WELLINGTON

LOCATION

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. It is in the Wellington region at the southern tip of the North Island, near the geographical centre of the country.

INHABITANTS

Population:179,466 (2006 census).Land Area:290.11 km² (112.01 sq mi).

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

English and Naori.

Money

The official currency is the New Zealand dollar.

REGIONS

Like many cities, Wellington's urban area extends well beyond the boundaries of a single local authority. Greater Wellington or the Wellington Region means the entire urban area, plus the rural parts of the cities and the Kapiti Coast, and across the Rimutaka Range to the Wairarapa.

CLIMATE

[hide]Weather averages for Wellington, New Zealand

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Average high °C 20.3 20.6 19 16.7 14.2 12 11.4 12 13.5 15 16.6 18.5 15.8

Average low °C 13.4 13.6 12.6 10.9 8.8 6.9 6.3 6.5 7.7 9 10.3 12.2 9.9

Precipitation mm 72 62 92 100 117 147 136 123 100 115 99 86 1,249

Average high °F 69 69 66 62 58 54 53 54 56 59 62 65 60

Average low °F 56 56 55 52 48 44 43 44 46 48 51 54 50

Precipitation inch 2.8 2.4 3.6 3.9 4.6 5.8 5.4 4.8 3.9 4.5 3.9 3.4 49.2

Source: NIWA[12] Oct 2007

GASTROMS

In spite of the cultural existing mixture in New Zealand, it is not so emphasized like in Australia, where the Asian immigration is more notable.

It is reflected in his(her,your) kitchen, which continues having a British very important influence, which you will be able to verify in the roasts of meat (specially the lamb).

But it seems to be always more interesting to try new show restraint. For it you have the kitchen maorí, so called "hangi", in which there is a perfect combination of meat and fish. In this respect you have to prove

the "kumara", which has a flavor similar to the yucca and which is prepared, close to the rest of the plate to which he accompanies, in ovens under land (similar to the Peruvian "pachamanca").

MAIN MONUMENT OF A CITY

Wellington is home to Te Papa Tongarewa (the Museum of New Zealand), the , the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Museum, Colonial Cottage, the New Zealand Cricket Museum, the Cable Car Museum, Old Saint Paul's, and the (largest wooden building in the southern hemisphere) and the Wellington City Art Gallery.

NATURAL RESOURCES

Taupo LakeTongariro parkKaikoura MountsKapiti CoastRimutaka mountainsPlains of Wairarapa

CITY

Wellington

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