Wellington Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara[1]
—  main urban area  —
Wellington central business district
Location of Wellington within New Zealand
Coordinates: 41°17′20″S 174°46′38″E / -41.28889, 174.77722
Country	New Zealand
Region	Wellington
Territorial authorities	Wellington City Lower Hutt City Upper Hutt City Porirua City
Local iwi	Ngāti Poneke, Ngāti Tama, Te Āti Awa
Settled by the UK	1839
Capital of New Zealand	1865
Population (2007[2])
- Urban area	379,000
- By urban zone	Wellington 189,700 Lower Hutt 100,900 Upper Hutt 37,900 Porirua 50,600
Time zone	NZST (UTC+12)
- Summer (DST)	NZDT (UTC+13)
Postcode	6000 to 6999
Area code(s)	+64-4

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the most populous national capital in Oceania and the southern-most capital city in the world. Statistics New Zealand defines New Zealand urban areas for statistical purposes New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Governance The official Wellington Region as administered by the Wellington Regional Council (under the brand-name "Greater Wellington" covers the conurbation around the This article is about the City of Wellington For a more general overview see the main article Wellington. Lower Hutt (Awakairangi is a City in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Upper Hutt is New Zealand 's smallest city by population the second largest by land area History The name "Porirua" is of Māori origin It is possibly a variant of "Pari-rua" ("two tides" a reference to the two arms of the Porirua In New Zealand society iwi (iwi form the largest everyday Social units in Māori populations. Ngāti Poneke is a Māori Iwi of New Zealand. It is a pan-tribal iwi of Māori who have migrated to the city of Wellington (like Ngāti Ngāti Tama is a Māori Iwi of New Zealand. See also List of Māori iwi Te Āti Awa is a Māori Iwi with traditional bases in the Taranaki and Wellington regions of New Zealand. In New Zealand an urban zone is a subdivision of an urban area. History On 2 November 1868, New Zealand officially adopted a standard time to be observed nationally and was perhaps the first country to do so UTC+12 is a Time zone for the following locations Fiji Gilbert Islands, Kiribati Marshall Islands Daylight saving time ( DST UTC+13 is a Time zone for the following locations Enderbury Kiribati (Phoenix Islands Time New Zealand Daylight Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Statistics New Zealand defines New Zealand urban areas for statistical purposes ^[3] It is in the Wellington region at the southern tip of the North Island, near the geographical centre of the country. Governance The official Wellington Region as administered by the Wellington Regional Council (under the brand-name "Greater Wellington" covers the conurbation around the The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. It is popularly referred to as the "Windy City" due to its historically fierce winds and weather or colloquially as Wellywood. Wellywood is an informal name for the city of Wellington, New Zealand.

Like many cities, Wellington's urban area extends well beyond the boundaries of a single local authority. Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. Greater Wellington or the Wellington Region means the entire urban area, plus the rural parts of the cities and the Kapiti Coast, and across the Rimutaka Range to the Wairarapa. Governance The official Wellington Region as administered by the Wellington Regional Council (under the brand-name "Greater Wellington" covers the conurbation around the 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 The Rimutaka Range (often referred to as the Rimutakas) is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand which form a ridge running for the electorate see Wairarapa (NZ electorate Wairarapa - pronounced "Wy-ra-ra-pa" (often known as "The Wairarapa" is a geographical

Contents 1 Name 2 Importance 3 Settlement 4 Earthquakes 5 New Zealand's capital 6 Location and geography 7 Architecture 8 Climate 9 Energy 10 Demographics 10.1 Age distribution 11 Arts and culture 11.1 Film 11.2 Museums and cultural institutions 11.3 Food 11.4 Festivals 11.5 Music 11.6 Performing arts 11.7 Arts 12 Sport 13 Gallery 14 Notable Wellingtonians 15 See also 16 References 17 External links

Name

Wellington was named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and victor of the Battle of Waterloo. A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate or a vehicle on these systems Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( c The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, is an hereditary title and the senior rank in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium The Duke's title comes from the town of Wellington in the English county of Somerset. Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated seven Miles south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district The counties of England are territorial divisions of England for the purposes of administrative political and geographical demarcation Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county

In Māori, Wellington goes by three names. Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara refers to Wellington Harbour and means "the great harbour of Tara". Wellington Harbour is the large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand 's North Island. ^[1] Pōneke is a transliteration of Port Nick, short for Port Nicholson (the city's central marae, the community supporting it and its kapa haka have the pseudo-tribal name of Ngāti Pōneke). A marae (in New Zealand Māori, Cook Islands Maori, Tahitian) malae (in Tongan) malae (in Samoan and The term Kapa haka ( kapa meaning 'rank' or 'row' and haka refers to a 'Maori war dance' is commonly known in Aotearoa as 'Maori Performing Arts' or the ^[4] Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Māui, meaning The Head of the Fish of Māui (often shortened to Te Upoko-o-te-Ika), a traditional name for the southernmost part of the North Island, derives from the legend of the fishing up of the island by the demigod Māui. Māori mythology, Māui is a Culture hero famous for his exploits and his trickery

Importance

Wellington is New Zealand's political centre, housing Parliament and the head offices of all government ministries and departments, plus the bulk of the foreign diplomatic missions based in New Zealand.

Wellington's compact city centre supports an arts scene, café culture and nightlife much larger than most cities of a similar size. It is a centre of New Zealand's film and theatre industry. Te Papa Tongarewa (the Museum of New Zealand), the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival are all sited there. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national Museum of New Zealand.

Wellington has the 12th best quality of living in the world, according to a 2007 study by consulting company Mercer. Quality of life is the degree of well-being felt by an individual or group of people This is a list of the world's cities by quality of living according to the " Mercer Human Resource Consulting 2007 Quality of Living Survey" Of cities with English as the primary language, Wellington ranked fourth. ^[5] Only Auckland of New Zealand cities rated higher.

Settlement

Legend recounts that Kupe discovered and explored the district in about the tenth century. the Māori mythology of some tribes Kupe was involved in the Polynesian discovery of New Zealand

European settlement began with the arrival of an advance party of the New Zealand Company on the ship Tory, on 20 September 1839, followed by 150 settlers on the Aurora on 22 January 1840. The New Zealand Company was formed in 1839 to promote the "systematic" colonisation of New Zealand. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The settlers constructed their first homes at Petone (which they called Britannia for a time) on the flat area at the mouth of the Hutt River. Suburb The Hutt River flows through the southern North Island of New Zealand. When that proved swampy and flood-prone they transplanted the plans without regard for a more hilly terrain.

Earthquakes

See also: Earthquakes in New Zealand

Wellington suffered serious damage in a series of earthquakes in 1848^[6] and from another earthquake in 1855. Earthquakes regularly occur in New Zealand as the country forms part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is geologically active. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. Pre-Colonial Timeline (to 1839 Before 1600 180: Lake Taupo This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. Pre-Colonial Timeline (to 1839 Before 1600 180: Lake Taupo The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake occurred on a fault line to the north and east of Wellington. In Geology a fault, or fault line, is a planar rock fracture which shows evidence of relative movement It ranks as probably the most powerful earthquake in recorded New Zealand history^[7], with an estimated magnitude of at least 8. The history of New Zealand dates back at least 700 years to when it was discovered and settled by Polynesians who developed a distinct Māori culture centred on kinship 2 on the Richter scale. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released It caused vertical movements of two to three metres over a large area, including raising an area of land out of the harbour and turning it into a tidal swamp. Much of this land was subsequently reclaimed and is now part of Wellington's central business district. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city For this reason the street named Lambton Quay now runs 100 to 200 metres (325 to 650 ft) from the harbour. Lambton Quay is the heart of the Central business district of Wellington, the Capital city of New Zealand. Plaques set into the footpath along Lambton Quay mark the shoreline in 1840 and thus indicate the extent of the uplift and of subsequent reclamation. This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. Pre-Colonial Timeline (to 1839 Before 1600 180: Lake Taupo

The area has high seismic activity even by New Zealand standards, with a major fault line running through the centre of the city, and several others nearby. Several hundred more minor fault lines have been identified within the urban area. The inhabitants, particularly those in high-rise buildings, typically notice several earthquakes every year. A high-rise is a tall Building or structure Normally the function of the building is added for example high-rise Apartment building or An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer For many years after the 1855 earthquake, the majority of buildings constructed in Wellington were made entirely from wood. The 1996-restored Government Buildings,^[8] near Parliament is the largest wooden office building in the Southern Hemisphere. An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an Organization with specific duties attached Southern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is South of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' While masonry and structural steel have subsequently been used in building construction, especially for office buildings, timber framing remains the primary structural component of almost all residential construction. Structural steel is Steel construction Material, a profile, formed with a specific Shape or cross section and certain standards of In the fields of Architecture and Civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the Building or assembling of Infrastructure Timber framing (Fachwerk or Half-timbering, is the method of creating framed structures of heavy timber jointed together with pegged Mortise and tenon joints Residents also place their hopes of survival in good building regulations, which gradually became more stringent in the course of the twentieth century.

New Zealand's capital

The historic former High Court building, future home of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. The politics of New Zealand takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Monarchy. The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington The New Zealand Parliament Buildings house the New Zealand Parliament and are on a 45000 square metre site at the northern end of Lambton Quay, Wellington The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court in the land and the Court of last resort in New Zealand, having formally come into existence at the beginning

360° panorama of the old Government Buildings.

In 1865, Wellington became the capital of New Zealand, replacing Auckland, where William Hobson had established his capital in 1841. This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. Pre-Colonial Timeline (to 1839 Before 1600 180: Lake Taupo The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Captain William Hobson RN ( 26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was the first Governor of New This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. Pre-Colonial Timeline (to 1839 Before 1600 180: Lake Taupo Parliament first sat in Wellington on 7 July 1862, but the city did not become the official capital for some time. Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday In November 1863 the Premier Alfred Domett moved a resolution before Parliament (in Auckland) that ". Alfred Domett, CMG ( 20 May, 1811 &ndash 2 November, 1887) was an English colonial statesman and Poet. . . it has become necessary that the seat of government . The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. . . should be transferred to some suitable locality in Cook Strait. " Apparently there was concern that the southern regions, where the gold fields were located, would form a separate colony. Commissioners from Australia (chosen for their neutral status) pronounced the opinion that Wellington was suitable because of its harbour and central location. Parliament officially sat in Wellington for the first time on 26 July 1865. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The population of Wellington was then 4,900. ^[9]

Wellington is the seat of New Zealand's highest court, the Supreme Court of New Zealand. The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court in the land and the Court of last resort in New Zealand, having formally come into existence at the beginning The historic former High Court building is to be enlarged and restored for the court's use.

Government House, the official residence of the Governor-General, is in Newtown, opposite the Basin Reserve. Government House in Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand is the principal residence of the Governor-General of New Zealand. An official residence is the residence at which Heads of state, Heads of government, gubernatorial or other senior figures officially The Governor-General of New Zealand (Te Kawana Tianara o Aotearoa is the representative of the Sovereign in right of New Zealand (currently Queen The Basin Reserve (commonly known by locals as " The Basin " is a Cricket ground in Wellington New Zealand, used for Test, first-class

Location and geography

Wellington stands at the south-western tip of the North Island on Cook Strait, the passage that separates the North and South Islands. The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. Cook Strait is a Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. On a clear day the snowcapped Kaikoura Ranges are visible to the south across the strait. The Kaikoura Ranges are two parallel ranges of mountains in the northeast of the South Island of New Zealand. To the north stretch the golden beaches of the 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 On the east the Rimutaka Range divides Wellington from the broad plains of the Wairarapa, a wine region of national acclaim. The Rimutaka Range (often referred to as the Rimutakas) is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand which form a ridge running for the electorate see Wairarapa (NZ electorate Wairarapa - pronounced "Wy-ra-ra-pa" (often known as "The Wairarapa" is a geographical This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant Growing regions where Vineyards are planted

Wellington is the southernmost national capital city in the world, with a latitude of about 41°S. Cities and settlements Shops and service facilities Brand names Geography Land (ice covered the Geographic South Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the It is also the most remote capital in the World (i. This is a list of lists of extreme points of Earth, the points that are farther North, South, East or West than any other locations on the e. the furthest from any other capital). It is more densely populated than most other settlements in New Zealand, due to the small amount of building space available between the harbour and the surrounding hills. Wellington has very few suitable areas in which to expand and this has resulted in the development of the surrounding cities in the greater urban area. Because of its location in the roaring forties latitudes and its exposure to omnipresent winds coming through Cook Strait, the city is known to Kiwis as "Windy Wellington". The Roaring Forties is a name given especially by sailors to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S so called because of the boisterous and prevailing westerly winds Cook Strait is a Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Kiwi is the nickname used internationally for people from New Zealand, as well as being a relatively common self-reference

More than most cities, life in Wellington is dominated by its central business district (CBD). Approximately 62,000 people work in the CBD, only 4,000 fewer than work in Auckland's CBD, despite that city having three times Wellington's population. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Wellington's cultural and nightlife venues concentrate in Courtenay Place and surroundings located in the southern part of the CBD, making the inner city suburb of Te Aro the largest entertainment destination in New Zealand. Courtenay Place is the main street of the Courtenay Quarter in the Wellington New Zealand inner-city district of Te Aro. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis Te Aro is an inner-city Suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the Central business district including the

Wellington has a median income well above the average in New Zealand^[10] and a much higher proportion of people with tertiary qualifications than the national average. ^[11]

Wellington has a reputation for its picturesque natural harbour and green hillsides adorned with tiered suburbs of colonial villas. A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored The CBD is sited close to Lambton Harbour, an arm of Wellington Harbour. Wellington Harbour is the large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand 's North Island. Wellington Harbour lies along an active geological fault, which is clearly evident on its straight western coast. In Geology a fault, or fault line, is a planar rock fracture which shows evidence of relative movement The land to the west of this rises abruptly, meaning that many of Wellington's suburbs sit high above the centre of the city.

There is a network of bush walks and reserves maintained by the Wellington City Council and local volunteers. This article is about the City of Wellington For a more general overview see the main article Wellington. The Wellington region has 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) of regional parks and forests.

In the east is the Miramar Peninsula, connected to the rest of the city by a low-lying isthmus at Rongotai, the site of Wellington International Airport. The Miramar Peninsula is at the southeastern end of the city of Wellington New Zealand. The narrow entrance to Wellington is directly to the east of the Miramar Peninsula, and contains the dangerous shallows of Barrett Reef, where many ships have been wrecked (most famously the inter-island ferry Wahine in 1968). The cluster of rocks that is Barrett Reef (often known as Barrett's Reef) is one of the most treacherous Reefs in New Zealand. The Wahine disaster occurred on 10 April 1968 when the TEV Wahine, a New Zealand inter-island Ferry of the Union Company This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. Pre-Colonial Timeline (to 1839 Before 1600 180: Lake Taupo

On the hill west of the city centre are Victoria University and Wellington Botanic Garden. Victoria University of Wellington, also known in Māori as Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui was established in 1897 by Act of The Wellington Botanic Garden, Wellington, New Zealand, covers 25 hectares of land on the side of the hill between Thorndon and Kelburn, Both can be reached by a funicular railway, the Wellington Cable Car. A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, incline, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained The Wellington Cable Car is a funicular railway in Wellington, New Zealand.

Wellington Harbour has three islands: Matiu/Somes Island, Makaro/Ward Island and Mokopuna Island. Matiu/Somes Island, at 249 ha is the largest of three islands in the northern half of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. Makaro/Ward island is one of the three small islands in Wellington Harbour, at the Southern end of the North Island, New Zealand. Mokopuna (the 'grandchild' Island is a small Island in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. Only Matiu/Somes Island is large enough for settlement. It has been used as a quarantine station for people and animals and as an internment camp during the First and Second World Wars. Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including It is now a conservation island, providing refuge for endangered species, much like Kapiti Island further up the coast. An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation Kapiti Island is a small but conspicuous island about 8 km (5 miles off the west coast of the lower North Island of New Zealand. There is access during daylight hours by the Dominion Post Ferry.

Architecture

Wellington contains a variety of architectural styles dating back from the past 150 years; from nineteenth century wooden cottages, such as the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace in Thorndon, some streamlined Art Deco structures such as the old Wellington Free Ambulance headquarters and the City Gallery, and the curves and vibrant colours of post-modern architecture in the CBD. Katherine Mansfield Birthplace was the home of Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand 's most famous author See also Thorndon Suffolk Katherine Mansfield Birthplace was the home of Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand 's most famous author Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial The Wellington Free Ambulance ( WFA) provides free to the patient Ambulance services in the Wellington Region of New Zealand The City Gallery Wellington is an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand.

The oldest building in Wellington is the Colonial Cottage in Mount Cook ^[12]. The Colonial Cottage Museum built in 1858 is located on Nairn Street in the suburb of Mount Cook, Wellington, New Zealand. The tallest building in the city is the Majestic Centre on Willis Street at 116 meters high^[13], the second tallest being the structural expressionist BNZ Tower at 103 meters ^[14]. Structural Expressionism is a style of Modernist architecture in which the core structural elements of the building are expressed in the building's appearance The BNZ Centre is the second tallest building in Wellington New Zealand, after the Majestic Centre. Futuna Chapel is located in Karori, was the first bicultural building in New Zealand, and is thus considered one of the most significant New Zealand buildings of the twentieth century. Futuna Chapel is a building in the suburb of Karori, Wellington. for the electorate see Karori (NZ electorate

Old St. Paul's is an example of 19th-century Gothic Revival architecture adapted to colonial conditions and materials, as is St Mary of the Angels. You may be looking for Old St Paul's Cathedral, a destroyed cathedral in the City of London The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began The Museum of Wellington City & Sea building, the Bond Store is in the Second French Empire style, and the Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building is in a late English Classical style. The Museum of Wellington City & Sea is a museum in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington Harbour Board Head Office and Bond Store is a historic building on Jervios Quay in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington Harbour Board Wharf Office Building (also known as Shed 7) is a historic building on Jervios Quay in Wellington, New Zealand. There are several restored theatre buildings, the St. James Theatre, the Opera House and the Embassy Theatre. The Embassy Theatre is a movie theatre complex in Wellington, New Zealand.

Civic Square is surrounded by the town hall and council offices, the Michael Fowler Centre, the central library and the City Gallery. Civic Square is an open public area at the centre of Wellington New Zealand. The Michael Fowler Centre is a concert hall and convention centre in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington City Libraries (including the Wellington Central Library in Wellington, New Zealand has over 600000 books The City Gallery Wellington is an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand.

Being the capital, there are many memorable government buildings in Wellington. Both the National Library of New Zealand, located on Molesworth Street, and the Te Puni Kōkiri building on Lambton Quay are aesthetically unique . The National Library of New Zealand ( Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa in Maori) is New Zealand 's Legal deposit library and a public service Lambton Quay is the heart of the Central business district of Wellington, the Capital city of New Zealand. The circular-conical Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located on the corner of Lambton Quay and Molesworth Street, was constructed in the mid-60s and is commonly referred to as the Beehive. The New Zealand Parliament Buildings house the New Zealand Parliament and are on a 45000 square metre site at the northern end of Lambton Quay, Wellington The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington Across the road from the Beehive is the largest wooden building in the Southern Hemisphere^[15], part of the old Government Buildings which now houses part of Victoria University of Wellington's Law Faculty. Southern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is South of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' Victoria University of Wellington, also known in Māori as Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui was established in 1897 by Act of The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is located on the waterfront. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national Museum of New Zealand.

As tastes and trends in architecture have come into and fallen out of fashion, many memorable buildings have been lost.

Wellington also contains many iconic sulptures and structures. Elijah Wood mentioned that he urinated from the Bucket Fountain in Cuba Street in an interview with Jay Leno^[16]. Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28 1981) is an American Actor. The Bucket Fountain can be found in Cuba Mall, which is part of Cuba Street in Wellington New Zealand James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host

Climate

The city averages 2025 hours (or about 169 days) of sunshine per year. ^[17]

Weather averages for Wellington, New Zealand
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C	20. 3	20. 6	19	16. 7	14. 2	12	11. 4	12	13. 5	15	16. 6	18. 5	15. 8
Average low °C	13. 4	13. 6	12. 6	10. 9	8. 8	6. 9	6. 3	6. 5	7. 7	9	10. 3	12. 2	9. 9
Precipitation mm	72	62	92	100	117	147	136	123	100	115	99	86	1,249
Average high °F	69	69	66	62	58	54	53	54	56	59	62	65	60
Average low °F	56	56	55	52	48	44	43	44	46	48	51	54	50
Precipitation inches	2. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric 8	2. 4	3. 6	3. 9	4. 6	5. 8	5. 4	4. 8	3. 9	4. 5	3. 9	3. 4	49. 2
Source: NIWA[18] Oct 2007

Energy

The energy needs of Wellington are increasing, and one new source is the wind. Project West Wind was granted resource consent for 66 turbines, which is estimated to generate approximately 140MW^[19] . Meridian Energy's Project West Wind is located a few kilometres west of Wellington's CBD, located on Meridian's Quartz Hill and Terawhiti Station. Terawhiti Station is one of New Zealand 's oldest and largest sheep stations located along the south coast of Wellington.

Demographics

The urban area of Wellington stretches across the city council areas of Porirua, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt and Wellington. As of 2007, the four cities had an estimated total population of 382,700 and the Wellington Urban Area contained 99% of that population. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The remaining areas are largely mountainous and sparsely farmed or parkland and are outside the urban area boundary.

Demographic statistics from the 2006 census are not readily available for the Wellington Urban Area, so the following demographic statistics detailed in this section are for the four city council areas:

Age distribution

Area	Under 20	20–39	40–59	60–79	80 and over
Wellington City	25%	37%	26%	10%	2%
Lower Hutt City	30%	27%	27%	12%	3%
Upper Hutt City	30%	25%	28%	14%	3%
Porirua City	34%	27%	26%	10%	1%
Four cities	28%	32%	27%	11%	2%
New Zealand	29%	27%	27%	14%	3%

The relative lack of older people in Wellington is less marked when the neighbouring Kapiti Coast District is included. Nearly 7% of Kapiti Coast residents are over 80. Overall, Wellington's age structure matches the national average pretty closely.

Arts and culture

Wellington is the centre of the nation's film industry.

Film

Peter Jackson famous for The Lord of the Rings, Richard Taylor, and a growing team of creative professionals have turned the eastern suburb of Miramar into one of the world's most acclaimed film-making infrastructures. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 Richard Taylor is the creator and head of New Zealand Film prop and Special effects company Weta Workshop. Suburb Filmmaking is the process of making a Film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting shooting editing and finally distribution to an audience Directors like Jane Campion and Vincent Ward have managed to reach the world's screens with their independent spirit. Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand is an Academy Award -winning Film maker. For the New Zealand politician see Vincent Ward Vincent Ward, ONZM (born 16 February 1956 is a Film director and Emerging Kiwi film-makers, like Robert Sarkies, Taika Waititi, Costa Botes and Jennifer Bush-Daumec [1], are extending the Wellington-based lineage and cinematic scope. Robert Sarkies is a New Zealand film director and scriptwriter Taika Waititi aka Taika Cohen was born August 16 1975 and is a New Zealand born film director writer painter comedian and actor of Maori Costa Botes is a writer, director, and Cinematographer. He is notable in New Zealand where Forgotten Silver, a documentary

Museums and cultural institutions

Wellington is home to Te Papa Tongarewa (the Museum of New Zealand), the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Museum, Colonial Cottage, the New Zealand Cricket Museum, the Cable Car Museum, Old St. Paul's, and the Wellington Law school (largest wooden building in the southern hemisphere) and the Wellington City Art Gallery. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national Museum of New Zealand. The Museum of Wellington City & Sea is a museum in Wellington, New Zealand. Katherine Mansfield Birthplace was the home of Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand 's most famous author The Colonial Cottage Museum built in 1858 is located on Nairn Street in the suburb of Mount Cook, Wellington, New Zealand. NZC redirects here For the award for bravery see New Zealand Cross New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Board, You may be looking for Old St Paul's Cathedral, a destroyed cathedral in the City of London The City Gallery Wellington is an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand.

Food

Wellington's cafe culture is extremely strong. A coffeehouse ( French / Portuguese: café; Spanish: cafetería; Italian: caffè The city has more cafes per head of population than New York. ^[20]

Festivals

Wellington has become home to a myriad of high-profile events and cultural celebrations, including the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival, annual International Jazz Festival, and major events such as Cuba Street Carnival, New Zealand Fringe Festival, Summer City, The Wellington Folk Festival (in Wainuiomata), New Zealand Affordable Art Show, numerous film festivals, and World of Wearable Art. The Cuba Street Carnival is a major street Parade and creative celebration in Cuba Street Wellington. A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of Films in one or more Movie theaters or screening venues See also Art jewelry. Wearable art, also known as Artwear or "art to wear" refers to individually designed pieces of (usually

Music

The local music scene has, over the years produced bands such as The Warratahs, The Phoenix Foundation, Shihad, Fly My Pretties, Fat Freddy's Drop, The Black Seeds, Fur Patrol, Flight Of The Conchords and Trinity Roots. The Warratahs are a band from Wellington, New Zealand. History New Zealand 1985 at the height of 'new wave' and Kiwi pub rock was an unlikely time The Phoenix Foundation are an Indie rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand. Shihad is an Alternative rock band with elements of Industrial rock, from Wellington New Zealand. Fly My Pretties is a collaboration of musicians from Wellington, New Zealand that only record their albums live in various locations in New Zealand The Black Seeds are a band from Wellington, New Zealand. Formed in 1998, The Black Seeds fuse dub, Reggae and Funk Fur Patrol is a rock band originally from Wellington New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, Australia Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand Comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. TrinityRoots (1998-2005 were a successful band based in Wellington, New Zealand. The New Zealand School of Music was established in 2005 through a merger of the conservatory and theory programmes at Massey University and Victoria University of Wellington. A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire ( French, but used in British English) &mdash Massey University (Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa is New Zealand 's largest university with almost 40000 students Victoria University of Wellington, also known in Māori as Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui was established in 1897 by Act of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Nevine String Quartet and Chamber Music New Zealand are based in Wellington. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ( NZSO) is the national orchestra of New Zealand. String Quartet in Wellington formed in 1995 from the ranks of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber

Performing arts

Wellington is home to the National Opera Company, City Gallery, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, St James' Theatre, Downstage Theatre, Bats Theatre, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand and the New Zealand International Arts Festival, the Wellington Performing Arts Centre is also an important local source for theatre. The Royal New Zealand Ballet is based in Wellington, New Zealand. The Downstage Theatre is a theatre in Wellington, New Zealand. BATS Theatre is New Zealand 's leading venue for the development of new Theatre practitioners and plays.

Wellington is also home to groups that perform Improvised Theatre and Improvisational comedy, including Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT), The Improvisors and youth group, Joe Improv. Improvisational theatre (also known as improv or impro) is a form of Theatre in which the Actors use Improvisational acting techniques The Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT is Wellington’s Not-for-profit, community-based improvisational Theatre group Poet Bill Manhire, director of the International Institute of Modern Letters, has turned the Creative Writing Programme at Victoria University of Wellington into a forge of new literary activity. Bill Manhire CNZM, (born in Invercargill in 1946 is an award-winning New Zealand poet short story writer and professor Creative writing is considered to be any writing Fiction or Non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, Journalistic, Victoria University of Wellington, also known in Māori as Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui was established in 1897 by Act of Te Whaea, New Zealand's university-level school of dance and drama, and tertiary institutions such as The Learning Connexion, offer training and creative development. Te Whaea in Wellington, New Zealand, is the New Zealand National Dance and Drama Centre the home to the New Zealand School of Dance and Toi Whakaari The New Zealand Drama

Arts

From 1936 Wellington was home to the National Art Gallery of New Zealand up until 1992 when it was amalgamated into Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The National Art Gallery was opened in 1936 and occupied the first floor of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street Wellington. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national Museum of New Zealand. Wellington is also home to the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (also known as the Wellington Art Society galleries were opened as a free public gallery on Whitmore Street in 1892 The city's new arts centre, Toi Poneke, serves as a nexus of creative projects, collaborations, and multi-disciplinary production. An art center or arts centre is distinct from an Art gallery or Art museum. The Wellington Arts Centre (61-69 Abel Smith Street Te Aro, Wellington) is the New Zealand capital's primary creative production facility and support Arts Programmes and Services Manager Eric Vaughn Holowacz and a small team based in the Abel Smith Street facility have produced ambitious new initiatives such as Opening Notes, Drive by Art, the annual Artsplash Festival, and new public art projects. Opening Notes, or the Opening Notes Project is a cultural initiative begun in Wellington New Zealand. Drive by Art is an on-going community Public art project in the city of Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington's annual Artsplash Festival is New Zealand's largest student arts festival and comprises over 100 primary and intermediate schools from the lower North Island and over 18000 The term public art properly refers to works of Art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited The city is also home to experimental arts publication White Fungus Magazine. White Fungus is an independent arts magazine based in Wellington New Zealand concentrating on the visual arts experimental music comics literature history and political

Sport

Wellington is the home to:

• The Hurricanes - Super 14 rugby team representing the Lower North Island, primarily based in Wellington
• Wellington Lions - Air New Zealand Cup rugby team
• Wellington Phoenix FC - Association football club playing in the Australian A-League
• Team Wellington - Wellington's franchise in the New Zealand Football Championship
• Central Pulse - Netball franchise representing the Lower North Island in the ANZ Championship, primarily based in Wellington
• Wellington Firebirds and Wellington Blaze - Men and women's cricket teams
• Wellington Saints - The National Basketball League basketball team

Sporting events hosted in Wellington include:

• the Wellington Sevens - a round of the IRB Sevens World Series. The Hurricanes (formerly known as the Wellington Hurricanes) are a New Zealand Rugby Union team based in Wellington, New Zealand that The Super 14 is the largest Rugby union football club championship in the Southern hemisphere, consisting of four state teams from Australia (Queensland/Reds The Wellington Rugby Football Union' (WRFU is the official governing body of Rugby union in the city of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand The Air New Zealand Cup is New Zealand 's professional domestic Rugby union competition Wellington Phoenix is an association football (soccer team based in Wellington, New Zealand, competing in the Australian A-League Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition Team Wellington are one of the franchises in the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC The New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC is the national football league in New Zealand. Central Pulse is one of 10 Netball teams that compete in the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship. Netball is a non-contact team Sport similar to and derived from Basketball. The ANZ Championship is the elite Netball competition between five teams from Australia and five teams from New Zealand. The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand First-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The Wellington Saints are a basketball team that play in the New Zealand National Basketball League. The National Basketball League (NBL is New Zealand 's top domestic Basketball competition Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The Wellington Sevens or the NZI International Sevens is an annual Rugby sevens tournament held in Wellington, New Zealand. The International Rugby Board (IRB is the world governing and law-making body for the sport of Rugby union, and previously for Rugby football. Held at the Westpac Stadium over a weekend every February, this rugby sevens tournament contributes $6. Westpac Stadium, previously known as WestpacTrust Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. 8 million to the local economy each year.
• the World Mountain Running Championships in 2005. Fell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of Running and racing off road over upland country where the gradient climbed
• a Wellington 500 street race for touring cars, between 1985 and 1996

Gallery

Notable Wellingtonians

(Alphabetically by surname)

• Ivan Bootham - novelist, short story writer, poet and composer
• John Campbell - broadcaster and news journalist
• Jane Campion - Oscar winning film-maker
• Jemaine Clement - musician, member of Flight of the Conchords
• Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon (dec) - barrister and jurist
• Russell Crowe - Oscar-winning actor
• Rod Drury - technology entrepreneur
• Lauris Edmond (dec) - poet
• Brooke Fraser - multi-platinum selling singer
• Patricia Grace - writer
• Peter Jackson - Oscar-winning film-maker
• Lloyd Jones - award winning writer
• Raybon Kan - comedian
• Elizabeth Knox - celebrated author
• Alan MacDiarmid (dec) - scientist
• Katherine Mansfield (dec) - writer
• Jack Marshall (dec) - former Prime Minister
• Bret McKenzie - musician, member of Flight of the Conchords
• Ben Hana - Wellington's street icon
• Sam Morgan - founder of online auction site TradeMe
• Anna Paquin - Oscar-winning actress
• William Hayward Pickering (dec) - electrical engineer, former head of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California
• Antonia Prebble - actress
• John Psathas - composer
• Christopher Pugsley - writer
• Wynton Rufer - footballer
• Jonathan Sarfati - chess master and author, raised in Wellington
• Tom Scott - cartoonist, political commentator
• Richard Taylor - head of film prop and special effects company Weta Workshop. Ivan Bootham is a New Zealand Novelist, Short story Writer, Poet and Composer. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such John Campbell (born 1964 in Wellington New Zealand) is the presenter of Campbell Live, a primetime 7 Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand is an Academy Award -winning Film maker. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Jemaine Clement (born January 10, 1974 in New Zealand) is a musician actor director producer comedian and writer best known for being half of the musical Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand Comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Robin Brunskill Cooke Baron Cooke of Thorndon, ONZ, KBE, PC, QC ( 9 May 1926 - 30 August 2006) was Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand and "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Rod Drury is a technology entrepreneur from Wellington, New Zealand. Lauris Dorothy Edmond ( April 2, 1924 - January 28, 2000) was a New Zealand poet and writer Brooke Gabrielle Fraser (born December 15, 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an award-winning New Zealand Singer-songwriter In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of Albums and singles sold through retail and Patricia Grace, DCNZM, QSO, (born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1937 is a notable Māori writer of novels short stories and children's Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Lloyd Jones (born in Lower Hutt, 23 March, 1955) is a New Zealand author who currently resides in Wellington. Raybon Kan (born c1966 is a Masterton, New Zealand -born Chinese Comedian and Newspaper Columnist. Elizabeth Knox was born in 1959 in Wellington New Zealand and currently resides in Kelburn Wellington. Alan Graham MacDiarmid ONZ ( April 14 1927 - February 7 2007) was a chemist and one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize Kathleen Mansfield Murry ( 14 October 1888 – 9 January 1923) was a prominent New Zealand modernist writer of short fiction who wrote under the Sir John Ross Marshall, GBE, CH, ( March 5, 1912 &ndash August 30, 1988) generally known as Jack Marshall Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie (born 29 June, 1976 in New Zealand) is a musician actor producer writer and comedian best known for being half of the Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand Comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. Ben (Bernett Hana is a widely recognised homeless man usually resident on the inner city streets of Wellington New Zealand Sam Morgan (born 1975 is the founder and managing director of TradeMe, New Zealand 's largest online auction site Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 is an Academy Award -winning Emmy - and Golden Globe -nominated Canadian - New Zealander "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE ( 24 December 1910 &mdash 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand born rocket Antonia Mary Prebble (born on June 6, 1984 in Wellington) is a New Zealand actress most famous for her role as Loretta West in John Psathas (born 1966) is a New Zealand Composer. He has works in the repertoire of such high profile musicians as Evelyn Glennie, New Zealander Christopher Pugsley, is a former career army officer - an infantry lieutenant-colonel - who became a full-time military historian in 1987 Wynton Alan Whai "Kiwi" Rufer CNZM (born 29 December 1962 to a Swiss father and a mother of Māori descent is the Jonathan D Sarfati (born October 1, 1964) is a creationist author A chess master is a Chess player of such skill that he/she can usually beat Chess experts who themselves typically can nearly always prevail against most amateurs Tom Scott (born 1947 is a New Zealand Cartoonist and is regarded by some as one of the best New Zealand cartoonists since the 1970s Scott has been A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences Richard Taylor is the creator and head of New Zealand Film prop and Special effects company Weta Workshop. A theatrical property, commonly referred to as a prop, is any object held or used on stage by an Actor for use in furthering the plot or story line of a Theatrical The illusions used in the Film, Television, Theater, or Entertainment industries to simulate the imagined events in a story are traditionally called Weta Workshop is a Physical effects company based in Miramar New Zealand, producing effects for Television and Film. Multiple Oscar winner.
• Jon Toogood - singer and guitarist for the rock band Shihad
• Tana Umaga - former captain of the All Blacks
• Karl Urban - actor
• Rosita Vai - Singer, 2005 New Zealand Idol winner
• Peter Vincent - Entrepreneur, Founder/CEO of Vincent Aviation, NZ's only 100% Kiwi owned International Airline
• Fran Walsh - Oscar-winning screenwriter

See also

• Courtenay Place
• Civic Square
• Wellywood
• Public transport in Wellington
• The Bucket Fountain
• Cuba Street
• Lambton Quay
• Te Aro

References

External links

• Greater Wellington Regional Council
• Official NZ Tourism website for Wellington
• Wellington City Council
• Wellington travel guide from Wikitravel

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