New Zealand - Porirua - Mana College - 5KA - 1981 Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Mana College - Established in 1957 Mana - A suburb of Porirua City in New Zealand - It is a narrow isthmus bounded to the west by the entrance to Porirua Harbour, and to the east by the Pauatahanui inlet of the Porirua Harbour. - Mana Island lies about three kilometres west of the isthmus. - Mana was known as Dolly Varden (after a ship) until 1960 when local pressure resulted in the area being renamed Mana (Reference: Wikipedia)