Rānui is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north of Wellington in New Zealand.

Rānui means midday in the Māori language.

[2] Rānui, comprising the statistical areas of Porirua East and Ranui Heights, covers 3.56 km2 (1.37 sq mi).

The percentage of people born overseas was 22.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 39.5% had no religion, 46.7% were Christian, 1.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.7% were Hindu, 1.9% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions.