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Waitangi Park is a remodelled recreational space in Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand, that was opened in 2006. It lies near Te Papa (the National Museum of New Zealand), Former Post and Telegraph Building and Courtenay Place. The facility includes a waka-launching area, a children's playground, a skateboard zone, and a large grassy space.
The prow at Te Aro Park, between Dixon Street (left) and Manners Street (right) Te Aro Park (formerly commonly known as Pigeon Park) is a small public park situated on a triangular piece of land between Manners Street and Dixon Street. Te Aro Pā was close to this location but by the 1880s very few Māori remained at the site. [51]
The kōtuku colony was known to local Māori, and in 1860 they unsuccessfully petitioned the authorities to create a native reserve which included it. [5]On 30 December 1865 surveyor Gerhard Mueller took a waka and paddled up the "Waitangi-Roto" River, in search of a lake he was told was fifteen or twenty miles inland.
The Park was formerly known as Seed's Hill after an early (1864) resident, Mr. Wm. Seed. [5] The Park has been extended and landscaped in recent years and is a focus for community recreation, especially on summer nights and weekends; the Aro Valley Community Centre stands on part of the park.
Another group depart from Porirua travelling on State Highway 59 then State Highway 1 to Waitangi Park. [43] Police estimates say about 42,000 people marched on Parliament in Wellington, [44] including some on horseback. [17] The Māori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō and the Mayor of Wellington Tory Whanau joined the protests in Wellington.
Densely populated mid-to-postwar Wellington had all eyes on Mount Cook, where the Dominion Museum and the carillon opened for the country's 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi, in 1940. [5] Over the span of its history, Mount Cook has become known for its culture of bohemianism and preservation of uniquely Wellingtonian Victorian ...
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The first European exploration of the Waitangiroto was on 30 December 1865, when surveyor Gerhard Mueller took a waka and paddled up what he called the "Waitangi-Roto", in search of a lake he had been told by local Māori was fifteen or twenty miles inland.