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Wellington has been the capital of New Zealand since 1865. New Zealand 's first capital city was Old Russell ( Okiato ) in 1840–41. Auckland was the second capital from 1841 until 1865, when Parliament was permanently moved to Wellington after an argument that persisted for a decade.
Wellington [b] is the capital city of New Zealand.It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range.Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island), [c] and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region.
New Zealand ranks 21st in the OECD for its gross R&D spending as a percentage of GDP. [305] New Zealand was ranked 25th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024. [306] The New Zealand Space Agency was created by the government in 2016 for space policy, regulation and sector development.
In 1841 the Diocese of New Zealand was established, based in Auckland, however no letters patent were ever issued. The Diocese of New Zealand was split in 1856 with the southern part becoming the Diocese of Christchurch. Christchurch was subsequently issued letters patent by Queen Victoria and became the "City of Christchurch". [10]
The following are images from various New Zealand-related articles on Wikipedia. Māori whānau ... Auckland was the second capital of New Zealand.
Between 1842 and 1865, Auckland was the capital city of New Zealand. [144] Parliament met in what is now Old Government House on the University of Auckland's City campus.
Left to right: Bowen House, the Beehive (Executive Wing), Parliament House and the Parliamentary Library New Zealand Parliament Buildings (Māori: Ngā whare Paremata) house the New Zealand Parliament and are on a 45,000 square metre site at the northern end of Lambton Quay, Wellington. From north to south, they are the Parliamentary Library building (1899); the Edwardian neoclassical -style ...
The region is administered by the Wellington Regional Council, which uses the promotional name Greater Wellington Regional Council. [6]The council region covers the conurbation around the capital city, Wellington, and the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each of which has a rural hinterland; it extends up the west coast of the North Island, taking in the coastal settlements of ...