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District of Wellington
Wellington - New Zealand

Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika a Māui) was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses as well. Entry to all courses at first year is open, although entry to second year in some programmes (e.g.

Located at -41.2889, 174.768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Wellington High School (New Zealand)

Wellington High School is a co-educational (since 1905) secondary school in downtown Wellington, New Zealand. In 2005 the roll was approximately 1100 students. It was founded, as Wellington College of Design, in the 1880s with the intention of providing a more appropriate education for the Dominion than the narrow academic training provided by the existing schools. It is the first co-educational secondary in New Zealand.

Located at -41.3009, 174.775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Kelburn, New Zealand

Kelburn is an inner suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located on the hills to the west of the Central Business District.

Located at -41.2888, 174.763 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Karori

Karori is a suburb located at the western edge of the urban area of Wellington, New Zealand, some 4 km from the city centre. Karori is significantly larger than most other Wellington suburbs, having a population of over 14,000 at the time of the 2006 census.

Located at -41.2849, 174.737 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Brooklyn, New Zealand

Brooklyn, a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Brooklyn is a blend of circa 1900 weatherboard villa / bungalow houses around the central part of Brooklyn, blending more recent subdivisions built in the 1970s and 1990s. The shops / bars / cinema / food outlets have created a village atmosphere.

Located at -41.3061, 174.763 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Aro Valley

The Aro Valley forms a small inner-city suburb of Wellington in New Zealand.

Located at -41.2953, 174.768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Zealandia (wildlife sanctuary)

Zealandia, formerly known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected natural area in Wellington, New Zealand, where the biodiversity of 225 ha (just under a square mile) of forest is being restored. The sanctuary was previously part of the water catchment area for Wellington, between Wrights Hill and the Brooklyn wind turbine on Polhill.

Located at -41.2908, 174.753 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Wellington City, Nature reserves in New Zealand, Wildlife sanctuaries of New Zealand, Protected areas of the Wellington Region, Visitor attractions in Wellington City

Wrights Hill Fortress

Wrights Hill Fortress is a counter bombardment coastal artillery battery in the Karori suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It was built between 1942 and 1947 and is predominantly underground, with numerous tunnels linking the war shelters, gun emplacements, magazines, plotting rooms and engine room - which are, at some points, over 50 feet underground. The fort was intended to house three 9.2" Mk. XV guns, but only two guns were installed and the fort never saw action.

Located at -41.2961, 174.739 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Carter Observatory

The Carter Observatory stands at the top of the Botanic Gardens in Wellington, New Zealand. It re-opened in March 2010 following a NZ$5 million refurbishment, with a new exhibition and digital planetarium celebrating the culture, heritage and science of the Southern Skies.

Located at -41.2844, 174.767 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Adam Art Gallery

The Adam Art Gallery is the purpose-built gallery of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Located in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, it is a forum for critical thinking about art and its histories as well as the professional structure within which the Victoria University Art Collection is managed. The original proposal for the Gallery was prepared by Jenny Harper and Christina Barton on 15 July 1997.

Located at -41.2886, 174.769 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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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.

Located at -41.2853, 174.768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Funicular railways in New Zealand, Cable car railways, Metre gauge railways, Public transport in the Wellington Region, Rail transport in Wellington, Wellington City, Visitor attractions in Wellington City, Railway lines opened in 1902

Mornington, Wellington

Mornington is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, on the southern hills behind Brooklyn. It is named after the Duke of Wellington's father, the Earl of Mornington. The original Mornington is in County Meath, and was the Irish seat of the Duke's father. It was named in 1878 from the time when J.F.E. Wright (1827-1891) subdivided his land in the south-west of the city in partnership with Jacob Joseph, and created the suburbs of Mornington and Vogeltown.

Located at -41.3179, 174.764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Mount Cook, Wellington

The suburb of Mount Cook in Wellington in New Zealand stands on the southern fringe of the central city alongside Te Aro and to the north of Newtown. At the time of the 2006 census it had a population of 4,851 — an increase of 1,326 people since 2001 due to its proximity to educational facilities and to the central city. The suburb contains a small hill named Mount Cook, the origin-point of the original survey marks through Wellington. The hill took its name from Captain James Cook.

Located at -41.3018, 174.774 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Berhampore State Flats

The Berhampore State Flats (also known as the Centennial Flats) at 493–507 Adelaide Road, Berhampore, Wellington, New Zealand, are an example of mass housing designed in the international style. The flats were designed by F. Gordon Wilson (1900–1959), chief architect at the Department of Housing Construction.

Located at -41.3216, 174.776 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Thomas King Observatory

The Thomas King Observatory stands at the top of the Botanic Garden in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of the Carter Observatory. In the past it has housed research, preservation of heritage, education and promotion of astronomy to the public.

Located at -41.2846, 174.768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Bar Bodega

Bar Bodega is a music venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 1991, it originally occupied a house earmarked for demolition by Transit New Zealand to make way for an inner city motorway extension. Due to the continuing short-term nature of the lease, the venue continued to exist with a relatively makeshift appearance until 2001 when the motorway extension was finally started and the venue shifted into new premises on Ghuznee Street.

Located at -41.2929, 174.775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Music venues in New Zealand, Buildings and structures in Wellington City, Drinking establishments in New Zealand

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

Samuel Marsden Collegiate School is located in the Wellington suburb of Karori in New Zealand. It has a socio-economic decile of 10 and provides private preschool to year 13 education for girls, but with co-educational kindergarten facilities. It is renowned for being a very academic school with exam results ranking consistently in the top three schools throughout New Zealand.

Located at -41.2841, 174.744 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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The Colonial Cottage Museum

The Colonial Cottage Museum is the oldest building in Wellington City, New Zealand. It's 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, Wellington. The Cottage was built in a late Georgian style and is similar to other houses built from that time through to about 1870.

Located at -41.2993, 174.77 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Historic house museums in New Zealand, Museums in Wellington City, NZHPT Category I listings in the Wellington Region

Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand

The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) is a New Zealand government agency responsible for the granting and registration of intellectual property rights, specifically patent, trade mark, design and plant variety rights. It is part of the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. According to its website, IPONZ "aims to ensure people realise the full economic potential of their intellectual property."

Located at -41.2937, 174.774 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Happy Valley, Wellington

Happy Valley is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast. Happy Valley currently has a small eclectic Green community. There is an active community garden nearby the main waterway, the Owhiro Stream, between the school and the coast. North Happy Valley has an active environmental care group called Friends of the Owhiro Stream (FOOS), who have done quite an amount of eco-renewal.

Located at -41.334, 174.757 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Hunter Building

The Hunter Building is the original building of the Victoria University of Wellington campus in Wellington, New Zealand. Built mostly of red brick in the Gothic-revival style, it was opened by the Governor of New Zealand, Lord Plunket, in 1904, but construction was not completed until 1906. Initially the building housed the entire university, but as staff and student numbers grew other buildings were added.

Located at -41.288, 174.769 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Dixon Street Flats

Dixon Street Flats is a historic building in Wellington, New Zealand designed by architect Ernst Plischke. The Dixon Street Flats in central Wellington were completed in 1944 (1947 in Kernohan) as part of the first Labour Government's state housing programme. They are considered to be the archetype of Modernist apartment blocks in New Zealand. The building was the first major high-rise building and first major apartment block to be completed in Wellington after the Second World War.

Located at -41.2905, 174.773 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Former National Bank of New Zealand Building

The National Bank of New Zealand building is a historic building on the corner of Cuba Street and Vivian Street, Wellington, New Zealand. It is now occupied by Logan Brown Restaurant. The building, designed by Claude Plummer-Jones, contains an exceptionally fine main banking space. Built by day labour, the structure is of concrete, faced externally with Malmesbury stone for the rusticated base with sandstone for the levels above. The building is classical in style.

Located at -41.2948, 174.775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research is an independent biomedical research institute associated with the Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, New Zealand. The Malaghan Institute specialises in the immune system, and how it can be harnessed for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, asthma, arthritis, multiple sclerosis and infectious disease. About half of the activities are directed at cancer research.

Located at -41.2911, 174.768 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Victoria University of Wellington, Research institutes in New Zealand, Wellington City

Inverlochy House

Inverlochy House (also known as Inverlochie House and Inverlochy Flats) is a historic building and art school in Wellington, New Zealand. The house was originally built for the Wellingtonian councillor Kennedy Macdonald in 1878.

Located at -41.2937, 174.77 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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