Greater Wellington
The Greater Wellington region is the southernmost part of the North Island of New Zealand, governed by the Greater Wellington Regional Council. It is far bigger than just Wellington city, the area governed by the Wellington City Council.Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
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Wellington
Wellington is the capital and second largest urban area of New Zealand. It is also the world's southernmost capital city of a UN member state. The Windy City is on the foreshore of Wellington Harbour and ringed by hills, providing the scenic home of many of New Zealand's national arts and cultural attractions.
City
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Wellington City is that part of the urban area of Wellington in New Zealand that is administered by Wellington City Council. The Windy City is centred on the western foreshore of Wellington Harbour and stretches as far north as the suburb of Tawa.
Lower Hutt
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Lower Hutt is a city of 112,000 people in the lower Hutt Valley, near Wellington, in the Greater Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city includes Lower Hutt and the separate communities of Petone, Eastbourne and Wainuiomata.
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Hutt Valley
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The Hutt Valley is part of the Greater Wellington region in New Zealand and is near Wellington city. There are two cities in the valley and the Hutt River runs through it.
Wairarapa
The Wairarapa district is the south-eastern corner of New Zealand's North Island. Separated from the Wellington metropolitan area by the Rimutaka Ranges, its proximity and good transport connections with the capital make it a popular place for Wellington day-trippers and commuters.
Kapiti Coast
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Kapiti Coast is a region of the southern North Island of New Zealand that boasts unspoilt beaches, rivers, villages, friendly people and natural open spaces stretching from Paekakariki to Otaki.
Greater Wellington
- Type: region of New Zealand with 542,000 residents
- Description: region at the southern end of New Zealand’s North Island
- Also known as: “Wellington Region”
- Neighbors: Marlborough
- Location: North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Greater Wellington” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wellington”
- Amharic: “ዌሊንግተን”
- Arabic: “إقليم ويلينغتون”
- Aragonese: “Rechión de Wellington”
- Armenian: “Վելինգթոն”
- Asturian: “Rexón de Wellington”
- Azerbaijani: “Vellinqton regionu”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon Wellington”
- Basque: “Wellington eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Велінгтан”
- Bengali: “ওয়েলিংটন অঞ্চল”
- Breton: “Wellington”
- Bulgarian: “Уелингтън”
- Catalan: “Regió de Wellington”
- Cebuano: “Wellington”
- Chinese: “威靈頓地區”
- Chinese: “惠灵顿地区”
- Chinese: “惠灵顿大区”
- Cornish: “Wellington”
- Croatian: “Wellington”
- Czech: “Wellington”
- Danish: “Wellington Region”
- Dutch: “Wellington regio”
- Dutch: “Wellington”
- Esperanto: “regiono Velingtono”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Velingtono”
- Esperanto: “Velingtona regiono”
- Esperanto: “Velingtona Regiono”
- Estonian: “Wellington”
- Estonian: “Wellingtoni piirkond”
- Finnish: “Wellington”
- Finnish: “Wellingtonin hallintoalue”
- French: “région de Wellington”
- French: “Région de Wellington”
- French: “Wellington”
- Galician: “Rexión de Wellington”
- Galician: “Wellington”
- Georgian: “ველინგტონი”
- Georgian: “ველინგტონის რეგიონი”
- Georgian: “უელინგტონის რეგიონი”
- German: “Greater Wellington”
- German: “NZ-WGN”
- German: “Wellington Region”
- German: “Wellington”
- Greek: “Περιοχή του Γουέλινγκτον”
- Gujarati: “વેલિંગ્ટન પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Yankuwar Wellington”
- Hebrew: “ולינגטון”
- Hindi: “वेलिंग्टन क्षेत्र”
- Icelandic: “Wellington”
- Ido: “Wellington”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Wellington”
- Italian: “Wellington”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン地方”
- Japanese: “ウェリントン州”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Wellington”
- Kannada: “ವೆಲ್ಲಿಂಗ್ಟನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Веллингтон облысы”
- Kirghiz: “Веллингтон аймагы”
- Korean: “웰링턴 지방”
- Latin: “Wellington”
- Latvian: “Velingtona”
- Latvian: “Velingtonas reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Velingtono regionas”
- Macedonian: “Велингтон”
- Malay: “Wilayah Wellington”
- Maori: “Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara”
- Maori: “Whanganui-a-Tara”
- Marathi: “वेलिंग्टन प्रदेश”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة ويلينݣطون”
- Northern Frisian: “Wellington Regiuun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wellington Region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wellington”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Wellington”
- Norwegian: “Wellington”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Wellington”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Wellington”
- Ossetian: “Веллингтон (регион)”
- Ossetian: “Веллингтон”
- Ossetian: “Веллингтоны регион”
- Panjabi: “ਵੈਲਿੰਗਟਨ ਖੇਤਰ”
- Persian: “منطقه ولینگتون”
- Polish: “Wellington”
- Portuguese: “Wellington”
- Pushto: “ویلنګټن سیمه”
- Romanian: “Wellington”
- Russian: “Веллингтон”
- Samoan: “Ueligitone”
- Scots: “Wellington”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Wellington Region”
- Serbian: “Велингтон (регија)”
- Serbian: “Велингтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wellington”
- Sinhala: “වෙලින්ටන් කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
- Sinhala: “වෙලින්ටන් කලාපය”
- Slovak: “Wellington”
- Slovenian: “Greater Wellington”
- Slovenian: “NZ-WGN”
- Slovenian: “regija Wellington”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Wellington”
- Slovenian: “Wellington Region”
- Slovenian: “Wellington”
- Somali: “Gobolka Wellington”
- Spanish: “Region de Wellington”
- Spanish: “Región de Wellington”
- Swahili: “Kikoa cha Wellington”
- Swedish: “Wellington”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Веллингтон”
- Tamil: “வெலிங்டன் பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Welliñton töbäge”
- Tatar: “Веллиңтон”
- Telugu: “వెల్లింగ్టన్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “เวลลิงตัน”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Uelingatoni”
- Turkish: “Wellington Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Wellington”
- Uighur: “ۋېللىنگتون”
- Ukrainian: “Веллінгтон”
- Urdu: “ویلنگٹن ریجن”
- Urdu: “ویلنگٹن علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Vellington viloyati”
- Uzbek: “Vellintton viloyati”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Wellington”
- Western Armenian: “Ուելինկթըն շրջան”
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