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The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island.
History
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The Māori who originally settled the Wellington area knew it as Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui, meaning "the head of Māui's fish". Legend recounts that Kupe discovered and explored the district in about the tenth century.
The Wellington region was settled by Europeans in 1839 by the New Zealand Company. Wellington city became the capital of Wellington Province upon the creation of the province in 1853, until the Abolition of the Provinces Act came into force on 1 Nov 1876. Wellington became capital of New Zealand in 1865, the third capital of New Zealand after Russell and Auckland.
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