Te Whanganui-a-Tara region

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Te Whanganui-a-Tara region is the Māori name for the wider Wellington area at the southern tip of New Zealand’s North Island, encompassing the harbour and surrounding lands.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Māori-named place ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
climate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
containsCity Lower Hutt ⓘ
Upper Hutt ⓘ
Wellington ⓘ
containsFeature Cook Strait coastline ⓘ
Rimutaka Range foothills ⓘ
linked to: Rimutaka Range

Wellington fault zone ⓘ
containsRegionalPark Akatarawa Forest ⓘ
Belmont Regional Park ⓘ
East Harbour Regional Park ⓘ
containsSubregion Hutt Valley ⓘ
Kāpiti Coast (in a wider sense) ⓘ
linked to: Kapiti Coast

Miramar Peninsula ⓘ
Wellington CBD ⓘ
containsTown Porirua ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
governedAsPartOf Wellington Region local government area ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington Harbour) ⓘ
hasCentralCityRole seat of government of New Zealand (in Wellington city) ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Māori of Te Upoko o Te Ika ⓘ
hasEnglishName Wellington area ⓘ
linked to: Wellington Region
hasLandUse coastal reserves ⓘ
regional parks ⓘ
suburban areas ⓘ
urban areas ⓘ
hasMajorAirport Wellington International Airport ⓘ
linked to: Wellington Airport
hasMajorPort Port of Wellington ⓘ
hasMāoriName Te Whanganui-a-Tara ⓘ
hasSignificance traditional Māori rohe ⓘ
includes Wellington Harbour ⓘ
surrounding lands of Wellington Harbour ⓘ
knownFor hilly terrain ⓘ
natural harbour ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
locatedAt southern tip of New Zealand’s North Island ⓘ
locatedIn North Island ⓘ
Wellington Region ⓘ
namedAfter Tara (ancestor of local iwi) ⓘ
nameLanguage Māori ⓘ
nameMeaning the great harbour of Tara ⓘ
partOf Wellington metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Wellington Region
partOfTraditionalRegion Te Upoko o Te Ika ⓘ
linked to: Te Upoko o te Ika
traditionalOwners Ngāti Toa Rangatira ⓘ
Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika ⓘ
Te Āti Awa ⓘ
transportHubFor ferries across Cook Strait ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ngāti Toa Rangatira → migratedTo → Te Whanganui-a-Tara region ⓘ
Thorndon → localIndigenousPeople → Te Āti Awa iwi area (broader Wellington region) ⓘ
linked to: Te Whanganui-a-Tara region