Wellington ’s top tourist attractions include the Botanic Gardens of Kelburn, the Cable Car Museum and the City Gallery. The city owes its sophisticated yet down to earth lifestyle to its compact size.

Wellington offers live shows, concerts and performances, skating or rickshaw rides to Oriental Bay, harbor cruises, shopping at downtown’s four districts, or sea kayaking at Wellington Harbor. Located on the west coast of Wellington, the island of Porirua thrives on its Maori culture and art studios. Continue reading »

Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, is sometimes described as a village with skyscrapers, with an unforgettable city experience. Wellington is the country’s second largest urban area (after Auckland), the southern-most capital city in the world and the most populous national capital in Oceania.

This cosmopolitan university city, cultural and political capital, hums with energy and offers a colourful nightlife, historic charm and an eventful calendar. Continue reading »

New Zealand is actually a country distributed on two main islands: the North Island and the South Island, plus other numerous smaller islands. At 2000 km southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation.

The indigenous Māori are the largest minority, most of the population being of European descent. New Zealand is a wealthy country, with economy focused on agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and film industry. Continue reading »