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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.
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 ...
St Gerard's Church and Monastery collectively form one of Wellington's most distinctive and iconic landmarks. Located on Mount Victoria in Wellington, both buildings are classified as Category 1 Historic Places (places of "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
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.
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 ...
Kelburn is a central suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, situated within 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of the central business district.. Kelburn sits on the hills just west of the capital's central business district and is bordered by the Botanic Garden and the suburbs of Thorndon and Northland to the north, the suburbs of Karori and Highbury to the south west, and Aro Valley to ...
WELLINGTON — An equestrian rancher and one of the village’s most influential families have been fighting in court for more than a year over millions of pounds of horse poop.. Maria Aurora ...
Wellington Botanic Garden is one of New Zealand's oldest botanic gardens. [2] The land already set aside as a reserve was formally designated as "The Botanic Garden of Wellington" with the passing of the Botanic Garden Act 1869. [3] [4] The gardens and the land they occupied were allocated to a Board of Governors under the 1869 Act. However ...