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Delve into Te Aro
The district Te Aro of Wellington in Wellington City (Wellington) is a district located in New Zealand and is a district of the nations capital.
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Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Blenheim, Palmerston North, Nelson, Richmond and New Plymouth. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 56 °F
Morning Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
Evening Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 49% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Strong breeze with 19 km/h (12 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 41% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 30th of March 2024
14°C (58 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 31st of March 2024
15°C (59 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 1st of April 2024
16°C (60 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
BOULCOTT SUITES
QT Museum Wellington Previously Museum Art Hotel
Nomads Capital Backpackers Wellington
WILLIS VILLAGE
AMORA HOTEL WELLINGTON
Mercure Wellington Central City Hotel & Apartments
Victoria Court Motor Lodge
At Home Wellington City
The Setup on Manners
Harbour City Motor Inn
Videos from this area
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Biggest cities of New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin
See the interesting points of the biggest cities of the North Island (Auckland and Wellington) and of the South Island (Christchurch and Dunedin). The famous attraction of the metropolis Auckland...
Johnsonville Line, Drivers Eye View filmed with a GoPro Hero 2 Camera
Take a trip in a modern electric train from Wellington to Johnsonville along part of the original New Zealand North Island Main Trunk railway line. This was a difficult line for heavy steam...
Exploring New Zealand #3: Wellington Te Papa Museum
One of the best museums in New Zealand: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. From Wikipedia: The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum of New Zealand.
Wellington City Council Meeting 03.02.2015
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Wellington Movers | Movers Wellington
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Wellington to Waikanae (New Zealand) drivers eye view - Edited highlights.
This must be one of the most picturesque commutes to work in the world as our train travels around the creeks and harbors between Porirua and Plimmerton before heading inland then rejoining...
Wellington Full Moon Yoga For All - 8 November 2014
Here's a really fun timelapse video of our first monthly Wellington Full Moon Yoga For All event. While the class was led by Trevor Gribble, this video has a wonderfully surprising guest star!...
Review of YHA Wellington youth hostel in Wellington, New Zealand
Video review of the YHA Wellington youth hostel in Wellington, New Zealand. This big clean hostel is an excellent budget accommodation choice when visiting Wellington.
Wellington Cable Car by Day and by Night
Wellington Cable Car is Wellington's most moving attraction and is a great way to see the city whether it be during the day or at night.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. It is home to 395,600 residents. The Wellington urban area is the major population centre of the southern North Island, and is the seat of the Wellington Region – which in addition to the urban area covers the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa.
Battle of Manners Street
The Battle of Manners Street refers to a riot involving American servicemen and New Zealand servicemen and civilians outside the Allied Services Club in Manners Street, Wellington, New Zealand in 1943. The club was a social centre, open to all military personnel. In 1942-44 there were many American troops, both soldiers and Marines stationed in New Zealand.
Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
The Department of Conservation (In Māori, Te Papa Atawhai), commonly known by its acronym, "DOC", is the state sector organisation which deals with the conservation of New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage. The current Minister of Conservation in the Government is the Hon, Nick Smith. The New Zealand Conservation Authority is an advisory body to DOC and to the Minister of Conservation.
Wellington City
Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. It is New Zealand's third-largest city, behind Auckland and Christchurch. Wellington attained city status in 1886. The settlement had become the capital of New Zealand in 1865, and since then has hosted New Zealand's Parliament and Government.
New Zealand Exchange
NZX Limited is a stock exchange located in Wellington, New Zealand. Since July 2005 it has been located in NZX Centre, the renovated Odlins building on the Wellington waterfront. As of 30 June 2009, the New Zealand Exchange had 233 listed issuers with a combined market capitalization of $49.024 billion.
New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
The New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is at the National War Memorial in Buckle Street, Wellington. The remains of the Warrior, one of the 18,166 New Zealand casualties of World War I, were exhumed on 10 October 2004 from the Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, near where the New Zealand Division fought in 1916.
Freedom Shop
The Freedom Shop is the name of an anarchist collective for the distribution of books and information based in Wellington New Zealand. It operates on a non profit basis, injecting income back into the project. They mainly sell books on anarchism, feminism, indigenous struggle, ecology and a range of activist issues. It also carries patches, badges, clothing and music.
Civic Square, Wellington
Courtenay Place, Wellington
Courtenay Place is the main street of the Courtenay Quarter in the Wellington, New Zealand inner-city district of Te Aro. Courtenay Place is known for its entertainment and nightlife. Many restaurants are open late and most of the bars stay open until dawn. It contains offices, accommodation, tourist shopping, entertainment, food, art and buskers offering many genres of free performance. Pedestrian traffic is substantial around the clock.
Michael Fowler Centre
The Michael Fowler Centre is a concert hall and convention centre in Wellington, New Zealand. It was constructed on reclaimed land next to Civic Square, and is the pre-eminent concert site in central Wellington. Commissioned in 1975, building began in 1980; the centre officially opened on September 16, 1983. It was designed by Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney of Warren and Mahoney, with acoustic assistance from Professor A.
Hotel St. George, Wellington
The Hotel St. George was once one of Wellington, New Zealand's top hotels and a prominent building.
Cuba Street, Wellington
Cuba Street is one of the most prominent streets in Wellington, New Zealand.
Cuba Street Carnival
The Cuba Street Carnival is a major street parade and creative celebration in Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Founded by Chris Morley-Hall in 1998, the festival involves hundreds of artists, performers, and a weekend audience of over 125,000. The Carnival was inspired by the Notting Hill Carnival and other raucous street parades and fairs.
National War Memorial (New Zealand)
The New Zealand National War Memorial is located next to the New Zealand Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, in Wellington, the nation's capital. It was dedicated in 1932 on Anzac Day in commemoration of the First World War. The memorial also officially remembers the New Zealanders who gave their lives in the South African War, World War II and the wars in Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.
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.
New Zealand Film Archive
The New Zealand Film Archive is a charitable trust dedicated to the collection, preservation and viewing of mainly New Zealand films and videos made between 1895 to the present day. It also has some of Len Lye's films in its collection.
The Bucket Fountain
The Bucket Fountain is an iconic kinetic sculpture of Wellington, capital city of New Zealand. It can be found in Cuba Mall, which is part of Cuba Street. It consists of a series of "buckets" that fill with water until they tip, spilling their load into the buckets and pool below. The fountain was designed by Burren and Keen and erected in 1969. Much of the water does not reach the buckets below but instead splashes outside the fountain onto pedestrians and onlookers.
Wellington Town Hall
The Wellington Town Hall is a concert hall and part of the municipal complex in Wellington, New Zealand. The foundation stone for the building was laid in 1901 and construction began the following year. It was officially opened on 7 December 1904. The Town Hall was originally fronted (on the Cuba Street side) with a Roman styled portico and a 150 foot clock tower. A clock was not installed in the tower until 1922, when John Blundell, owner of the Evening Post newspaper, donated one.
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."
City to Sea Bridge
The City to Sea Bridge is a pedestrian bridge and public artwork located in Wellington City, New Zealand. Opened in 1994, the wedge-shaped bridge crosses arterial road Jervois Quay, connecting the public spaces of Civic Square to the Wellington waterfront precinct at the Lagoon. Around the square are the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Town Hall, Wellington City Art Gallery and Wellington City Library.
Bank of New Zealand building, Wellington
The Bank of New Zealand building is an historic building on the corner of Manners and Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand. The building, designed by William Turner, is one of Wellington's earliest reinforced concrete and steel structures. It features corinthian columns and ornate projecting cornice. It was refurbished in the early 1980s.
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.
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.
Dominion Building, Wellington
The Dominion Building is a historic structure on the corner of Mercer Street and Victoria Street in Wellington, New Zealand. Originally designed as the headquarters of The Dominion Post newspaper, it is now home to a mix of apartments, offices and retail areas. A distinctive 7 storey building of some elegance, The Dominion has a frontage of stone imported from Caen in France and interiors of Queensland maple. The building follows the bend in the road.
Te Aro Railway Station
Te Aro Railway Station was a station in Wellington, New Zealand, near the corner of Wakefield and Tory Streets. It was the terminus of the short-lived Te Aro Extension of the Hutt Valley Line and Wairarapa Line, opened in 1893, which can also be regarded as a branch line. The line was provided to extend Wellington passenger services through the centre of the Wellington CBD from the main Lambton Railway Station on the northern side of Wellington.