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Coolest little capital

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Coolest little capital

Wellington’s quality of life – the city’s casual yet increasingly cosmopolitan atmosphere, and its position as the capital of an attractive South Pacific country – qualified it in 2011 to be named the ‘coolest little capital in the world’ by travel publisher Lonely Planet. The description has been popularised with some degree of pride.

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by Bernard Golder

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Stephen Levine, Capital city – Wellington, capital city, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/34179/coolest-little-capital (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Stephen Levine, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012, updated 1 August 2016.