TRAVEL WELLINGTON
GENERAL INFORMATION-Situated at the southern end of the North Island.Wellington is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand also is the southernmost capital city in the world .In 1865, Wellington became the capital city in place of Auckland. The capital city is renowned for its arts, heritage, culture and native beauty. Being the New Zealand's political centre, it houses Parliament, the head offices of all Government Ministries and Departments. It is a pedestrian city.The city is compact, cultured and full of character. Nestled between the harbour and the hills, the downtown area is ideal for explorations on foot and for shopping, cafes, transport, accommodation and the city’s major attractions are compressed into an small area . The central city is only two kilometres in diameter, meaning you can walk from one side to the other in under 20 minutes. Some of the country's best art galleries, restaurants, microbreweries, and coffee outfits make their home here, and fashion is diverse from the high fashion of Lambton Quay to the shops of Cuba Mall. Wellington is home to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company, the Wellington City Opera, multiple cinema complexes and four professional theatres. With most of the population either living in town or commuting in from the outer suburbs.
Driving Distances from Wellington
To Aukland = 658Km/9.5hrs
To Hamilton = 532Km/7.5hrs
To Rotorua = 449Km/6.5hrs
AREA- 444Km2(Urban)
POPULATION- 4, 00,000(Urban)
CO-ORDINATES- 41°17′20″S 174°46′38″E
TIME ZONE- UTC+12 Summer UTC+13
CLIMATE-
TEMP JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
AvM 20 20 19 17 14 12 11 12 13 15 17 19
AvL 13 13 12 11 9 7 6 6 7 9 10 12
POPULATION- 4, 00,000(Urban)
CO-ORDINATES- 41°17′20″S 174°46′38″E
TIME ZONE- UTC+12 Summer UTC+13
CLIMATE-
TEMP JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
AvM 20 20 19 17 14 12 11 12 13 15 17 19
AvL 13 13 12 11 9 7 6 6 7 9 10 12
WELLINGTON AIRPORT-Located just 7km from Wellington city centre and is a 15 minute drive from the city centre. Wellington International Airport is one of New Zealand's largest airports, handling over five million passengers per annum. Direct flights operate from Australia into Wellington from Melbourne (3.50hrs), Sydney (3hrs) and Brisbane (3.50hrs) with services provided by Air New Zealand, Qantas and Virgin Australia. The airport is also a major hub for flights within New Zealand with six commercial airlines and five charter services offering flights. There is also a convenient Airport Flyer express bus service. The service runs at least once every 20 minutes from Wellington International Airport to the Hutt Valley, through the centre of Wellington, is on to Queensgate - Lower Hutt
WELLINGTON SIGHTS & ATTRACTION-
001- TE PAPA TONGAREWA- Te Papa Tongarewa’ translates as ‘treasure box’. The collections in the museum span five areas: - Art, History, Pacific, Māori, and Natural Environment. The riches inside include an amazing collection of Maori artefacts and natural history and environment exhibitions; Pacific and NZ history galleries; national art collection. It is exhibited in six floors. The visit of the museum will take about one hour. Te Papa is situated in the heart of Wellington, in Cable Street right on the waterfront.
Opening Hours- 10am−6pm, and 10am−9pm on Thursdays.
Admission- Free
Opening Hours- 10am−6pm, and 10am−9pm on Thursdays.
Admission- Free
002-BEE HIVE- The building housing the ministerial offices is called the Beehive. It’s located near the railway station (5 minutes’ walk) where Bowen Street meets Lambton Quay (it’s about 10 minutes’ walk from the Civic Square). In the debating chambers you can watch politicians discuss important matters of state, address crucial parliamentary issues.
Parliament moved from Auckland to Wellington in 1865. The original building in Wellington was soon overcrowded. In 1964, a British architect recommended a solution to Parliament’s aging buildings and lack of space, the Beehive. The renovation project was the largest in New Zealand’s history. Parliament reoccupied the buildings in 1996. The building is ten storeys (72 m) high and has four floors below ground. The entrance foyer's core is decorated with marble floors, stainless steel mesh wall panels, and a translucent glass ceiling.
Tour-Parliament's Visitor Centre is in the ground floor foyer of the Beehive (also known as the Executive Wing). Free, daily, one-hour guided tours of Parliament begin on the hour at the Visitor Centre in the foyer of the Beehive (Executive Wing). Take a tour with one of trained guides to visit key parts of Parliament's buildings and learn about the parliamentary processes.
Parliament moved from Auckland to Wellington in 1865. The original building in Wellington was soon overcrowded. In 1964, a British architect recommended a solution to Parliament’s aging buildings and lack of space, the Beehive. The renovation project was the largest in New Zealand’s history. Parliament reoccupied the buildings in 1996. The building is ten storeys (72 m) high and has four floors below ground. The entrance foyer's core is decorated with marble floors, stainless steel mesh wall panels, and a translucent glass ceiling.
Tour-Parliament's Visitor Centre is in the ground floor foyer of the Beehive (also known as the Executive Wing). Free, daily, one-hour guided tours of Parliament begin on the hour at the Visitor Centre in the foyer of the Beehive (Executive Wing). Take a tour with one of trained guides to visit key parts of Parliament's buildings and learn about the parliamentary processes.
003-CIVIC SQUARE- The Civic Square is situated right in the heart of the city. It is made up of an architecturally adventurous complex of buildings with a large public space in the centre and a bridge linking it to the waterfront and to Frank Kitts Park. The buildings surrounding the square are: - the Michael Fowler Centre- a circular building where concerts and performing arts are held. There is also the Central Library, the City Gallery, Capital Discovery Place (a science and technology museum for kids), the Council buildings and the Visitor Information Centre. The big public space in the middle of these buildings is a place to hang out. The Square also contains some wild carvings and artwork. In mid-November the New Zealand Wine & Food Festival is held in the Square, where you can sample some of the best food and drink in the country.
The Civic Square is linked to Lambton Harbour by the Sea Bridge link. The bridge itself is worth visiting as it’s wonderfully crafted with Maori carving and artwork. The park provides a nice view of the harbour and hills and is a good place to go to eat lunch and watch the sea.
The Civic Square is linked to Lambton Harbour by the Sea Bridge link. The bridge itself is worth visiting as it’s wonderfully crafted with Maori carving and artwork. The park provides a nice view of the harbour and hills and is a good place to go to eat lunch and watch the sea.
004-OLD ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL (1866) - Wellington’s famous Old St Paul’s, constructed entirely of native timbers, is one of New Zealand’s greatest heritage places. It is a magnificent example of timber Gothic Revival architecture. The site where Old St Paul’s stands was formerly part of Pipitea Pa. For almost 100 years, Old St Paul’s served as the parish church of Thorndon and the Anglican Cathedral of Wellington. A new larger cathedral was built in the 1960s throwing doubt on the future of Old St Paul’s. The church was saved, restored and reopened to the public, remaining a consecrated church.
Opening Hours-Daily- 9.30am - 5pm
Opening Hours-Daily- 9.30am - 5pm
005- SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL-Located in the parliamentary precinct, together with sister Anglican Cathedral at the other end of Hill Street.
006- WELLINGTON TOWN HALL-The Wellington Town Hall is a concert hall and part of the municipal complex in Wellington, New Zealand, which opened in December 1904.
007- BOTANIC GARDEN-At the top of the Wellington Cable Car, and just minutes from the central business district, lies 25 hectares (64 acres) of beauty, peace and tranquility. The Garden was established in 1868 and managed by the New Zealand Institute. The gardens are very pretty, with 26 hectares of native and exotic trees, forest and plants. It is at its best in spring when there is a blazing mass of 25,000 tulips in summer. The poppy field on Remembrance Ridge represents the WWI western front battlefields of Belgium and Northern France. The Botanical Gardens also contain a Begonia House, contains tropical and temperate displays, including seasonal displays of orchids, tuberous begonias, cyclamen, ornamentals and others. The tropical end also features a lily pond containing aquatic plants and a giant water lily. The Education and Environmental Centre, lots of tracks and walkways and the Bolton Memorial Park.
Peace Garden-The Peace Garden's flame comes from fire created by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II. The flame was presented by the people of Japan to New Zealand in recognition of efforts against atomic weapons.
Lady Norwood Rose Garden-This award-winning garden has 110 formal beds, each representing a different variety of rose. It includes newly released roses and traditional favourites. The design is geometric with colonnades on three sides, creating a striking contrast to the backdrop of bush and sloping lawns.
Joy Fountain-This popular fountain is located in the Main Garden along William Bramley Drive, near the Glenmore Street entrance.
Go There-The main entrance to the garden is on Glenmore Street.
By Cable Car - from Cable Car Lane, off Lambton Quay. Leaves every 10 minutes to the top of the Botanic Garden. You can then take the downhill walk back to the city
Peace Garden-The Peace Garden's flame comes from fire created by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the end of World War II. The flame was presented by the people of Japan to New Zealand in recognition of efforts against atomic weapons.
Lady Norwood Rose Garden-This award-winning garden has 110 formal beds, each representing a different variety of rose. It includes newly released roses and traditional favourites. The design is geometric with colonnades on three sides, creating a striking contrast to the backdrop of bush and sloping lawns.
Joy Fountain-This popular fountain is located in the Main Garden along William Bramley Drive, near the Glenmore Street entrance.
Go There-The main entrance to the garden is on Glenmore Street.
By Cable Car - from Cable Car Lane, off Lambton Quay. Leaves every 10 minutes to the top of the Botanic Garden. You can then take the downhill walk back to the city
008-WELLINGTON CABLE CAR- One of Wellington’s most famous attractions is the little red cable car that goes up to the steep slope from Lambton Quay to Kelburn, 610 meter long, since 1902. Three intermediate stops allow for easy access to local residential and business addresses and at Salamanca access to the Kelburn campus of Victoria University. At the top is the Wellington Botanic Gardens, the Carter Observatory and the small Cable Car Museum, which depicts the cable car’s story since it was built in 1902 to open up the hilly Kelburn for settlement. The cable car provides some of the best views of the city and you can ride it up past Victoria University to the Botanical Gardens. The terminus at Kelburn is adjacent to the Cable Car Museum (free entry) which houses two of the original cable cars. A level two minute walk in the gardens takes you to the Carter Observatory and Planetarium and a free shuttle operates regularly from outside the cable car museum to Zealandia. The Kelburn Village is only five minutes’ walk away and the Botanic Garden has a number of interesting downhill walks which take you back to the city centre in 40 minutes.
Visitors and locals alike that ride through the two 100m long tunnels will be surrounded by burst of LED lights that flash on and off to create some stunning patterns and imagery. The tunnel light show will be available daily from 7pm to close and all day during the weekends.
Timings-(The cable car runs every 10 minutes, 7.00am to 10.00pm Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm on Saturday, and from 10:30 am - 10:00 pm on Sunday.)
Fare-$7.50NZD return.
https://www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz/English/What-To-Do.html#AttractionsMap
Visitors and locals alike that ride through the two 100m long tunnels will be surrounded by burst of LED lights that flash on and off to create some stunning patterns and imagery. The tunnel light show will be available daily from 7pm to close and all day during the weekends.
Timings-(The cable car runs every 10 minutes, 7.00am to 10.00pm Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm on Saturday, and from 10:30 am - 10:00 pm on Sunday.)
Fare-$7.50NZD return.
https://www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz/English/What-To-Do.html#AttractionsMap
009- LAMBTON QUAY-It is one of the main shopping areas in Wellington. It has some good places to shop, some fine drinking establishments and some cafes. It runs from Thorndon Quay, near the Railway Station, alongside the waterfront, up to Willis St., which just a few minutes from the Civic Square.
Lambton Quay is full of some wonderful old buildings, its worth as you walk along. For example, there's the Public Trust Building (131-135 Lambton Quay), a gorgeous Edwardian Baroque building, and nearby on Customhouse Quay and Hunter St., there is the AMP building. The Visitors Information Centre in the Square will give you a free copy of the "Walking Wellington" brochure which describes a series of routes you can take, Cuba St along with descriptions of the buildings.
Lambton Quay is full of some wonderful old buildings, its worth as you walk along. For example, there's the Public Trust Building (131-135 Lambton Quay), a gorgeous Edwardian Baroque building, and nearby on Customhouse Quay and Hunter St., there is the AMP building. The Visitors Information Centre in the Square will give you a free copy of the "Walking Wellington" brochure which describes a series of routes you can take, Cuba St along with descriptions of the buildings.
010- ORIENTAL PARADE- It’s a favourite place for joggers, swimmers, sunbathers and cyclists. There is a large fountain anchored about 100 metres off-shore that people often swim out to, and a public swimming pool (the Freyburg) with a climbing wall outside. You can get there from the Civic Square by simply walking along the shoreline for about 10 minutes, or by going down Wakefield St. (past the Wakefield St Markets) until you reach Oriental Parade. It’s a very nice stretch of bay to walk along.
011-CUBA MALL- Cuba Mall is one of the main shopping and dining areas in Wellington. It is closed to traffic and is a pleasant part of town to wander around. If you walk out of the Civic Square, head south down Willis St., and then turn left into Dixon St. you'll get there (it’s about 5 minutes’ walk). There are lots of nice pubs, restaurants, coffee houses and arts and crafts shops. Buskers and street performers can often be seen in the mall in the summer.
012- MT. VICTORIA OUTLOOK- Rising 196m above the city, the Mount Victoria Lookout is a Wellington must-do. Mount Victoria provides stunning 360 degree views of Wellington City, the harbour and the ocean to the south. Car and bus access is via Alexandra Road, while walking tracks lead from Oriental Parade and Majoribanks Street. At the end of the summit road, near the viewing platform, is a striking memorial to Richard Byrd, the American aviator. Byrd mounted numerous Antarctic expeditions from his base in New Zealand, in 1929 he made the first flight over the South Pole.
Mount Victoria provided a filming location for the first movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson.
Mount Victoria provided a filming location for the first movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson.
013-COOK STRAIT-It is the body of water between the North and South Islands is called Cook Strait. Cook Strait connects the Tasman Sea with the Pacific Ocean, and is located right next to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital. It’s known as one of the most dangerous and unpredictable bodies of water in the world, and is 22 kilometers wide at its narrowest point. It’s also famous for being one of the most beautiful ferry rides in the world. The journey from Wellington (North Island) to Picton (South Island) is unbelievably beautiful; a great part of it takes you right through the Marlborough Sounds. As you sail the short stretch of open water between Wellington Heads and Tory Channel, look out for dolphins, whales and other wildlife. The route through Tory
Channel in the Marlborough Sounds looks good from every angle. Rolling hills, lushly covered with native New Zealand bush to the water’s edge, are dotted with the occasional remote holiday home, with water access only.As you cruise Queen Charlotte Sound towards the pretty town of Picton, and you’ll experience an area world-famous for its beautiful beaches, bush walks and great climate. The journey covers 50 nautical miles (93 km or 58 miles) and takes about 3 hours to complete. Interislander, Bluebridge Ferries and The Kaitaki and Aratere Ferries operate in the strait.
It is so spectacular, it was named after the guy who discovered it. Picton on the South Island is an area nestled in the heart of the Marlborough Sounds. The Sounds is a place of seemingly unlimited bays, coves and islands. Lots of world class lodges scattered throughout and some of the best walking tracks. A place where water sports prevail including sailboat rentals, fishing excursions, kayaking along with all kind of cruises offered.
Approximately one-third of the cruise is going out the Wellington Harbor, the next one-third crossing the Cook Straight and the last third going up fabulous Queen Charlotte Sound.
PRESENTED BY - V.P.GUPTA
Channel in the Marlborough Sounds looks good from every angle. Rolling hills, lushly covered with native New Zealand bush to the water’s edge, are dotted with the occasional remote holiday home, with water access only.As you cruise Queen Charlotte Sound towards the pretty town of Picton, and you’ll experience an area world-famous for its beautiful beaches, bush walks and great climate. The journey covers 50 nautical miles (93 km or 58 miles) and takes about 3 hours to complete. Interislander, Bluebridge Ferries and The Kaitaki and Aratere Ferries operate in the strait.
It is so spectacular, it was named after the guy who discovered it. Picton on the South Island is an area nestled in the heart of the Marlborough Sounds. The Sounds is a place of seemingly unlimited bays, coves and islands. Lots of world class lodges scattered throughout and some of the best walking tracks. A place where water sports prevail including sailboat rentals, fishing excursions, kayaking along with all kind of cruises offered.
Approximately one-third of the cruise is going out the Wellington Harbor, the next one-third crossing the Cook Straight and the last third going up fabulous Queen Charlotte Sound.
PRESENTED BY - V.P.GUPTA