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Old High Court: Historic Place Category 1: 85 Lambton Quay, Pipitea: 219: House (Formerly Christian Science Sunday School) Historic Place Category 1: 22 The Terrace: 220: Hunter Building: Historic Place Category 1: Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Parade, Kelburn: 221: Massey Memorial: Historic Place Category 1: Point Halswell: 222 ...
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.
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.
The Botanic Garden is a popular attraction for visitors to Wellington, often rating in the top five visitor attractions in the city. [69] [70] [71] In 2023, Wellington City Council reported that the combined total number of visitors to Wellington Botanic Garden and Ōtari-Wiltons Bush reached 1.3 million for 12 months. [72]
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.
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 College, is a state-run boys secondary school in Wellington, New Zealand. It is situated on 12 hectares of green belt land in the suburb of Mount Victoria, in the vicinity of the Basin Reserve and Government House. The school was founded in 1867 through a deed of endowment from Sir George Grey, the then Governor of New Zealand.
On the inner wall of the Banquet Hall is a mural by John Drawbridge 42 metres (138 ft) long and 4.8 metres (16 ft) high portraying the atmosphere and sky of New Zealand. [16] The foyer contains a textile wall hanging Forest in the Sun by Joan Calvert and Guy Ngan which was commissioned for the building.