Kōrero: Place names

New Zealand Company names, Wellington Harbour

New Zealand Company names, Wellington Harbour

On this chart of Port Nicholson (Wellington Harbour) the names Hutt, Somes, Dorset and Lambton all commemorate people involved in the New Zealand Company. Wellington was its first settlement, established in 1840.

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Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero
Reference: NZMap 864a

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Malcolm McKinnon, 'Place names - Colonial naming', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/map/19338/new-zealand-company-names-wellington-harbour (accessed 27 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008