Story: Wellington region

Wellington landforms

Most of Wellington is hilly and mountainous. The main areas of flat land are the Hutt Valley basins and the Kāpiti coastal plain.

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Chris Maclean, 'Wellington region - Creation stories and landscape', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/13176/wellington-landforms (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Chris Maclean, updated 1 Aug 2015