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This is a list of notable people who were born in Wellington, New Zealand, or who spent a significant part of their lives living in the region. Katherine Mansfield Birthplace in Thorndon (Alphabetically by surname)
This lists people from the city of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.For people from Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua the Kapiti Coast and the Wairarapa, see the appropriate subcategories of people from the Wellington Region:
Wellington City had a population of 202,689 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 48 people (−0.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 11,733 people (6.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 97,641 males, 102,372 females and 2,673 people of other genders in 77,835 dwellings.
East Polynesians were the first people to reach New Zealand about 1280, followed by the early European explorers, notably James Cook in 1769 who explored New Zealand three times and mapped the coastline. Following the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 when the country became a British colony, immigrants were predominantly from Britain, Ireland and ...
In 1990, Belich was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. [3] In the 1991 New Year Honours, he was appointed as a Knight Bachelor, for services to local government and the community. [17] In 2019 the Wellington City Council opened a playground in Berhampore named the Jim Belich Playground after him. [18]
The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand, which provides budget support and commits to defend the South Pacific nation, whose people are New Zealand citizens.
The table above shows the broad ethnic composition of the New Zealand population at the 1961 census compared to that from the most recent data of the 2013 census. People of European descent constituted the majority of the 4.2 million people living in New Zealand, with 2,969,391 or 74.0% of the population in the 2013 New Zealand census. [25]
Wellington region had a population of 520,971 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 14,157 people (2.8%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 49,656 people (10.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 253,278 males, 263,691 females and 4,002 people of other genders in 196,230 dwellings. [13] 5.7% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The ...