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| Wellington City | |
| Territorial Authority | |
|---|---|
| Population: | 192,800 (June 2008 estimate)1 |
| Land area: | 290.11 km² (112.01 sq mi) |
| Extent: | North to Tawa; includes Makara and Ohariu |
| Coat of arms: |  |
| Mayor: | Kerry Prendergast |
| Regional Council: | Greater Wellington Regional Council |
Wellington city is an area in New Zealand administered by the Wellington City Council, one of several territorial authorities in the Wellington region. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. It is New Zealand's sixth largest city behind the Auckland cities and Christchurch.
Wellington attained city status in 1886. Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and New Zealand's Parliament and Government are located in Wellington.
For a list of past mayors, see Mayor of Wellington.
See here for further information on the Wellington urban area.
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Suburbs
There are roughly sixty officially defined suburbs in Wellington city. Grouped by the wards used to elect the City Council [1]. Some areas, while officially being part of a larger suburb (or several suburbs), are considered by some to be separate communities. The officially defined suburbs are:
Northern Ward
- official: Broadmeadows; Churton Park; Glenside; Grenada; Grenada North; Horokiwi; Johnsonville; Khandallah; Newlands; Ohariu; Paparangi; Tawa; Takapu Valley; Woodridge
- informal: Greenacres; Redwood; Linden
Onslow-Western Ward
- official: Karori; Northland; Crofton Downs; Kaiwharawhara; Ngaio; Ngauranga; Makara; Makara Beach; Wilton.
- informal: Cashmere; Chartwell; Rangoon Heights; Te Kainga
Lambton Ward
- official: Brooklyn; Aro Valley; Kelburn; Mount Victoria; Oriental Bay; Te Aro; Thorndon; Wadestown; Highbury; Pipitea; Roseneath
- informal: Mitcheltown; Taitville
Southern Ward
- official: Berhampore; Island Bay; Newtown; Vogeltown; Houghton Bay; Kingston; Mornington; Mount Cook; Owhiro Bay; Southgate
- informal: Kowhai Park
Eastern Ward
- official: Hataitai; Lyall Bay; Kilbirnie; Miramar; Seatoun; Breaker Bay; Karaka Bays; Maupuia; Melrose; Moa Point; Rongotai; Strathmore
- informal: Crawford; Seatoun Bays; Seatoun Heights; Miramar Heights; Strathmore Heights.
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 [2]
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. It also has two downtown campuses, and a campus in the western suburb of Karori. It was established as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
The senate of the University of New Zealand was located in Wellington until its dissolution in 1961.
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 removed to 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.
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.
Numerous primary and secondary educational institutions are located throughout the city, see List of schools in Wellington, New Zealand.
There are a number of museums and galleries in Wellington including Te Papa, the City Gallery and the Museum of Wellington City & Sea. The latter two are run by the Wellington Museums Trust which also run a number of other facilities.
Sister city relationships
- Sister cities2
- Historical sister cities3
- Friendly city4
History
A number of formerly independent boroughs have been incorporated into the city of Wellington. They include
- Melrose in 1903
- Onslow (Khandallah/Ngaio) in 1919
- Karori in 1920
- Miramar in 1921
- Johnsonville, formerly a Town Board, in 1953
- Tawa in 1989
References
- ^ "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2008". Statistics New Zealand (23 October 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-28.
- ^ "Sister Cities - Overview". Wellington City Council. Retrieved on 2008-07-18.
- ^ "Historical Sister Cities". Wellington City Council. Retrieved on 2008-07-18.
- ^ "Friendly city". Wellington City Council. Retrieved on 2008-07-18.
External links
- WellingtonNZ.com
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City Council - official maps of suburbs (PDF format)
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- This page was last modified on 9 November 2008, at 02:03.
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