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Midland Park, Lambton Quay, Wellington

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Midland Park, Lambton Quay, Wellington

The offices of government departments are found on both sides of Lambton Quay, downtown Wellington’s main thoroughfare, and at lunchtime public servants (who account for 10.3% of the workforce) congregate in Midland Park, one of the area’s few open spaces.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Regional economies – Regional character of the economy, early 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25241/midland-park-lambton-quay-wellington (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 6 April 2010.