Capital City of New Zealand
The Capital City of New Zealand is Wellington.
Wellington is a port city, located at the southern tip of the North Island of New Zealand, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range.
Since the 2010/2011 earthquakes devestated Christchurch City, Wellington is now the second most populous urban area of New Zealand. The resident population of Wellington in the 2006 census was 448,956*.
Wellington is actually the third named capital city of New Zealand, and has been our capital since 1865.
In 2011 travel publisher Lonely Planet described Wellington as the "coolest little capital in the world".
Attractions in Wellington include the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington Zoo, Wellington Cable Car, Zealandia, and Carter Observatory.
Find out more about Wellington.
Statistics New Zealand http://www.stats.govt.nz/
Did you Know?
Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, is the world’s steepest street. The road has a gradient of 1 in 2.86 at its steepest section, a 38 per cent grade.
