Place:Wellington, New Zealand

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NameWellington
Alt namesWellingtonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Wellington Citysource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeRegion
Coordinates40°S 175.5°E
Located inNew Zealand     (1971 - )
Contained Places
District
Rangitikei
South Wairarapa
Wanganui
Inhabited place
Carterton
Castlepoint
Eastbourne
Featherston
Greytown
Jerusalem
Johnsonville
Lindale
Lower Hutt
Martinborough
Masterton
Mauriceville
Otaki
Paekakariki
Paraparaumu
Paremata
Petone
Plimmerton
Porirua
Pukerua Bay
Raumati
Tawa
Thorndon
Tinui
Upper Hutt
Waikanae
Wainuiomata
Wellington ( 900 - )
Locality or hamlet
Haywards
Unknown
Aohanga
Apiti
Bonny Glen
Brunswick
Bulls
Bunnythorpe
Fielding
Forty Mile Bush
Foxton
Gladstone
Greatford
Heretaunga
Hokowhitu
Hunterville
Kapiti Coast
Kapiti
Karori
Kimbolton
Kiwitea
Kohinui
Kukuta
Levin
Lower Hutt City
Makara
Manawatu
Mangaweka
Matarawa
Maxwell
Moawhango
Ngutu-o-te Huia
Ohakune
Ohingaiti
Okuwhitu
Pahiatua
Paitawa
Papawai
Parapara
Parenako
Parewanui
Pipiriki
Pirinoa
Poroutawhao
Putiki
Raetihi
Raurimu
Rongotea
Rotoatane
Sanson
Shannon
Stanway
Stokes Valley
Taihape
Taita
Takapu Road
Takapuwahia
Taonui
Taumatao Tapui
Te Horo
Te Kukuta
Te Ore Ore
Turakina
Wairarapa Valley
Waitotara
Waitune West
Winiata
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Wellington Region (also known as Greater Wellington) is a local government region of New Zealand that occupies the southern end of the North Island. It includes the cities (in order of population) of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua and Upper Hutt, plus smaller towns.

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History

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The Māori who originally settled the region 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 region in about the tenth century.

The region was settled by Europeans in 1839 by the New Zealand Company. Wellington 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 after Russell and Auckland.

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