Wellington’s cultural features

9% of Wellington residents are Maori, and most of the rest are descendants of British and Irish immigrants. English is the common language in New Zealand, and Maori people speak Maori. Most of the residents believe in Catholicism and Protestantism.

Wellington is the political, industrial and financial center of New Zealand. Port Nicholson in Wellington is the second largest port in the country after Auckland. The port is 5 kilometers wide and 20 kilometers long. The narrowest point of the channel entrance is 1097 meters and the water depth is 11 meters. The port area covers an area of ??83 square kilometers, with good anchorage and can berth giant ships of 10,000 tons. Port Nicholson is divided into an inner city dock area and a suburban dock area. There are more than 10 terminals in the city's dock area, including Queen's Wharf, King's Wharf, Ocean Passenger Terminal, and Railway and Road Ferry Terminals; in the suburban dock area, there are Burnham Wharf, Miramar Wharf and Howard Point Wharf. Port Nicholson's annual cargo throughput reaches 7 million tons. The main mode of transportation in Wellington is private cars. The transportation in the city is convenient and the telephone service in the city is advanced.

Wellington is also the center of the country's film industry. The filming locations for Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" are located in the Wellington area. There are so many cafes in Wellington that the number of cafes per capita is even greater than in New York. Wellington is also home to countless high-profile events and cultural festivals, including the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival, the annual International Jazz Festival and more.

Wellington is a famous tourist destination in the Pacific. The ancient buildings preserved in the city include the Government Building built in 1876, which is one of the most magnificent wooden structures in the South Pacific, the majestic Paul Cathedral built in 1866, and the City Hall built in 1904. The famous War Memorial Hall was built in 1932. There are 49 hanging bells on the carillon inside. The names of the battlefields where New Zealanders fought in World War I are engraved on the bells.

There is the beautiful Mount Victoria in the southwest of Wellington city. The office used by Prime Minister Seton from 1893 to 1906 is preserved on the hillside. Seton had an important influence on New Zealand's political legislation. He made New Zealand the first country in the world where women had the right to vote. Near Mount Victoria is the monument island of British navigator Cook. Cook visited New Zealand five times from 1769 to 1777. The Caingaro National Man-made Forest north of Mount Victoria covers an area of ??150,000 hectares and stretches for more than 100 kilometers. It is one of the largest man-made forests in the world.

Wellington Zoo is famous for its unique exotic animals. The zoo houses New Zealand’s national bird, the kiwi. This bird has no wings, no tail, and a long beak. It has a strange and interesting appearance. There is another fruit in New Zealand also named after "kiwi", which is the kiwi fruit (kiwi fruit) introduced from southern China at the beginning of this century. This fruit has been carefully cultivated and improved by the New Zealand people and has become New Zealand's most important export fruit and enjoys a high reputation in the international market.

Wellington has many volcano parks. The boiling springs, boiling mud ponds, fumaroles and other geothermal landscapes in the parks have attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. Every room in the famous James Cook Hotel is equipped with a telephone, refrigerator, air conditioning and television. Some hotels in Wellington also arrange a variety of sports and entertainment activities for tourists such as hunting, fishing, watercraft tours, helicopter tours, cross-country biking, carving, glass blowing and so on.

The Wellington region, like other regions in New Zealand, has a complete education system, including primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, teachers' colleges and universities. After completing the 10 years of study stipulated in the compulsory education law, many women join the workforce, get married and have children. When their children grow up, they enter vocational schools. Therefore, adult education and vocational and technical education in Wellington are very developed. Wellington has the largest library in the country, the Alexander Turnbull Library, which can serve 5,000 readers every day. Wellington's famous Victoria University not only has a complete range of disciplines, complete libraries and experimental facilities, but also has many research institutions. Every year, international students from five continents come here to study.

Parts of Wellington city center have ropes to help people stay steady during strong winds. Most of the residential buildings are in the suburbs. Most of them have front yards and backyards. They are small and exquisite, and the colorful wooden structure bungalows are nestled in the green shade of the mountains. There are rows of high-rise buildings on the main streets of the city. The streets are wide, the market is prosperous, and it has a high level of modernization. The large and small shops are dazzling, and the various advertisements are dazzling, but if you look carefully, this city still clearly reflects the inherent characteristics of New Zealand, a livestock country: dairy products are dazzling and diverse, and are sold everywhere; the hillsides on the outskirts of the city, Herds of cattle and sheep can be seen wandering leisurely everywhere on the plains and seashores. With the gusts of breeze, there is an artistic conception of "the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are invisible"; at the port terminals, meat, dairy products, and wool are piled up everywhere. wait.