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Wellington, 1841

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Wellington, 1841

It was easy to provide green spaces in colonial settlements like Wellington, where land such as the wooded Te Ahumairangi Hill (Tinakori Hill), left, could be set aside as a town belt in the town plan. New settlements also had plenty of ‘unofficial’ green spaces, within the town boundaries or close by.

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Kerryn Pollock, City parks and green spaces – Origins of green spaces, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/20551/wellington-1841 (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 26 February 2010.

Comments

demon
06 August 2010
why did wellington look like this and what was its effects when it got changed