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Kōrero: Place names

New Zealand Company names, Wellington Harbour

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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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Reference: NZMap 864a

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Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Colonial naming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/19338/new-zealand-company-names-wellington-harbour (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.