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Wellington

Capital of New Zealand

Watercolour of Wellington, New Zealand. The "Coolest Little Capital" set around Wellington Harbour, with Beehive and Kelburn and the Botanic Garden.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Beehive; Kelburn and the Botanic Garden; Te Papa Tongarewa; Mount Victoria; Victorian and Edwardian; Oriental Bay; lush native bush
Viewpoint
Favor the classic elevated viewpoint from Mount Victoria or the Kelburn lookout looking across the harbor toward the city center, showing native ferns and hillside villas in the foreground, the curved waterfront, Te Papa, and the Beehive in the middle-ground, and the rolling green Remutaka ranges across the water in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the native bush covering Mount Victoria and Tinakori Hill, the Botanic Garden, and coastal pōhutukawa trees.
Guarded against
Avoid confusing Wellington with Auckland (no Sky Tower or volcanic cones); Wellington's defining physical hallmark is its steep amphitheater hills dropping directly into a deep natural harbor.
Population381,900Wikidata: 216,200
Coordinates41.29°S, 174.78°E
Elevation0 m
Area444 km²
Time zonePacific/AucklandUTC+13
Solar noon13:21clock runs 1.3 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Wellington and you surface nearest to Alaejos, Spain — 2 km from the exact antipodal point.

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MelbourneAU2,573 km
SuvaFJ2,598 km
Port-VilaVU2,690 km

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