Wellington
Capital city of New ZealandWellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed.
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Timeline
AI Generated- 1280Earliest date with hard evidence for human activity in New Zealand.
- c. 1820The people living in the Wellington region included Ngāti Ira and other groups descended from the explorer Whatonga.
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Dominion of New Zealand
Period of New Zealand's history from 1907 to 1947
Te Ngākau Civic Square
Public square in Wellington
Wellington Town Hall
Concert hall in Wellington, New Zealand

City to Sea Bridge
Bridge in Wellington City, New Zealand

Colony of New Zealand
British crown colony (1841–1907)
2ZB
Former radio station based in Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington Central Library
Library building in New Zealand

Quasi (sculpture)
Sculpture by Ronnie van Hout