Reclamation of Wellington Harbour started in the 1850s, in order to increase the amount of usable land for the then new City of Wellington. Flat land plots in the early city were scarce, with little r
The Cuba anchored in Wellington Harbour by Charles Heaphy.
Two men fishing off the reclamations at Te Aro, in the vicinity of Cable Street, Wellington. Photograph taken circa. 1910.
Reclamation in Thorndon circa 1925
The harbour as it looks today from Mount Victoria
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CentrePort Wellington provides land and sea infrastructure and manages port facilities in Wellington Harbour in New Zealand. The company is the successor to the Wellington Harbour Board, and was forme
Reclamation of Wellington Harbour
…Wellington Harbour Board, formed in 1880. As one of the outcomes of the 1989 local government reforms, an operating company called Port of Wellington (now CentrePort Wellington) was formed. At the time it commenced operation in 1989, it owned approximately 72 ha (180 acres) of Wellington waterfront property including wharves…
Wellington wharves viewed from Mount Victoria
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Container terminal at CentrePort, 2015. The Interislander ferry terminal is at top right.
Logs awaiting export, at CentrePort 2024.