Wellington Hike to Te Ahumairangi Hill Lookout
This is my Gopro 5 recored hike up to Te Ahumairangi Hill Lookout vis The Wellington Botanical Gardens
Te Ahumairangi Hill - Wellington
The awesome, steep and knarly trails of Te Ahumairangi. Just 5 minutes from Wellington's CBD and home to the now infamous Bill English 'Run/Walk' trail.
Witness my fearless descent into the old (rumoured) gold prospecting tunnel. Cower in fear at the whiteness of my legs, and hopefully, if you survive all that, enjoy the views of the city!
WELLINGTON'S BEST LOOKOUT OVER THE CITY
Te Ahumairangi / Tinakori Hill Lookout
Te Ahumairangi Hill Lookout (formerly Tinakori Hill) is a significant Wellington City landmark and part of the Town Belt. It is also important historically to Māori and European settlement. From the lookout, you can get amazing views across Wellington Harbour to Pencarrow and down to the south coast. There are a number of walking tracks from the lookout and a picnic area.
Before European settlement, the entire ridgeline was known as Te Ahumairangi. When Europeans settled, one of the first roads constructed ran along the foot of the range. The story goes that Māori workmen were annoyed that they had to work without (kahore - meaning 'none') stopping for lunch - or dinner ('tina').
The phrase stuck, although anglicised, and both the road and the ridge were called Tinakore, and later, Tinakori.
Te Ahumairangi Hill also had an important part to play in Wellington's communications history. At its peak, Wellington Radio's 45 transmitting aerials sprawled across the 38-hectare length of the hill. The receiving station, demolished in 1975, stood on the site of the lookout.
At its highest point, the ''hill' is 301m, and its rugged slopes encompass the suburbs of Wadestown, Thorndon, Wilton and Northland. The Beehive is at its base and the Botanic Gardens are built on its heavily modified lower south-eastern slopes.
One of the meanings of ''ahumairangi'' is ''whirlwind''. This poetic name was restored to the mountain in 2009 as part of the cultural redress package in the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whanui ki te Upoko o Te Ika) Treaty settlement.
Te Ahumairangi Hill (Tinakori Hill) Sunset 17 Dec. 2013
Layers of flowing cloud frame Te Ahumairangi Hill (Tinakori Hill) in this time-lapse with a 2-second frame interval.
Welcome to Te Ahumairangi
This video is a collaborative project between Fortyfive Design Studio and Teaspoon Films. Created as an introduction video for the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington.
Voyage to Mt.Victoria look out Wellington, NewZealand
Zooming into Wellington to get a different perspective | Landscape Photography New Zealand
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On today's vlog, I travel in the early morning to the top of Wellington, NZ. I have always wanted to see the city from a high viewpoint at sunrise. So I drove up to Te Ahumairangi Hill Lookout, one of the many nice places to see the city from. The sun did not really come out to show off its colors. So I thought, I'm not going to get a colorful sunrise photo so let me zoom into areas with my long lens since I have a high perspective on the land. I was able to come out with different photographs than if the sun would have been shining brightly. It always pays off to think how else can you get a shot you were not thinking of.
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Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, NZ
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Wellington Travel Guide - New Zealand beautiful Experience
Wellington Travel Guide - New Zealand beautiful Experience
Wellington (Te Whanganui a Tara in Māori) is the capital and second largest city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. The Windy City is built on the foreshore of Wellington Harbour and ringed by mountains, providing the scenic home of many of New Zealand's national arts and cultural attractions.
Wellington offers a blend of culture, heritage, fine food, and lively arts and entertainment. Surrounded by hills and a rugged coastline, the city boasts a stunning harbour. Wellington’s charm is that it serves up a vibrant inner city experience with a slice of New Zealand scenery. And because of its compact nature, you can sample it all: boutiques, art galleries, trendy cafés and restaurants. Right on its doorstep is a network of walking and biking trails with beautiful wineries and vineyards just a few hours away. Wellington has an array of theatre, music, dance, fine arts and galleries and museums, and is home to one of the nation’s key attractions, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Wellington is known for its film tourism. It is the heart of New Zealand's film industry and main filming and production centres for films such as the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, Avatar, Tin Tin and District 9. Because it is the capital city, Parliament and the head offices of many Government departments and large businesses occupy central Wellington. This is especially true in the areas closest to Parliament Buildings - the northern end of The Terrace and Lambton Quay areas and the Thorndon commercial area.
Wellington is known as the Windy City. The prevailing wind is from the northwest but the strongest winds are southerly. The wind speed and direction can be seen by the flag being flown from the Beehive. A large flag is flown only on calm days, a small flag is flown when windy days are expected.
The core of Wellington is notably compact and vibrant, and is well-suited to exploration by walking. As dictated by geography, the core of the city is quite linear, with the classic commercial backbone known as the Golden Mile making for a diverting and pleasant walking route. This route runs from the Railway Station down Lambton Quay to its southern end at Willis Street. It then runs down lower Willis Street to Manners Street and the pedestrianized Manners Mall, and continues straight onto Courtenay Place. On the Manners Mall section, the route crosses Wellington's bohemian heartland of Cuba Street, which heads south into the core of Te Aro. While these streets mark the traditional core of the commercial city, the surrounding blocks also have plenty to be seen.
Another enjoyable and popular place to amble in the city core is the Waterfront, from the revitalized Kumutoto area in the north, past Queen's Wharf to Frank Kitts Park, and then through the Lagoon and City-to-Sea Bridge areas and on to the Te Papa museum and Waitangi Park. From here the waterfront curves northeastward along lovely Oriental Bay with its beach and promenade.
Wellington has many restaurants and cafes, in fact more cafes, bars and restaurants per head than New York City. Malaysian food is surprisingly popular and available in most areas. Wellington has a bustling nightlife, concentrated along Courtenay Place, one of the major streets running from the CBD. It runs through Te Aro and ends in Mt Victoria.
A lot to see in Wellington such as :
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
ZEALANDIA Ecosanctuary
Wellington Cable Car
Wellington Botanic Garden
Wellington Zoo
Matiu / Somes Island
Wellington Museum
Beehive
Cuba Street
Space Place at Carter Observatory
Wellington Interislander Ferry Terminal
Otari-Wilton's Bush
City Gallery Wellington
Mount Victoria Lookout
Lambton Quay
Wellington Harbour
The Weta Cave
Old St Paul's
Wellington Waterfront
Mount Kaukau
Courtenay Place
New Zealand Parliament Buildings
National War Memorial
Pencarrow Lighthouse
Wellington Wind Turbine
Belmont Regional Park
Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
The Dowse Art Museum and Dowse Square
Cable Car Museum
Wrights Hill Road
Frank Kitts Park
Scorching Bay Beach
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park
Taputeranga Marine Reserve
Avalon Park
Nairn Street Cottage
Te Ahumairangi Hill
Miramar Peninsula
Orongorongo Track
East Harbour Regional Park
( Wellington - New Zealand ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Wellington . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Wellington - New Zealand
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Wellington 4/5/2012 Tinakori Hill sunset Time Lapse
Time lapse of a sunset over Wellington from Tinakori Hill (Te Ahumairangi Hill).
Made out of 145 frames shot 15sec apart.
Canon 60D 18mm 1/100 f/8 ISO100 polarised filter
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Burgman 650
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Stitching by Felix Bornholdt
Josh Spolc on the Bass, Alex Inman-Hislop on Drums
Descent at the entrance to Terawhiti Station