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The Time Act 1974 defines New Zealand Standard Time as 12 hours in advance of UTC. [12] In 2011, the New Zealand dependency of Tokelau moved its time zone forward by 24 hours, by skipping 30 December to be in the UTC+13:00 time zone, the same zone as New Zealand daylight saving. [13]
Wellington is New Zealand's political centre, housing the nation's major government institutions. The New Zealand Parliament relocated to the new capital city, having spent the first ten years of its existence in Auckland. [52] A session of parliament officially met in the capital for the first time on 26 July 1865.
Greater Wellington, also known as the Wellington Region (Māori: Te Upoko o te Ika), [5] is a non-unitary region of New Zealand that occupies the southernmost part of the North Island. The region covers an area of 8,049 square kilometres (3,108 sq mi), and has a population of 550,600 (June 2024).
The HVDC line came into operation in April 1965 and was at the time the world's largest submarine cable. [9] A radio receiving station was set up in 1944 in the region, at Quartz Hill, to receive overseas shortwave broadcasts for re-transmission by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, close to the NZ Post Office Makara Radio receiving station.
This was declined. The last firing of the cannon was in December 1967 by the Royal New Zealand Artillery to celebrate the Centenary of the Wellington Artillery. [105] [93] Time ball in 1900 on the wharf. The time ball was also in use throughout this period. In 1882 a mariner suggested that it should be moved up on to Mount Victoria as well.
The DIC Department Store Building in Lambton Quay, Wellington, home of the first Australian Trade Commission in New Zealand in 1934. The first official Australian representation in New Zealand dates back to March 1934, when the Commonwealth government of Joseph Lyons as part of its policy of expanding trade connections in the Asia-Pacific region, appointed prominent businessman Robert Henry ...
Wellington has been the capital of New Zealand since 1865. New Zealand's first capital city was Old Russell in 1840–41. Auckland was the second capital from 1841 until 1865, when Parliament was permanently moved to Wellington after an argument that persisted for a decade.
Te Aro (formerly also known as Te Aro Flat) is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, New Zealand.It comprises the southern part of the central business district including the majority of the city's entertainment district and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace and Cambridge Terrace at the base of Mount Victoria.