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Kōrero: Wellington places

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Wellington City

Wellington City

Wellington City

Daybreak, Wellington

Daybreak, Wellington

Midland Park

Bumpy landing

Hazardous route

Hazardous route

The Wellington Fault

The Wellington Fault

Changing Te Aro

Changing Te Aro

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Southern suburbs

Southern suburbs

Southern suburbs

Early Oriental Bay

Early Oriental Bay

Changing Oriental Bay

Changing Oriental Bay

Newtown trams

Mount Cook houses

Mount Cook houses

Brooklyn, 1930s

Brooklyn, 1930s

Brooklyn wind turbine

Brooklyn wind turbine

Runaway tram

Island Bay beach

Island Bay beach

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Eastern suburbs

Eastern suburbs

Eastern suburbs

Early Kilbirnie

Early Kilbirnie

Te Rotokura lagoon

Te Rotokura lagoon

‘Wellywood’

‘Wellywood’

Te Turanga-o-Kupe

Te Turanga-o-Kupe

Atatürk Memorial

Atatürk Memorial

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Western suburbs

Western suburbs

Western suburbs

Street meeting

Street meeting (1 o 2)

Tinakori Road

Tinakori Road (2 o 2)

Mitchelltown

Cable car blueprint

Cable car blueprint (1 o 3)

Original cable car

Original cable car (2 o 3)

New cable car

New cable car (3 o 3)

Karori

Chesney Wold

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Northern suburbs

Northern suburbs

Northern suburbs

Wadestown

Ōtari–Wilton's Bush

Ōtari–Wilton's Bush

Ian Athfield’s house

Ian Athfield’s house

Johnsonville

Lynn of Tawa

Mai i te whārangi 6 - The ‘Wild West’

The ‘Wild West’

The ‘Wild West’

Cape Terawhiti

Terawhiti gold mine

Terawhiti gold mine

Project West Wind

Project West Wind

Wreck of the Penguin

Wreck of the Penguin

Mountain biking

Mountain biking

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Wellington Harbour

Wellington Harbour

Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson) and City

Hutt Road

Lambton Harbour

Lambton Harbour

Settlement around Wellington harbour, 1850

Settlement around Wellington harbour, 1850

Harbour pursuits

Harbour pursuits

Wahine disaster

Wahine disaster

Mākaro

Mākaro (Ward Island)

Flying boats

Roadside Stories: Wellington Harbour's taniwha

Roadside Stories: Wellington Harbour's taniwha

Mai i te whārangi 8 - Hutt Valley – south

Hutt Valley – south

Hutt Valley – south

Hutt River in flood

Hutt River in flood

Griffin’s factory

Griffin’s factory

Petone industry

Petone industry

First state houses

First state houses

Waiwhetū marae

Waiwhetū marae

Mai i te whārangi 9 - Hutt Valley – central and west

Hutt Valley – central and west

Hutt Valley – central and west

The Dowse

Hutt Valley modernism

Hutt Valley modernism

Christ Church, Taitā

Christ Church, Taitā

Consumers’ Co-op

Consumers’ Co-op

Maungaraki

Mai i te whārangi 10 - Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt

Pumpkin Cottage

Pumpkin Cottage

Main Street, Upper Hutt

Main Street, Upper Hutt

Speedway

Raceway glamour

Raceway glamour

Racing at Trentham

Racing at Trentham

Mai i te whārangi 11 - Eastbourne

Eastbourne

Eastern Bays

Establishing pastoralism

Establishing pastoralism

First settlers

Italian fishermen

Italian fishermen

Water chute, Days Bay

Water chute, Days Bay

Mai i te whārangi 12 - Eastern ranges

Eastern ranges

Raised beaches, Turakirae Head

Raised beaches, Turakirae Head

Orongorongo valley

Orongorongo valley

Wainuiomata

Tana Umaga

Building the Wainuiomata reservoir

Building the Wainuiomata reservoir

Pencarrow lighthouse

Pencarrow lighthouse

Mai i te whārangi 13 - Porirua

Porirua

Levelling Porirua

Levelling Porirua

Porirua psychiatric hospital

Porirua psychiatric hospital

Todd Motors

Porirua shopping centre

Porirua shopping centre

Toa Rangatira

Tītahi Bay boatsheds

Tītahi Bay boatsheds

Austrian pre-fabs

Austrian pre-fabs (1 o 2)

Laying foundations

Laying foundations (2 o 2)

Mai i te whārangi 14 - Mana – Paremata to Pukerua Bay

Mana – Paremata to Pukerua Bay

Mana – Paremata to Pukerua Bay

Pāuatahanui Inlet

Pāuatahanui Inlet

Paremata bridge opening

Paremata bridge opening

Early regatta

Mai i te whārangi 15 - Kāpiti Coast

Kapiti coast

Emblem of the coast

Emblem of the coast

Rapid growth

‘Paekakariki’

‘Paekakariki’

Commuter parking

Commuter parking

Waikanae Beach

Ōtaki Health Camp

Ōtaki Health Camp

Roadside Stories: Rangiātea church, Ōtaki

Roadside Stories: Rangiātea church, Ōtaki

Roadside Stories: Paekākāriki

Roadside Stories: Paekākāriki

Mai i te whārangi 16 - Tararua Range

Tararua Range

Field Peak

Forest floor

‘Ko Tararua 5’

‘Ko Tararua 5’

Karapoti Classic

Karapoti Classic

Water play

Mai i te whārangi 17 - Kāpiti and Mana islands

Kapiti and Mana islands

Kāpiti and Mana islands

Overlooking Kapiti Island

Overlooking Kāpiti Island

Whalers’ wall

Whalers’ wall

Waiorua Bay

Mana Island

Concrete gannets

Concrete gannets

Roadside Stories: Kāpiti Island – warriors, whales and wildlife

Roadside Stories: Kāpiti Island – warriors, whales and wildlife

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Chris Maclean, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/wellington-places/media (accessed 29 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Chris Maclean, i tāngia i te 9 Jul 2007, updated 1 Mar 2016