Wadestown, New Zealand

Wadestown
Suburb
Wadestown and Te Ahumairangi Hill, looking from Ngaio
Wadestown and Te Ahumairangi Hill, looking from Ngaio
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Coordinates: 41°15′43″S 174°46′25″E / 41.26182°S 174.77357°E / -41.26182; 174.77357
CountryNew Zealand
CityWellington City
Local authorityWellington City Council
Electoral ward
Area
[1]
 • Land144 ha (356 acres)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total
3,850
Crofton Downs Ngaio
Wadestown
 Kaiwharawhara
Wilton Thorndon

Wadestown is a northern suburb of Wellington, (the capital city of New Zealand) located about 2–3 km (1.2–1.9 mi) by road from the Wellington central business district and the New Zealand Parliament Buildings.

It is a residential suburb overlooking Thorndon and the Ngaio Gorge from the northern flanks of Te Ahumairangi Hill (formerly Tinakori Hill). The suburb is hilly and includes Weld Street reportedly one of the steepest streets in Wellington.[3] Wadestown's streets are picturesque and narrow — 10 metres (33 feet), half a chain, made by pick and shovel and horse and scoop.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference teara was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ The Evening Post Archived 19 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine page 8, 11 March 1912