The seat of government in New Zealand was moved from Auckland to Wellington in , largely on the basis of Wellington's central geographical position. The Wahine Disaster is the most well known of the shipping disasters in New Zealand, though there have been worse disasters with greater loss of life. The tragedy was caused by two huge storms that collided and exploded over Wellington.
The ferocity of the storm meant the capsize of the ship was inevitable, the order was therefore given to evacuate the ship. Of the passengers and crew on board, 51 people lost their lives. The storm also marked the coming-of-age for television news broadcasting in New Zealand as camera crews rushed to report on events as they unfolded. The footage of the disaster was screened around the world turning the world's attention to Wellington.
To help plan your Wellington holiday choose from the main categories below. Regional Information Key information and facts about the Wellington region. Activity Highlights Major activities and attractions in the Wellington region. Tara and his people moved south and were thus the first iwi tribe in Wellington, hence named Ngai Tara.
Ngai Tara eventually amalgamated with another iwi, Ngati Ira. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, iwi from Taranaki and Kawhia migrated from their homelands to settle in and around Te Whanganui a Tara. Their settlements and cultivations ringed the inner harbour, with many kainga villages located along the Great Harbour Way.
There was frequent contact and trade between the various hapu sub-tribes of different kainga, and the harbour was well used as a highway for communication and to gather marine resources. The surrounding bush and streams were all rich sources of food and other supplies — whether it was tuna eels from the many streams that fed the harbour, harakeke flax from Motukairangi Miramar Peninsula , or totara for waka canoes and whare houses , from the dense bush further inland to the west, the iwi were in every sense kaitiaki guardians of their environment.
The remaining 10 percent, to be known as the Wellington Tenths, was to be set aside for Maori. Fifteen Maori chiefs signed the agreement, and received payment of weapons, tools, clothing and the like, although as elsewhere in New Zealand, the legitimacy of this purchase has since been questioned.
European settlement was underway. Wakefield named the town at Te Aro after Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington , the famous general and British prime minister from to The first anniversary of Wellington was celebrated in , one year after the arrival of the settler ship Aurora, which arrived on 22 January with settlers after a four-month voyage from England.
In fact Wellington began as a settlement with very little flat land, but the earthquake raised more flat land, stimulating more reclamations. The reason? The Parliament at Wellington population then sat for the first time on 26 July So Wellington trailed the other main centres until it received some help. The first came from the railways, which from the late s provided better access to the productive farms and townships of the interior.
From the early s, the cable car and electric trams opened up southern and eastern suburbs to commuters. Around the same time, the city became the financial heart of New Zealand, with many imposing bank and insurance buildings springing up in the south Lambton Quay precinct.
The Great Depression checked growth in the early s, but Wellington benefited more than most centres from the election of the first Labour government in the civil service expanded and state housing took off in the suburbs. It also partnered the city council to put on the optimistic art deco Centennial Exhibition, which drew 2.
COVID information. Find out more Future student? Current Students Close. For Otago Staff Close. Take the historic cable car up Mt Victoria The Wellington Cable Car is a funicular railway that runs from the centre of town up to the Botanical Gardens. Get a great view of Wellington and the bay. It also hosts many temporary exhibitions as well that sometimes have a small charge. Find a New Zealand Tour. Take a trip around Wellington to see where filming for Lord of the Rings began in the Hobbiton woods, a suburb of Wellington home to the movie industry and the Weta Cave!
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