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The New Zealand dependency of Tokelau is in the UTC+13:00 time zone [20] or Military M' (Mike Prime) [1] and does not observe daylight saving time. Clocks in Tokelau are set to the same time as or 1 hour ahead of New Zealand: at noon on Thursday in New Zealand, it is 12:00 or 13:00 on Thursday in Tokelau.
Wellington is New Zealand's political centre, housing the nation's major government institutions. The New Zealand Parliament relocated to the new capital city, having spent the first ten years of its existence in Auckland. [52] A session of parliament officially met in the capital for the first time on 26 July 1865.
Greater Wellington, also known as the Wellington Region (Māori: Te Upoko o te Ika), [5] is a non-unitary region of New Zealand that occupies the southernmost part of the North Island. The region covers an area of 8,049 square kilometres (3,108 sq mi), and has a population of 550,600 (June 2024).
At the time, New Zealand was not known as an intellectual country. [368] From the early 20th century until the late 1960s, Māori culture was suppressed by the attempted assimilation of Māori into British New Zealanders. [341] In the 1960s, as tertiary education became more available, and cities expanded [369] urban culture began to dominate ...
Mākara is a locality located at the western edge of Wellington, New Zealand, close to the shore of the Tasman Sea. [3] The suburb is named after the Mākara Stream (mā is Māori for white, kara is a kind of greywacke stone). The Wellington City Council regards the nearby Mākara Beach as a separate suburb.
Wellington has been the capital of New Zealand since 1865. New Zealand's first capital city was Old Russell 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. As the members of parliament could not agree on the location of a more ...
City in Wellington, New Zealand Porirua Pari-ā-Rua City Top: Panoramic view of Porirua from Tītahi Bay to Ranui Heights. Bottom: Aerial view of Porirua Town Centre and Karehana Bay at sunset Flag Coat of arms Motto(s): Māori: Mo Te Katoa Nga mahi English: All That is Done is For the Benefit of All Coordinates: 41°08′S 174°51′E / 41.133°S 174.850°E / -41.133; 174.850 ...
There are two theories to the suburb's name. The first is that it was named after Thomas Newland, [5] who arrived in New Zealand from London in 1875 aboard the ship Avalanche and ran a business making glue and oil in neighbouring Johnsonville before becoming manager of the manure department of the Wellington Meat Export Company's works in 1892. [6]