Page 16 - Southern Exposure - January '21

Page 16, Southern Exposure

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Windy Wellington

By Don Kiselewski, MCC, D.S., Palm Beach Gardens Travel Leaders
On the southern tip inaccessible because of
of New Zealand’s North the steep inclines from
Island lies Wellington, the adjacent roadways.
nation’s capital. Cook Strait In 1865, Wellington
separates New Zealand’s became New Zealand’s
North and South Island by capital and, despite the
20 miles. Because of the fact that Auckland is a
prevailing winds and hilly larger city, Wellington
terrain on both islands, has remained the
the funnel effect channels political center of New
every breeze into a gust of Zealand, with more
wind. Wellington earned its than 40 established
nickname from these conditions. embassies. With a
History found the area in 10th century A.D. when population of over
Māori explorer Kupe landed in the area and traveled as 400,000 people,
far north as Porirua. Colonel William Wakefield selected Wellington is the
Petone as the site for the first New Zealand Company. The second largest urban
first European settlers arrived in 1840, moving toward area in the country.
the Lambton area, where the harbor is located. The city The city is the hub of
received its name when the European settlers arrived, banking, art, and of
naming it after Britain’s Duke of Wellington. The city has course governmental
spread from the harbor up and down the steep hillsides
around the bay. Today, almost every home in the area has a Travel on page 18 Wellington’s old government buildings
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