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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 International Airport [4] (IATA: WLG, ICAO: NZWN) — formerly known as Rongotai Aerodrome or Rongotai Airport, or simply Wellington Airport — is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. It lies 5.5 km (3.0 nmi; 3.4 mi) south-east from the city centre.
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.
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.
The ship's draught of 11 m (36 ft) was a record for any port in New Zealand at that time. [35]: 5 Pipitea Wharf was one of the berthing places for passenger vessels bringing assisted migrants to New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s. [80] [81] [82]
Mākara is a locality located at the western edge of Wellington, New Zealand, close to the shore of the Tasman Sea. [3] The suburb is named after the Mākara Stream (mā is Māori for white, kara is a kind of greywacke stone). The Wellington City Council regards the nearby Mākara Beach as a separate suburb.
Okiato was New Zealand's first national capital, for a short time from 1840 to 1841, before the seat of government was moved to Auckland. William Hobson arrived in New Zealand on 29 January 1840, the date now celebrated as the Auckland Anniversary Day.
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).