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Windy Wellington

By Don Kiselewski, MCC, inclines from adjacent
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens roadways.
Travel Leaders In 1865, Wellington
On the southern tip of became New Zealand’s
New Zealand’s North Island capital and, despite the
lies Wellington, the nation’s fact that Auckland is a
capital. Cook Strait separates larger city, Wellington
New Zealand’s North and has remained the political
South Island by 20 miles. center of New Zealand,
Because of the prevailing with more than 40
winds and hilly terrain on established embassies.
both islands, the funnel effect With a population of
channels every breeze into a gust of wind. Wellington earned over 400,000 people,
its nickname from these conditions. Wellington is the second
History found the area in 10th century A.D. when Māori largest urban area in the
explorer Kupe landed in the area and traveled as far north as country. The city is the
Porirua. Colonel William Wakefield selected Petone as the hub of banking, art, and
site for the first New Zealand Company. The first European of course governmental
settlers arrived in 1840, moving toward the Lambton area, involvement. It is also
where the harbor is located. The city received its name when the largest seaport
the European settlers arrived, naming it after Britain’s Duke on the southern half
of Wellington. The city has spread from the harbor up and of the North Island. It
down the steep hillsides around the bay. Today, almost every is touted as being the Wellington’s old government buildings
home in the area has a commanding view of the harbor, least populated national
however some are almost inaccessible because of the steep capital in the world, a proclamation that is hard to counter. Windy Wellington on page 12

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