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Story: Wellington region
Contents
Story summary
Overview
Creation stories and landscape
Climate
Plants and animals
Early Māori history
European arrival
The struggle to survive: 1840–1865
From town to city: 1865–1899
Boom and bust: 1900–1940
New growth and attitudes: 1940–1975
Economic fall and rise: 1976 to 21st century
Population
Government
Māori buildings and marae
Arts and culture
Sport and leisure
Facts and figures
External links and sources