NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Wellington City

Wellington city is the area of New Zealand administered by the Wellington City Council, one of several territorial authorities in the Greater Wellington region. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. Image File history File links Wellingtonarms. ... Kerry Prendergast has served as the Mayor of Wellington since 2001. ... The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island. ...

Wellington attained city status in 1886. 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ...

Download high resolution version (1146x654, 271 KB)Picture of Wellington from a plane. ... Download high resolution version (1146x654, 271 KB)Picture of Wellington from a plane. ...

Suburbs

Wellington's 60-odd officially defined suburbs include the following: Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

North of the CBD

Johnsonville is a large suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand. ... Khandallah is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Ngaio is a inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Tawa is a locality between Wellington and Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand. ...

Inner city

The Aro Valley forms a small inner-city suburb of Wellington in New Zealand. ... Panorama of Wellington including the Kelburn cable car. ... A view of Wellington looking north-west from the top of Mount Victoria. ... Oriental Bay is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Thorndon is an inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ...

South

Brooklyn is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Berhampore is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Island Bay is one of the southernmost suburbs of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. ... Newtown is a suburb located in the southern end of Wellington, New Zealand. ... View of Vogeltown Vogeltown is a hillside suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, on the eastern slopes of Brooklyn and overlooking Newtown. ...

West

City-end Karori from Wrights Hill Karori is a suburb located at the western edge of the urban area of Wellington, New Zealand, some four km from the city centre. ...

East

Hataitai is an inner suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. ... Miramar is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre. ... Seatoun is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ...

Communities of Common Interest

Essentially international and domestic tourist destinations created by the Wellington City-funded Positively Wellington Tourism, but also now are communities self-grouped into common interests such as sport, entertainment, arts, architecture, finance, specialist shopping, creative business, archives, museums, performance spaces, etc ref [1] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Te Aro. ... Courtenay Quarter is one of five quarters in Wellington, New Zealand. ...

Educational facilities

Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington's oldest university, has its main campus in the hill suburb of Kelburn overlooking the centre of the city, and also has two downtown campuses. It was established as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament as the fifth constituent college of the University of New Zealand. ... The former University of New Zealand existed as New Zealands only degree awarding university from 1870 to 1961. ...

The University of New Zealand was based at Senate House on Bowen Street until its dissolution in 1961. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

There is also a branch of Massey University in Wellington, taking over the former Wellington Polytechnic. The campus is based at the former national museum (the Dominion Museum), which has been replaced by the Te Papa ("Our Place") museum. The University of Otago also has a Wellington connection, as the Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences is a department of that university. Massey University is a university of New Zealand. ... The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealands oldest university with over 20,000 student enrolled during 2006. ... The Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of three medical schools that make up the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Otago. ...

Wellington Institute of Technology caters to Wellington and neighbouring Petone and the Hutt Valley. It is one of the largest polytechnics in the region and was established in 1904.

History

A number of formerly independent boroughs have been incorporated into the city of Wellington. They include A borough is a local government administrative subdivision used in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. ...

City-end Karori from Wrights Hill Karori is a suburb located at the western edge of the urban area of Wellington, New Zealand, some four km from the city centre. ... This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. ... Miramar is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre. ... This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. ... Khandallah is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Ngaio is a inner suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ... Johnsonville is a large suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand. ... This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. ... Tawa is a locality between Wellington and Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand. ... This is a timeline of the History of New Zealand. ...

External links

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