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4 unusual facts about Wellington Harbour


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Wellington Harbour, a large natural harbour at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island.

Mākaro / Ward Island

Mākaro/Ward island is one of the three small islands in Wellington Harbour, at the Southern end of the North Island, New Zealand.

Samuel Revans

Revans arrived in New Zealand on the ship Adelaide on 7 March 1840, docking at Wellington Harbour's Port Nicholson.

Wellington Harbour

For more than a century, Wellington Harbour has been a terminal for ferries to and from South Island.


Cape Egmont Lighthouse

The light was manufactured by Simpson & Co., Pimlico, London, in 1864 and erected on Mana Island to the north west of Porirua in 1865, but it was sometimes confused with the Pencarrow Head light at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and in 1877 the light was dismantled and moved to Cape Egmont.

Kaiwharawhara

It is located north of the centre of the city on the western shore of Wellington Harbour, where the Kaiwharawhara Stream reaches the sea from its headwaters in Karori.


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