Taputeranga Island

Places of Interest

Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory

University

Photo: Shimaje, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory is a research facility of the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington that supports research in coastal ecology and marine biology.

Oku Street Reserve

Park

Photo: Richlitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Oku Street Reserve is an 8-hectare park in Wellington, New Zealand. It is located on a promontory between the suburbs of Island Bay and Ōwhiro Bay, and looks down over Taputeranga Marine Reserve and Ōwhiro Bay.

HMNZS Wellington

Disaster remains

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

HMNZS Wellington was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally commissioned in 1969 for the Royal Navy as HMS Bacchante, she joined the RNZN in 1982. She was decommissioned in 1999 and sunk in 2005.

Places in the Area

Ōwhiro Bay

Suburb

Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ōwhiro Bay is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, that overlooks Cook Strait. It is situated west of the larger suburb of Island Bay. The official name of the suburb was changed from Owhiro Bay to Ōwhiro Bay by the New Zealand Geographic Board on 21 June 2019.

Island Bay

Suburb

Photo: Ballofstring, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Island Bay is a coastal suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km south of the city centre. Island Bay lies on the bay which shares its name, one of numerous small bays off Cook Strait and west of Lyall Bay.

Houghton Bay

Suburb

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

Houghton Bay, or Houghton Valley, is one of the southern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. It is located between Island Bay and Lyall Bay, on the rocky shores of the Cook Strait.

Taputeranga Island

Satellite Map

Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Places to Discover

• Deutsch
• Español
• Français
• Português