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The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island. I made this and I declare it Public Domain. ...
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The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...
Definitions of Wellington
The official Wellington Region, as administered by the Wellington Regional Council (under the trade-name "Greater Wellington") covers the major conurbation around the capital city, Wellington and also includes the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each of which also contains a rural hinterland. It also extends up the west coast of the North Island, taking in the coastal settlements of the Kapiti Coast district, which includes the southern fringe of the area commonly known as the Horowhenua. Three largely rural districts east of the Rimutaka Range, containing most of the area known as the Wairarapa are also part of the Wellington Region. These include the town of Masterton. Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand and the countrys third-largest urban area. ...
Lower Hutt is a city in the lower North Island of New Zealand. ...
Porirua is a city in New Zealand, 20 km north of Wellington. ...
Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington, New Zealand. ...
The Kapiti Coast District is the name of a local government district in the north-west corner of the Wellington Region of New Zealand. ...
Horowhenua is a district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
The Rimutaka Range (often referred to as the Rimutaka Ranges) is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand which form a ridge running parallel with the east coast of the island between East Cape and Wellington. ...
The Wairarapa is a district or subregion of New Zealand occupying the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of Wellington and south-west of Hawke Bay. ...
Masterton is the largest town (and local government district) in the Wairarapa region in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. ...
In public perception, the term "Wellington region" is much smaller. For some people, it is unlikely to include either the Kapiti Coast or the Wairarapa, both of which have their own distinct communities and identities. It is thus centred more heavily on the four cities at the southwest of the region.
To add to the confusion, during the 19th century New Zealand was run by provincial governments. The Wellington Province extended far further north, taking in the cities of Palmerston North and Wanganui. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
When New Zealand was administered by provincial government, the Wellington Province was one of the major units. ...
Palmerston North is a city in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Wanganui is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Geography The region occupies the southern tip of the North Island, bounded to the west, south, and east by water. To the west lies the Tasman Sea and to the east the Pacific Ocean. At the southern end of the island these two massive bodies of water are joined by Cook Strait, a narrow and turbulent stretch between the two main islands of New Zealand, which is only some 28 km wide at its narrowest point, between Cape Terawhiti and Perano Head in the Marlborough Sounds. The Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand and is a south-western segment of the South Pacific Ocean. ...
A view of Cook Strait from the summit of Mount Victoria, Wellington. ...
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Sea kayakers in the Marlborough Sounds. ...
The region covers 7,860 km2, and extends north to Otaki in the west and almost to Eketahuna in the east. Physically and topologically the region has four basinc areas running roughly parallel to each other along a northeast-southwest axis. Eketahuna is a small rural service town, the most southerly in the Tararua District in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. ...
The first of these four regions is a narrow coastal strip of plains running north from Paekakariki. This area, known as the Kapiti coast, contains numerous small towns, many of which gain at least a proportion of their wealth from tourism, largely due to their fine beaches. Paekakariki is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. ...
Kapiti Island seen from Waikanae Beach, Kapiti Coast. ...
Inland from this is rough hill country, formed along the same major geologic fault responsible for the Southern Alps in the South Island. Though nowhere near as mountainous as these, the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges are still hard country and support only small populations, although it is in small coastal valleys and plains at the southern end of these ranges that the cities of Wellington and the Hutt Valley are located. Old fault exposed by roadcut near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ...
The Southern Alps is a mountain range which runs along the western side of the South Island of New Zealand. ...
South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...
The Rimutaka Range (often referred to as the Rimutaka Ranges) is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand which form a ridge running parallel with the east coast of the island between East Cape and Wellington. ...
The Tararua Range (often referred to as the Tararua Ranges) is one of several mountain ranges in the North Island of New Zealand which form a ridge running parallel with the east coast of the island between East Cape and Wellington. ...
The Hutt Valley is the large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. ...
The third topological stripe of the region is the undulating hill country of the Wairarapa around the Ruamahanga River. This area, which beomes lower and flatter in the south (terminating in the wetlands around Lake Wairarapa contains much rich farmland. The final section of the region's topology is another section of rough hill country, lower than the Tararuas but far less economic than the land around the Ruamahanga River. Both of the hillier striations of the region are still largely forested. The Ruamahanga River runs through the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. ...
Lake Wairarapa is a lake at the southern end of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres east of Wellington. ...
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People
 Aerial view of Wellington city Over three-quarters of the region's 445,400 people (2002 estimate) reside in the four cities at the southwestern corner of the region. Other main centres of population are largely located on the Kapiti Coast and in the fertile farming areas close to the upper Ruamahanga River in the Wairarapa. 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. ...
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Along the Kapiti Coast, numerous small towns sit close together, many of them occupying spaces close to popular beaches. From the north, these include Otaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu, the twin settlements of Raumati Beach and Raumati South, Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay, the last of which is a northern suburb of Porirua. Each of these settlements has a population of between 2,000 and 10,000, making this a moderately heavily populated coastline. Waikanae (pronounced Why-Can-I) is a small town on New Zealands Kapiti Coast. ...
Paraparaumu is a town located in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. ...
Raumati is the name of two neighbouring towns on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealands North Island. ...
Raumati is the name of two neighbouring towns on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealands North Island. ...
Paekakariki is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. ...
Pukerua Bay is a small sea-side community at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. ...
In the Wairarapa the largest community by a considerable distance is Masterton, with a population of almost 20,000. Other towns in the area include Featherston, Martinborough, Carterton and Greytown. Masterton is the largest town (and local government district) in the Wairarapa region in the southeastern North Island of New Zealand. ...
The town of Featherston is in the south of the North Island of New Zealand, east of Wellington, just east of the Rimutaka Tunnel, in the South Wairarapa District. ...
Martinborough is the name of a small town in South Wairarapa a district in the Wellington region on the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Carterton is a small town in a farming area of the Wairarapa district in New Zealand’s North Island. ...
Greytown, population 1,998 (as at the 2001 Census), is a town in the Wairarapa, in the lower North Island of New Zealand. ...
Famous sons and daughters Jane Campion (born April 30, 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a film director. ...
Russell Crowe Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an Oscar-winning film actor born in Wellington, New Zealand. ...
Peter Jackson in Wellington (New Zealand) Peter Jackson CNZM is a film writer, director and producer born in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand to Bill and Joan Jackson on October 31, 1961. ...
Raybon Kan is a Masterton, New Zealand-born Chinese comedian and newspaper columnist. ...
Katherine Mansfield served as the pen-name for Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (October 14, 1888–January 9, 1923). ...
John Ross Marshall (1912 - 1988), generally known as Jack Marshall, was a New Zealand politician. ...
The Prime Minister of New Zealand is most senior officer in the Government of New Zealand. ...
Ionatana Falefasa Tana Umaga (born May 27, 1973) is a New Zealand rugby union player, the current captain of the national team, the All Blacks. ...
Nancy Wake in Paris, 1932 Nancy Wake, GC, AC, Croix de Guerre (x3), born on August 30, 1912 in Wellington, New Zealand, was the Allies most decorated servicewoman of World War II who fought alongside the Maquis group of the French Resistance. ...
Michael Campbell (born February 23, 1969 in Hawera, Taranaki) is a New Zealand golfer, a member of the European Tour who is best-known for having won the 2005 US Open. ...
External links - Semi-official map of territorial boundaries and links to their websites
- Over 950 subcategorised profiled websites about aspects of the region
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