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Hataitai
Hataitai is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, 3.5 kilometres southeast of the city centre. The suburb extends over the southeastern flank of Mount Victoria and down a valley between the Town Belt and a ridge along the shoreline of Evans Bay. Hataitai is bounded by Hepara Street, Grafton Road and the suburb of Roseneath in the north, Wellington Harbour in the east, Cobham Drive, Wellington Road and Crawford Road in the south, and Alexandra Road in the west. Hataitai is on important transport links between the central city and Wellington Airport, to the south of Evans Bay on the isthmus at Rongotai. It is at the eastern end of the Mount Victoria Tunnel and the bus-only Hataitai Tunnel, built in 1907 for trams, making Hataitai a popular place to live. Origin of name The earliest European pioneers in Wellington knew the area that became Hataitai as "Jenkins Estate". The name ''Hataitai'' originated with the syndicate which sub-divided it for buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Victoria (Wellington Hill)
Mount Victoria, also known as Matairangi and colloquially as Mt Vic, is a prominent hill immediately to the east of central Wellington, New Zealand. About 4 kilometres due south is a Spur (topography), spur named Mount Albert and the two are linked by a ridge. Mount Victoria gives its name to the Mount Victoria (Wellington suburb), suburb of Mount Victoria to the west. It is bounded by the suburbs of Oriental Bay to the north, Roseneath, Wellington, Roseneath and Hataitai to the east and Newtown, New Zealand, Newtown to the south of the suburb of Mount Victoria. Constable Street, Newtown and Wellington Road, Hataitai mark the southern boundary. History Mount Victoria's original Māori language, Māori name is , though is also used. The first name derives from a legend in which two tried to escape from Wellington Harbour which was then an enclosed lake. One became stranded and died, and its spirit turned into a bird named , which flew to the top of the mountain and mourned ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evans Bay
Evans Bay () is a large bay at the southern end of Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. Located between the Miramar Peninsula and Hataitai, it was the site of New Zealand's first patent slip and served as Wellington's international flying-boat terminal from 1938 until 1956. It is named after George Samuel Evans, an early Wellington settler. Geography Evans Bay is a large U-shaped bay within Wellington Harbour. Within the bay are smaller features such as Balaena Bay, Hataitai Beach and Shelly Bay. Prior to the Haowhenua earthquake in about 1460 AD, Miramar was an island and Evans Bay would have been open to Lyall Bay. Today it is bounded by the Miramar peninsula to the east, the Rongotai isthmus to the south, and a hilly ridge forming part of Hataitai to the west. Formerly the Waipapa Stream flowed from the valley in Hataitai into the head of Evans Bay near the bluff at Wellington Road, creating a large swampy delta. The shoreline of the bay in this area was known by Māori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Tramway System
The Wellington tramway system (1878–1964) operated in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. The tramways were initially owned by a private company but were purchased by the city and formed a significant part of the city's transport system. Historically, it was an extensive network, with steam and horse trams from 1878, and then electric trams ran from 1904 to 1964 when the last line from Thorndon to Newtown was replaced by buses. In 1878, Wellington's trams were steam-powered, with an engine drawing a separate carriage. The engines were widely deemed unsatisfactory, however — they created a great deal of soot, were heavy (increasing track maintenance costs), and often frightened horses. By 1882, a combination of public pressure and financial concerns caused the engines to be replaced by horses. In 1902, after the tramways came into public ownership, it was decided to electrify the system, and the first electric tram ran in 1904. Trams operated singly and were mostly singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Victoria Tunnel
The Mount Victoria Tunnel in the New Zealand capital city of Wellington is 623 metres (slightly more than a third of a mile) long and 5 metres (16.4 ft) in height, connecting Hataitai to the centre of Wellington and the suburb of Mount Victoria, under the mount of the same name. It is part of State Highway 1. History The tunnel was built in 15 months by the Hansford and Mills Construction Company. The project cost around £132,000 and greatly reduced travel time between the Eastern Suburbs and the central business district of Wellington. Construction employed a standard tunnel-excavation technique in which two teams of diggers begin on either side of the obstacle to be tunnelled through, eventually meeting in the centre. The initial breakthrough, when the two separate teams of diggers met, occurred at 2.30pm on 31 May 1930, and the first people to pass through the breakthrough were tunnellers Philip Gilbert and Alfred Graham. The tunnel was opened officially by the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Harbour
Wellington Harbour ( ), officially called Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson, is a large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island. The harbour entrance is from Cook Strait. Central Wellington is located on parts of the western and southern sides of the harbour, and the suburban area of Lower Hutt is to the north and east. The harbour area bounded by a line between Pencarrow Head to Petone foreshore, was officially named Port Nicholson until it assumed its current dual name in 1984. Toponymy The earliest known Māori name for the area, ''Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Māui'', is derived from Māori legend and translates literally as "the head of Māui's fish". ''Te Whanganui-a-Tara'', another Māori name for the area, translates literally as "the great harbour of Tara". It is believed to refer to Tara, a son of the Polynesian explorer Whātonga, who was sent down from the Māhia Peninsula by his father to explore southern lands for their people to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Wellington Harbour ( ), officially called Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson, is a large natural harbour on the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island. The harbour entrance is from Cook Strait. Central Wellington is located on parts of the western and southern sides of the harbour, and the suburban area of Lower Hutt is to the north and east. The harbour area bounded by a line between Pencarrow Head to Petone foreshore, was officially named Port Nicholson until it assumed its current dual name in 1984. Toponymy The earliest known Māori name for the area, ''Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Māui'', is derived from Māori legend and translates literally as "the head of Māui's fish". ''Te Whanganui-a-Tara'', another Māori name for the area, translates literally as "the great harbour of Tara". It is believed to refer to Tara, a son of the Polynesian explorer Whātonga, who was sent down from the Māhia Peninsula by his father to explore southern lands for their people to settle.D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilbirnie, New Zealand
Kilbirnie (from ) is a suburb of Wellington in New Zealand, to the south-east of the city centre. Travellers can reach Kilbirnie from the Wellington central business district via the Mount Victoria Tunnel and Hataitai, or over Mount Victoria, or around the coast. Kilbirnie sits on the eastern flank of the ridge which becomes Mount Victoria and on the flat of the Rongotai isthmus between Evans Bay to the north (part of Port Nicholson) and Lyall Bay to the south (on Cook Strait). No clear boundaries separate Kilbirnie from its neighbouring suburbs, with the exception of the town belt to the west which separates Kilbirnie from Newtown. Etymology Kilbirnie takes its name after the town of Kilbirnie in Scotland. It was named by Coutts Crawford, who initially owned the land. Two streets in the area are named for him. Activities The suburb features a shopping area, the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre, the Ākau Tangi Sports Centre (formerly the ASB Sports Centre), a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Victoria (Wellington Suburb)
Mount Victoria is a suburb of central Wellington, New Zealand, named after the hill Mount Victoria (Wellington hill), Mount Victoria to the east. Mount Victoria's residential area is on its north-western slopes. History It was settled as, at its foot, Wellington's Te Aro filled with commercial activities. Residents needed to be close to the city but wanted more comfortable surroundings. For a long time, it was one of Wellington's sources of fresh milk from its dairy farms. Demographics Mount Victoria covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Mount Victoria had a population of 4,527 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 129 people (2.9%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census, and an increase of 189 people (4.4%) since the 2006 New Zealand census, 2006 census. There were 1,785 households, comprising 2,199 males and 2,328 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female. The median age was 30.9 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseneath, Wellington
Roseneath is an affluent suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located east of Oriental Bay and north of Hataitai. The peninsula was named after Rosneath, a village on the Rosneath Peninsula on Scotland's River Clyde, and has no association with roses.F. L. Irvine-Smith, ''The Streets of My City, Wellington New Zealand'', A H and A W Reed, Wellington, 1948. History David Wilkinson from Ayrshire, Scotland, was an early Wellington resident and gardener who lived at Oriental Bay in a house named Roseneath Cottage in the 1850s. He operated a tea garden and plant nursery here too, until at least 1891. The Roseneath Estate began to be developed in 1886 and possibly took its name from Wilkinson's business. Sections covering an area from Point Jerningham to Grafton Road down to Evans Bay were released for sale in 1888 and another block covering an area from Grafton Road up the hillside was for sale in 1902. Walking access from Oriental Bay to Roseneath begins at the top of Grass Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington City Council
Wellington City Council is a Territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority in New Zealand, governing the city of Wellington, the country's capital city and List of cities in New Zealand#City councils, third-largest city by population, behind Auckland and Christchurch. It consists of the central historic town and certain additional areas within the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area, extending as far north as Linden, New Zealand, Linden and covering rural areas such as Mākara and Ohariu, New Zealand, Ohariu. The city adjoins Porirua in the north and Lower Hutt, Hutt City in the north-east. It is one of nine territorial authorities in the Wellington Region. The council represents a population of as of and consists of a mayor and fifteen councillors elected from six wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern general wards and Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori wards and constituencies, Māori ward). It administers publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newtown, New Zealand
The suburb of Newtown lies in the southern part of Wellington in New Zealand. It lies east of Vogeltown, Wellington, Vogeltown, between Mount Cook, Wellington, Mount Cook and Berhampore, New Zealand, Berhampore. The main thoroughfares of Newtown are Riddiford St, leading from Mount Cook to Berhampore and Melrose, and Constable St, leading from Newtown to Kilbirnie, New Zealand, Kilbirnie. History Originally a working class, working-class suburb, Newtown has followed gentrification trends in recent years, attracting large numbers of immigrants, students and young professionals and resulting in an ethnically diverse population. The Wellington City Council District Plan identifies Newtown as a suburb with an "identifiable or distinct character".''Newtown! Community in a Wellington Suburb'' edited by Martin Doyle (1998, Wellington Safer Community Council, Wellington City Council) On 16 May 2023, Wellington hostel fire, a fire broke out at the 92-bed Loafers Lodge in Newtown. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Cook, Wellington
Mount Cook is an inner city suburb of New Zealand's capital city of Wellington, North Island, The North Island, New Zealand, 1.74km dead south of Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington's Central Business District. Its local constituency area is the Wellington Central (New Zealand electorate), Wellington Central, and is part of the City of Wellington local government area. The suburb stands on the southern fringe of the central city alongside Te Aro and to the north of Newtown, New Zealand, Newtown. History After being settled by Māori since roughly 1350 CE, the Mount Cook area was situated on a fertile hill, just south of Te Aro#Te Aro Pā, Te Aro Pā. The hill was the origin-point of the original survey marks through Wellington. It was given its current name by the New Zealand Company, after Captain James Cook (the Aoraki / Mount Cook, mountain in the South Island was named separately), and was the site of a large British military base, and later a prison that was "loa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
