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The median household income (after-taxes) in Centre Wellington was $66,764, higher than the national average at $54,089. [6] Most of Centre Wellington's population in 2011 was of European descent; the following is the racial breakdown: [6] 96.5% White; 2.1% Aboriginal; 1.4% First Nations, 0.7% Metis; 0.4% South Asian
Wellington city was settled by British colonists in 1840 and quickly became an important port and business centre. Small private wharves built in the 1840s became inadequate as trade grew and visiting ships became larger. From 1856 the Chamber of Commerce began agitating for a large publicly-owned wharf.
From 1856, Wellington Chamber of Commerce began calling on the provincial government to fund construction of a large publicly-owned wharf that could serve steamers on the Panama route. [ 1 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] : 10 [ 15 ] Queens Wharf, possibly named by local man Thomas McKenzie in honour of Queen Victoria, [ 16 ] opened in 1862 as Wellington's ...
In 1974 Mary Means then serving as field services for the National Trust for Historic Preservation spoke to a group at the Chamber of Commerce in St. Joseph. This was among the earliest times a suggestion was made to revitalize a commercial area using preservation as a tool.
He arrived in Wellington in the ship London in 1842, and was the New Zealand Company's accountant in Wellington. He was prominent in Wellington's early business community, and was elected as first chairman of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce in 1856.
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As of 2023, the shareholdings in CentrePort are Greater Wellington Regional Council (77%), and Horizons Regional Council (23%). [11] In 2024, as part of its long term plan process, Greater Wellington Regional Council undertook public consultation on a proposal to purchase the remaining shares of CentrePort, if they became available. [12] [13]
He was also president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce for six years, a member of the Wellington Education Board, the Technical School Board and Wellington College Board of Governors. From 1894 to 1895 he was a member of the Wellington Harbour Board. [6] He served on numerous committees. [7]