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Mount Victoria, also known as Matairangi and colloquially as Mt Vic, is a prominent 196-metre (643 ft) hill immediately to the east of central Wellington, New Zealand. About 4 kilometres due south is a spur named Mount Albert and the two are linked by a ridge. Mount Victoria gives its name to the suburb of Mount Victoria to the west.
The Mount Victoria Lookout is situated within the Town Belt, and offers panoramic views of the greater Wellington area. [7] Not far to its east is the Mount Victoria Radio Tower , which was Wellington's main radio and television mast from 1927 until 1965, when the larger and more powerful Mount Kaukau transmitter opened.
62 Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria: 3647: Friends Meeting House: Historic Place Category 2: 7 Moncrieff St, Mt Victoria: 3648: Bus Tunnel: Historic Place Category 2: Pirie St, Mt Victoria: 3649: Seatoun Tunnel: Historic Place Category 2: Ferry Street and Broadway, Seatoun: 3650: Gazebo [Relocated] Historic Place Category 2: Formerly 59 Falkirk ...
Mount Victoria is a former New Zealand electorate, centred on the inner-city suburb of Mount Victoria in the southern suburbs of Wellington. It existed from 1946 to 1954, and was represented by one Member of Parliament, Jack Marshall.
Steep landforms shape and constrain much of Wellington city. Notable hills in and around Wellington include: Mount Victoria – 196 m. Mt Vic is a popular walk for tourists and Wellingtonians alike, as from the summit one can see most of Wellington. There are numerous mountain bike and walking tracks on the hill. Mount Albert [76] – 178 m ...
It has general jurisdiction and responsibility, under the Senior Courts Act 2016, as well as the High Court Rules 2016, for the administration of justice throughout New Zealand. There are 18 High Court locations throughout New Zealand, and one stand-alone registry. The High Court was established in 1841. [1]
Queen Victoria, 1899. Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom and the broader British Empire from 1837 to 1901. Celebrations and increased popularity following her Golden and Diamond Jubilees initiated a wave of public monuments to her across the Empire in the late 1800s, corresponding with a general international trend of nationalist sculpture and monument construction in the period.
Hataitai is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, 3.5 kilometres southeast of the city centre.The suburb extends over the southeastern flank of Mount Victoria and down a valley between the Town Belt and a ridge along the shoreline of Evans Bay.