Discover Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington has a warm-temperate climate, with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters, and is the sunniest and warmest of New Zealand's main centres. Wellington is home to many cultures. The majority of inhabitants claim European - predominantly British - descent, but substantial Maori, Pacific Islander and Asian communities exist as well. Wellington has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world.
• Destination Wellington A-Z
» City Gallery Wellington
The City Gallery Wellington (Ma-ori: Te Whare Toi) is an art gallery in Wellington. The gallery was first opened in 1980 in a different building. Located in Civic Square, the Gallery is recognised as pivotal to Wellington's positioning and growth as New Zealand's arts capital, City Gallery Wellington plays a unique role …
» Civic Square
Civic Square is an open public area at the centre of Wellington, New Zealand. It marks the boundary between the financial district to the north and the entertainment district to the south. The square is paved with yellow terracotta bricks and has an iconic sculpture, a 3.4 metre diameter sphere using sculpted leaves of several ferns endemic to New Zealand …
» Colonial Cottage Museum
The Colonial Cottage Museum is Wellington's oldest building and is classified as a Category I (places of 'special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value') historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The cottage was built in 1858 and is located on Nairn Street in the suburb of Mount Cook …
» Courtenay Place
Courtenay Place is the main street of the Courtenay Quarter in the Wellington, New Zealand inner-city district of Te Aro. Courtenay Place is known for its entertainment and nightlife. Many restaurants are open late and most of the bars stay open until dawn. It contains offices, accommodation, tourist shopping, entertainment, food, art and buskers …
» Kapiti Coast
The Kapiti Coast (formerly known as The Golden Coast) is the name of the section of the coast of the south-western North Island of New Zealand that is north of Wellington and opposite Kapiti Island. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Regional Council. Kapiti means "joining" or "boundary": the island was at one time the boundary between the rohe (territories) of two Ma-ori iwi …
» Mount Victoria
Mount Victoria, locally abbreviated to Mt. Vic, is a prominent hill (height 196 metres) to the east of the centre of Wellington, and its associated suburb. To the south of it is a spur, Mount Albert, and the two are linked by a ridge. Mount Victoria's original Ma-ori name is Tangi Te Keo. Government House lies on the slopes of Mount Victoria to the south of the Basin Reserve …
» National Library of New Zealand
National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Ma-tauranga o Aotearoa in Maori) is New Zealand's legal deposit library and a public service department, charged with the obligation to 'enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations'. It is close to the New Zealand Parliament …
» New Zealand Parliament Buildings
The New Zealand Parliament Buildings house the New Zealand Parliament and are on a 45,000 square metre site at the northern end of Lambton Quay. They consist of Parliament House, the Executive Wing (The Beehive), the Parliamentary Library and Bowen House. An earlier wooden Parliament House was destroyed in 1907 …
» St. James Theatre
The St. James Theatre, (previously known as His Majesty's Theatre, and the Westpac St. James Theatre) shortened to St. James by locals, is a stage theatre located in the heart of New Zealand's capital city, Wellington. The present theatre was designed in 1912 by Australian designer Henry Eli White …
» Te Aro
Te Aro is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the central business district including the majority of the city's entertainment district, and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace and Cambridge Terrace at the base of Mount Victoria. Te Aro is a Ma-ori language name …
» Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand)
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; Te Papa Tongarewa is broadly translatable as the place of treasures of this land. The museum incorporates the concepts of unified collections …
» Wellington Botanic Garden
The Wellington Botanic Garden covers 25 hectares of land on the side of the hill between Thorndon and Kelburn, near central Wellington. The garden features 25 hectares of protected native forest, conifers, plant collections and seasonal displays. They also feature a variety of non-native species, including an extensive Rose Garden …
» Wellington Cable Car
The Wellington Cable Car is a funicular railway in Wellington, New Zealand between Lambton Quay, the main shopping street, and Kelburn, a suburb in the hills overlooking the central city, rising 120 m over a length of 612 m. It is widely recognised as a symbol of Wellington. The upper terminus is next to the Wellington Botanic Garden …
» Wellington Harbour
Wellington Harbour is the large natural harbour at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island. New Zealand's capital, Wellington, is on the western side of Wellington Harbour. The harbour was officially named Port Nicholson until it assumed its current name in the 1980s. In Ma-ori the harbour is Te Whanganui-a-Tara (the great harbour of Tara) …
» Wellington Town Hall
The Wellington Town Hall is a concert hall and part of the municipal complex in Wellington, New Zealand. The foundation stone for the building was laid in 1901 and construction began the following year. It was officially opened on 7 December 1904. The Town Hall was originally fronted with a Roman styled portico …
