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50 guides to the parts of Wellington I actually work. What sells, what sits, and what a buyer asks me about each one.

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South coast and southern

11 guides

Berhampore illustrated: the Baker Gramercy shopfront on Adelaide Road, with its green sign and a bench outside.

Berhampore is the southern Wellington suburb on Adelaide Road between Newtown and Island Bay, with a…

Brooklyn illustrated: the wind turbine on the ridge above the town belt, with the suburb’s rooftops, the harbour and the hills beyond.

Brooklyn is the hilltop village suburb of Wellington five minutes from the city, with its own…

Houghton Bay illustrated: the curve of the sandy bay from the hill, with the houses on the slope above the beach.

Houghton Bay is the south coast valley suburb of Wellington between Island Bay and Lyall Bay,…

Island Bay illustrated: the band rotunda in Shorland Park, with the playground behind it and the houses of the bay on the hill.

Island Bay is the south coast suburb of Wellington at the end of The Parade, with…

Kingston illustrated: the hillside streets and the mid-century homes below the ridge, with the golf course and the sea beyond.

Kingston is the hill suburb of Wellington south of Brooklyn, laid out in the 1960s, with…

Lyall Bay illustrated: the Maranui Surf Life Saving Club on the beachfront, with the bay and the hills behind.

Lyall Bay is Wellington's surf beach suburb, on the south coast beside the airport, with the…

Melrose illustrated: the outlook from the hill over Lyall Bay to the airport runway, with Miramar and the eastern hills beyond.

Melrose is the hill suburb of Wellington above Newtown and the south coast, with Wellington Zoo…

Mornington illustrated: the leafy valley from the hillside, with Vogelmorn Park's green in the middle and the houses around it.

Mornington is the hillside suburb of Wellington behind Brooklyn, with Vogelmorn's community precinct on the corner,…

Newtown illustrated: Ashleigh Court and the shopfronts along Riddiford Street, with cabbage trees on the footpath.

Newtown is the inner-south suburb of Wellington around Riddiford Street, the hospital and the zoo, with…

Southgate illustrated: a weatherboard home in the bush on the hillside, with the valley and the ridges behind.

Southgate is the planned hillside neighbourhood above Houghton Bay on Wellington's south coast, with Sinclair Park…

Ōwhiro Bay illustrated: the beach and the coast road along the front, with the driftwood on the shore and the hills behind.

Ōwhiro Bay is the last bay on Wellington's south coast road, where the houses stop and…

Eastern

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Breaker Bay illustrated: the bay from the hill, with the beach, the rocks and the houses along the shore under the gorse-covered slopes.

Breaker Bay is the coastal suburb of Wellington at the harbour mouth, a row of houses…

Hataitai illustrated: the village on Waitoa Road, with the Four Square on the corner and the shops across the street.

Hataitai is the harbour-facing hillside suburb of Wellington between Mount Victoria and Kilbirnie, with a village…

Karaka Bays illustrated: the harbour entrance from the hill, with the bays along the shore and the Eastbourne hills across the water.

Karaka Bays is the string of harbour-side bays on the Miramar Peninsula in Wellington, with Scorching…

Kilbirnie illustrated: the glass front of the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre on Kilbirnie Crescent, with the park in front.

Kilbirnie is the flat town centre of Wellington's eastern suburbs, with Bay Road's shops and restaurants,…

Maupuia illustrated: the north end of the Miramar Peninsula from above, with Mount Crawford, Shelly Bay and the harbour on three sides.

Maupuia is the hill suburb at the north end of Wellington's Miramar Peninsula, on the slopes…

Miramar illustrated: the art-deco front of the Roxy Cinema on Park Road, with its neon sign and marquee.

Miramar is Wellington's film suburb, on the flat of the Miramar Peninsula next to the airport,…

Oriental Bay illustrated: the beach and the Parade with its Norfolk pines, the Carter Fountain in the bay and the apartments on the hill.

Oriental Bay is Wellington's beach in the city, with Oriental Parade, the Carter Fountain, Freyberg Pool…

Pipitea illustrated: the brick and stone front of Wellington Railway Station on Bunny Street, with its columns and clock.

Pipitea is the flat between Thorndon and Wellington Harbour where the railway station, Sky Stadium and…

Rongotai illustrated: the airport runway and terminal from above, with Lyall Bay's beach on one side and the coast on the other.

Rongotai is the flat Wellington suburb between Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay, with the surf beach at…

Roseneath illustrated: the outlook from the ridge over the harbour to the city, with the houses on the slope below.

Roseneath is the ridge suburb of Wellington above Oriental Bay, with the harbour on both sides,…

Seatoun illustrated: the wharf running out into the harbour, with the heads and the hills across the water.

Seatoun is the seaside village suburb of Wellington at the end of the Miramar Peninsula, with…

Strathmore Park illustrated: the hillside neighbourhood from Beacon Hill, with the houses on the slopes and the strait beyond.

Strathmore Park

Strathmore Park is the ridge suburb at the south end of Wellington's Miramar Peninsula, with the…

Central

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Aro Valley illustrated: the shopfronts and verandahs along Aro Street, with the bakery on the corner and the bush-covered hill at the end of the road.

Aro Valley is the inner-city valley suburb of Wellington five minutes from Cuba Street, with 1890s…

Highbury illustrated: a character home in the bush on the ridge, with the harbour and the city beyond.

Highbury is the small ridge suburb of Wellington above Aro Valley and Kelburn, with Zealandia over…

Kelburn illustrated: the red Cable Car climbing past the villas, with the city and the harbour below.

Kelburn is the hill suburb of Wellington directly above Lambton Quay, home to the Cable Car,…

Mount Cook illustrated: the Carillon at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, with the steps, the lawns and the trees either side.

Mount Cook is the inner-city suburb of Wellington between the Basin Reserve and Cuba Street, with…

Mount Victoria illustrated: the summit lookout, with the harbour, the city and the hills all around it.

Mount Victoria is the inner-city hill suburb of Wellington above Courtenay Place, with rows of painted…

Te Aro illustrated: the Bucket Fountain on Cuba Street, with the shopfronts either side of the mall.

Te Aro is the central Wellington neighbourhood of Cuba Street, the laneways, Courtenay Place and the…

Thorndon illustrated: Old St Paul's on Mulgrave Street, the timber church with its spire under the trees.

Thorndon is Wellington's oldest suburb, at the north end of the city centre, with Tinakori Road's…

Wellington Central illustrated: the city and the waterfront from the hill, with the towers of the CBD, the wharves and the harbour.

Wellington Central

Wellington Central is the heart of the city, Lambton Quay, The Terrace and the waterfront, where…

Western

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Karori illustrated: Te Māhanga Karori Library and the plaza in front of it, with the green entrance panel and the village behind.

Karori is the wide valley suburb 4 km west of Wellington's centre, through the Karori Tunnel,…

Northland illustrated: the former Northland Fire Station on Northland Road, red brick with green trim, with hillside homes around it.

Northland is the hill suburb between Kelburn and Wilton, reached through the Northland Tunnel from Kelburn,…

Wadestown illustrated: a ridge of villas looking out over the harbour and the port below.

Wadestown is the ridge suburb on the northern side of Te Ahumairangi, 2 to 3 km…

Wilton illustrated: the canopy walkway at Ōtari-Wilton's Bush crossing above the native forest.

Wilton is the small valley suburb between Karori and Wadestown, a few kilometres north-west of Wellington's…

Northern

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Broadmeadows illustrated: houses along a high ridge with the harbour and its hills laid out in layers behind them.

Broadmeadows is the small, high suburb on the ridge between Khandallah and Johnsonville, 64 hectares of…

Churton Park illustrated: the village shops with a timber-clad frontage and a small plaza in front, an interpretive view of the centre on Lakewood Avenue.

Churton Park is the family suburb in the hills north of Johnsonville, farmland until 1970 and…

Crofton Downs illustrated: a footbridge over the stream in Trelissick Park, with bush on both banks.

Crofton Downs is the suburb at the bottom of the Johnsonville Line, 157 hectares of hillside…

Glenside is the mostly rural pocket on the old Porirua Road between Johnsonville and Tawa, where…

Grenada Village illustrated: a curving residential street of single-storey homes on the slope, with the northern hills rising behind.

Grenada Village

Grenada Village is the 1970s hillside suburb on the eastern side of the motorway above Johnsonville,…

Johnsonville illustrated: the Waitohi library and community hub, its glass frontage and stepped roofline drawn from the real building, with the hills of the northern suburbs behind.

Johnsonville is the town centre of Wellington's northern suburbs, at the top of Ngauranga Gorge seven…

Khandallah illustrated: the transmitter tower on Mount Kaukau standing above the leafy roofs and gardens below.

Khandallah is the hill suburb about 4 km north of Wellington's city centre, under Mount Kaukau…

Newlands illustrated: the Te Ara Paparārangi track along the harbour escarpment, with regenerating bush beside it and the harbour and the Hutt Valley across the water.

Newlands is the valley suburb on the eastern side of Ngauranga Gorge, eight kilometres north of…

Ngaio illustrated: the single-storey railway cottages of the Tarikaka Street settlement in a row along the street, with the bush-covered hills behind.

Ngaio is the railway suburb on the slopes of Mount Kaukau about 3.5 km north of…

Paparangi illustrated: the bush gully of Seton Nossiter Park with hillside homes along the top of the slope, an interpretive reserve scene rather than a particular street.

Paparangi is the 1960s suburb on the hill between Johnsonville and Newlands, ten kilometres north of…

Rāroa illustrated: the open green of Rāroa Park with modest houses along one side and a wooded slope rising behind.

Rāroa is the small pocket of streets around Rāroa station between Johnsonville and Ngaio, on the…

Woodridge illustrated: contemporary homes along a bush-covered ridge, with a transmission mast on a far hill behind them.

Woodridge is one of the newest of Wellington's northern suburbs, laid out from the 1980s on…

Rural fringe

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Mākara illustrated: the small green-roofed St Patrick's Church behind its white picket fence, with the farmed valley and the hills around it.

Mākara is the farming valley over the hill from Karori on Wellington's western edge, a settlers'…

Mākara Beach illustrated: a dark pebble shore on the western coast, a few modest homes behind it and the headlands closing either end of the bay.

Mākara Beach is the small settlement where Makara Road meets the sea on Wellington's western coast,…

Ōhāriu Valley illustrated: the small timber Holy Trinity Church with its bell turret, standing in the farmed valley with the hills rising behind.

Ōhāriu Valley

Ōhāriu Valley is the farming valley over the ridge from Johnsonville and Khandallah, farmed since the…

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