The capital is in for mostly settled evening, now the wild weather has headed north. MetService meteorologist Rob Kerr said the wild winds and rain the north-westerly front had brought to the Wellington region would begin to ease through the evening. It brought severe gales, of up to 90 kmh in Kelburn and 110 khm at the top of Mt Kaukau. And ther band of rain to the south of Wellington at 4.30pm might bring some more showers this evening, but the worst of the storm had passed. The storm was currently over the Central Plateau which would experience rain and blasting winds this evening, Kerr said. The Fire Service...more »
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Wellington (
/ˈwɛlɪŋtən/) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. It is home to 393,400 residents.
The Wellington urban area is the major population centre of the southern North Island, and is the seat of the Wellington Region – which in addition to the urban area covers the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa. The urban area includes four cities: Wellington, on the peninsula between Cook Strait and Wellington Harbour, contains the central business district and about half of Wellington's population; Porirua on Porirua Harbour to the north is notable for its large Māori and Pacific Island communities; Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt are largely suburban areas to the northeast, together known as the Hutt Valley. Wellington also holds the distinction of being the world's southernmost capital city.
In 2008, Wellington was classified as a Gamma World City in the World Cities Study Group’s inventory by Loughborough University. The 2010 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Wellington 12th in the world. In 2011 Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2011 named Wellington as fourth in its Top 10 Cities to Visit in 2011, referring to the New Zealand capital as the "coolest little capital in the world".
