[reo Pākehā]]) he wāhi nohoia e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te nui o te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu tēnei. Ko [[Tāmaki-makau-rau (takiwā)| Tāmaki-makau-rau]] tētahi o ngā takiwā o [[Aotearoa]], kei [[Te Ika-a-Māui]] taua takiwā.

Ko ngā wāhi e pātata ana, ko [[Helensville]] e 3 kiromita ki te tonga mā rāwhiti, ko [[Waioneke]] e 22 kiromita ki te raki mā uru.<ref>{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|id=ISBN 0-7900-0952-8|author=Peter Dowling (ētita)|publisher=Reed Books|pages=mahere whenua 10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|id=ISBN 1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=mahere whenua 34}}</ref>

E ai ki te kautenui o te tau 2006, e 1371 te taupori o Parakai. Mai i te kautenui o te 2001, e 192 te pikinga ake o te tokomaha tāngata.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/final-counts/auckland-region.htm|title=Final counts – census night and census usually resident populations, and occupied dwellings - Rodney District|publisher=[[Tatauranga Aotearoa]]}}</ref>

==Ko te kura==
Ko te kura o Parakai he kura tuatahi mō ngā taitama me ngā kōhine o ngā taumata 1 tae noa ki te 8. Nō te tau 1958 i whakatū ai.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php/notices.php?action=view&id=611714|title=Parakai School 50th Jubilee|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|volume=87|issue=11|date=2008-06-30}}</ref> Ko 3 te whakatauranga ōtekau; ā, e 181 te tokomaha o te rārangi ingoa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tki.org.nz/m/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=1432|title=Te Kete Ipurangi - te kura o Parakai|publisher=[[Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga]]}}</ref>

==Tohutoro==

*  [http://www.linz.govt.nz/apps/placenames/index.html?name=Parakai&submit_name=Find&radius=2+Km&north=&east= Toitū Te Whenua (Land Information New Zealand)]. He mea kite i te 2007-09-04.

*{{cite web |title= Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa  (New Zealand Geographic Board) |work= |url= http://www.linz.govt.nz/core/placenames/nzgeographicboard/index.html |accessdate=2007-09-04}}

==Kupu tautoko==
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