1 | Bolton Street and the steps down Kelburn Parade. STELLIN Parliament MEMORIAL House EXPLORE Memorial Park (See Explore Wellington Walk 5 for PARK BOWEN ST more details on the Botanic Garden). ANDERSON The City to Sea Walkway Start the walk at the main MOTOR CITY TO SEA PARK 1 starts in the heart of central entrance to Bolton Street To continue the walk, turn left on The WALKWAY Beehive Wellington near Parliament Memorial Park with a quick tour Kelburn Parade and walk to Kelburn TINAKORI RD EXPLORE and ends at the south through this fascinating old cemetery. Park, or turn right and visit Victoria WESLEY GLENMORE ST 1 MOWBRAY Set aside by the New Zealand Company University. BOLTON ST BOWEN ST WAY coast, 12 kilometres away in in an 1840 development plan for the BOTANIC Lady Norwood GARDEN Island Bay. city, it contains the graves of many of 2 | Victoria University Rose Garden EASDALE KINROSS START/FINISH WELLINGTON Along the way, you will visit Wellington’s early settlers. The path Victoria University of D crosses the motorway via the Denis A WESLEY CITY TO SEA Discover Wellington’s Town Belt, reserves and walkways Wellington (Vic) is one of O the Botanic Garden and two historic cemeteries, pass several R WALKWAY McGrath Bridge. Follow Robertson Way the city’s two universities. CA BOLTON ST observatories, see the famous Cable Car, Victoria University through the park to the Seddon THE TERRACE The landmark Hunter AMAN LAMBTON L and a plant nursery, walk through part of Aro Valley with its A Memorial, past Anderson Park to the Building on Vic’s Kelburn Campus S Bolton St turn-of-the-century cottages, 14 parks and reserves, several Lady Norwood Rose Garden (flowering dates from 1904 and sits alongside the GLENMOREBOTANIC ST Memorial Park children’s play areas, a public golf course, along bushy Town from November to May). Continue past purpose-built Adam Art Gallery Begonia GARDEN D EC A R R ET E H T the Peace Flame garden and pond Cable R Belt tracks, exposed ridge tops and through native and exotic opened during the university’s House A Car C and Begonia House before continuing centenary in 1999. The university is a CARTER N vegetation. A TCE up Serpentine Way through remnant I BOULCOTT ST OBSERVATORY M vital part of the cityscape, hosting IT A H L You will get spectacular views of central Wellington, the native forest to Junction Path. W KELBURN A A S many public events, including R G PARK UPLANDL ARD southern suburbs of Newtown, Berhampore and Island Bay, conferences, debates, seminars and S Walk past the Peacemaker G 1 O Government House, historic Erskine College, the Brooklyn Sculpture and along lectures, as well as theatrical W S METRES
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performances and concerts. If you D A O R ACN A M ALAS wind turbine, Mount Victoria, Mount Kaukau and Cook Strait, Manuka Way, turn right on THE TERRACE KELBURN PARADE Scrub Path, cross the road want to see the live tuatara display, 0 100 200 as well as more distant views of the Tararua, Rimutaka and BOULCOTT ST Central visit the art gallery, library, MANNERS ST Kaikoura ranges. and climb Hill Path and the 2 WILLISLibrary ST sleeper steps to the Australian Path. At or any of the university facilities, call Victoria The Civic 463 5283 or go to www.vuw.ac.nz for McKENZIE CITY TO SEA WALKWAY The walk takes about six to seven hours but can be done in the top you will find the Sundial of Universit Centre VIA THE BOTANIC GARDEN, ARO VALLEY, information and opening hours. Te Araroa stages. The route is described here from the city to sea but Human Involvement, Planetarium, the WAITEATA RD For some miles, along the ridges behind the city, the Skyline NEWTOWN AND ISLAND BAY marker posts mean it can be walked in either direction. You historic Carter and Dominion Enter Kelburn Park and follow the 3 KEY Walkway merges with Te Araroa, the National Walkway. observatories. It is a short walk from path around it to the left of the TOWN BELT/RESERVES can catch a No 1 bus to the city from Island Bay, and other Depending on which way you go, the Cable Car in Wellington here down to the Cable Car terminal fountain. Descend the path and cross Boyd Wilson CITY TO SEA WALKWAY services at several points along the way. Field T is the beginning or end of the North Island sector of this and lookout over the central city. the carpark at Club Kelburn, through TOILETS GHUZNEE ST 1 8 magnificent project – a defined track from North Cape to Note: to complete the entire walk in one day you will need another short stretch of bush and then WILLIS ST POINTS OF INTEREST Go through the Cable Car terminal and THE TERRACE FAIRLIE TCE Bluff. Follow the City to Sea Walkway for an extension to a good level of fitness. right up the steps to Salamanca Road. TE ARO A ALONG THE WALKWAY descend the path to Rawhiti Terrace 4 ‘The Long Pathway’ finishing at the South Coast.
www.feelinggreat.co.nz Te Aro VIVIAN ST School
DEVON ST ARO The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Wai-te-ata (student) Apartments Continue on and then down Te Aro Kainga Trust. These gardens were 8 | Colonial Cottage PARK Wellington, Victoria University and veer left down the steps behind the School’s driveway to The Terrace. established in 1991 for low income Museum A Te Aro School have kindly agreed to building and onto the footpath on ARO ST ABEL SMITH ST Cross the road, turn right and families and community A side route leads from EPUNI ST let walkers cross their properties on the outside edge of the carpark. continue along The Terrace to the organisations to grow organic Nairn Street Park to the this next stretch of walkway but they Walk down the road past the rugby Abel Smith Street intersection. Cross vegetables. To date it has 33 plots Colonial Cottage Museum WILLIS ST CUBA ST 1 accept no responsibility for your the street and take the access path and gardeners of many different LEVINA gymnasium and along the path OHIRO RD health and safety. (68 Nairn Street) some 300 metres 6 beside Boyd Wilson Field. Turn left to Aro Street Park and Aro Valley. ethnicities. away. Built in 1858, its construction WEBB ST ARTHUR ST Turn left at the top of the steps and down to Te Aro School. Cross the park, turn right into Aro Continue down the old access road is of the elegant late-Georgian style. walk along Salamanca Road to NAIRN ST 4 | Te Aro School Street, and continue a short to Ohiro Road, turn left and enter See how Wellington's first European Mount Street. Walk up Mount Street Government House OHIRO RD distance before turning left into Epuni Central Park opposite Maarama settlers 'create' new lives for to the historic Roman Catholic Mount In 1854 Te Aro School was Street. Epuni Street was named after Crescent. themselves by mixing traditions from Government House was
Street Cemetery. opened on Ghuznee BROOKLYN RD the Atiawa chief Te Puni). Many of their home land with the dictates of built between 1908 and Street with 117 students. 7 | Central Park CENTRAL 8 TARANAKI ST 3 | Mount Street Cemetery the houses in this area were built a new country by visiting our oldest In 1879, with the growth 1910. It has 11 bedrooms and PARK before 1900. Note number 13, a rare identified building. Photograph taken MT COOK This peaceful old cemetery, in the roll, land in upper Willis Street Central Park was two large suites as well as Gothic influenced house, and established in 1913 on by Mark Coote. 7 a protected heritage site, was purchased for a larger school a ballroom, sitting rooms, Wellington provides good views of the building that was opened in 1881. number 37, a slender two storey Town Belt land. The To continue the walk, go up Bidwill NAIRN High School service rooms and a wing city and harbour. The land The present Te Aro Infant School was timber structure with a corrugated wrought iron gates at the Street, right into Bell Road a few STREET iron side and a of offices. The grounds cover BROOKLYN RD PARK was granted by the Government in built in 1922 on the site of the old entrance to the park metres and then up the vehicle access BIDWELL ST WALLACE
1853 to be held in trust by the Catholic Terrace Gaol. This new light airy and pronounced tilt. Take the were presented in 1920 road straight ahead of you, past the about 12 hectares, including Massey University Bay. Island and Berhampore Newtown,
concrete steps by the by the then Mayor, John P Luke. ST
Archbishop of Wellington for use as open school, enjoyed by the juniors, vehicle barrier and down the path flat lawn, garden and steep ROLLESTON ST Wellington
, Valley Aro historic of parts through a burial ground. About 800 early served as a catalyst for more change substation up to the Note the nikau palms and mamaku and steps to Prince of Wales Park. Garden,
settlers were buried in this pioneers’ and in 1932 new buildings next to foundations of the former tree fer ns along the track and the hillside. H HARGREAVES ST Botanic the from Belt Town the of part From the playing field climb the E A
cemetery including Father J P O’Reily, Benevolent Home. T the infant school were officially northern rata near the park’s main O
grassy spur to fine views of N Other building and facilities along you guides Walkway Sea to City The T BELL RD Wellington’s first resident Catholic opened. After 10 years apart, the two entrance. C Government House, the city, harbour E 5 | The Benevolent Home in the grounds include the Government priest. Two of the original three acres branches of Te Aro School were NOTGNIHSAW EVA and hills. House Follow the markers up the left ST
were subdivided in 1927 for Wai-te- reunited. Also known as the Old Men’s Home, Policeman’s Lodge at the side of Moturua Stream valley DORKING RD area. the
ata Road houses and university use. it originally opened in 1893. In 1937
The Terrace Gaol, erected in 1852, was front gate, a tennis court PRINCE OF WRIGHT A All the known burials are thought to past the bridge.Turn left on to WALES HOSPITAL of history early some and fauna and flora
often full, helped by the city’s rapid it became the Ohiro Home and in
be within the remaining acre. the old road and then right onto and pavilion, a small PARK RD growth after it became the capital in 1945 the Central Park Hospital. stunning views, picturesque discover and
the track which leads to the lawn swimming pool, a Second
The walkway follows the 1865. A stay at the Terrace Gaol It closed in 1975. WESTLAND RD above the Wellington Renouf JOHN ST parks beautiful Wellington’s through Walk main path across the included sparse meals in your cell, World War bomb shelter, a 6 | Tanera Community Gardens Tennis Centre. Cross Brooklyn Road cemetery and down to weekly baths and constant TOWN BELT to Nairn Street Park and on to Bidwill squash court, eight cottages (BROOKLYN) Wai-te-ata Road. Turn surveillance by armed guards. Walk up past the Tanera Community Street. and garages. HANSON ST right and walk up it. At Gardens managed by the Mokai HUTCHISON ADELAIDE RD Near the summit, a sealed path leads At the low point in the ridge you are contribution is growing natives to JOHN ST SAFETY AND REGULATIONS down to a tributary of Waitangi above an underground reservoir built restore the natural reserve areas and BROOKLYN Stream and across a bridge to its east by Greater Wellington Regional Town Belt. TOWN BELT (BROOKLYN) side. Continue along the path to Council. Commissioned in 1992, it Dogs must be kept on a leash Turn left past the nursery and up CONNA Wellington Scottish Athletic Club, then holds 20 million litres of water U No Fires GH T TCE HUTCHISONSouthern RD the stairs to the Berhampore OHIRO RD to the right of the building and up supplied from Wainuiomata and Cross CITY TO SEA WALKWAY to Hutchison Road. services Newtown, Island Bay, Municipal Golf Course. Hospital Mountain Bikers to give Berhampore, Miramar and Seatoun way to pedestrians. VIA THE BOTANIC GARDEN, Cross Hutchison Road and turn right, 10 | Berhampore Unless signposted, tracks are and parts of the central city. Municipal Golf Course No Camping ARO VALLEY, NEWTOWN continue on about 100 metres and open to mountian bikers HANSON ST AND ISLAND BAY then go left down a path and Descend the path, and A petition was through pine trees above Rugby walk around the upper KOWHAI VOGELTOWN The walkway is not suitable presented to the ADELAIDE RD No Litter League Park. The track comes out level of McAlister Park Wellington City Council PARK for wheelchairs, except in parts of the Botanic Garden. into the open and becomes a vehicle before crossing Liardet on 11 February 1914 for TS TTIFFOM access track. Street to Farnham Street the establishment of a golf course TRAVERS ST play area. Cross the on the Town Belt. As reported in The VOGELMORN Y Continue along to the Cook Islands park and veer left Dominion 6 February 1914: “the A W PARK E (NZ) Society recreation hall and onto G MACALISTER ST Wakefield down a track through game of golf was one of the best for ID R PARK E Hospital the carpark of the City of Wellington H TOPOGRAPHICAL PROFILE scrub and bush to Morton Street. health and recreation for people of T
LIARDET Pipe Band hall. There is an area to Turn right along Morton Street and all ages, including children. HAVELOCK sit and enjoy your lunch while KEY past Wellington City Council’s Edinburgh, reputed to be a TOWN BELT/RESERVES Trig listening to the Tui that visit here F 200 Berhampore Nursery. CITY TO SEA WALKWAY OHIRO RD A Trig conservative city, had now nine R Tawatawa N Park Oku Street during the winter flowery scenes in H 150 Cable Car Mount St Prince of Bolton St Cemetery Terminus Ohiro Park Wales Park MacAlister WELLINGTON public golf courses”. Berhampore A Central Park
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abundance from June to September. 9 | Berhampore T TOILETS etres Shorland Park S 100
Electors’ Association was very T BRITOMART ST CITY Nursery S Turn right and climb the steep grassy E BOTANIC GARDEN R 50
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POINTS OF INTEREST Height ( Q A knoll left of the marker to look down L the hill above Berhampore as an U IL Opened in 1949, the B ALONG THE WALKWAY E C 0 C B IS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Paekawakaw a, the valley now E R MORTON ST eyesore and a perfect location for a C P Distance (Kilometres) nursery is the source of S occupied by Island Bay suburb, and T B golf course. R 9 ARO VALLEY the Council’s plant E T O
back to the central city and harbour. BERHAMPORE requirements throughout the city. N The course was G NEWTOWN R Follow the ridge road to more fine Over 600,000 annuals for bedding, officially opened on 30 HALIFAX BERHAMPORE views, including Mount Albert 70,000 natives, 250 street trees and October 1915 and within NURSERY MARTIN DAOR YELLAV YPPAH YELLAV DAOR LUCKIE slightly to your left across the 50,000 general trees and shrubs for 10 years, extensions QUEB EDIALEDA DR PARK FLORA AND FAUNA road reserves and roundabouts are E WAKEFIELD valley and the South Island’s were being planned as C S Berhampore ISLAND BAY Kaikoura ranges. grown each year. The most important its huge popularity saw T Berhampore PARK KINGSTON 10 Golf Course Golf Course The walkway passes through the semi natural vegetation of Bolton Street DOVER ST Memorial Park comprising native plants, Home of Compassion heritage roses and wild flowers and onto 11 Hospital the managed landscape of the Botanic congestion on the greens. In 1922 the number of Taranaki tribes – including Follow the ridge top path past the Mount Tapuaeouenuku (2885m) was Tapu Te Ranga Garden. The walkway within the Botanic TAWATAWA Marae C course was extended to its present Ngati Tama, Ngati Mutunga, Ngati reservoir service road on your right the first significant peak climbed by RIDGE Garden passes through the unique native forest remnant, pine 18 holes. Tupaia (hapu of Ngati Ruanui), Ngati and continue on up the hill and New Zealand’s most famous B Trig Point plantations, formal plant collections and lawn areas. Erskine College Water Reservoir Haumia (hapu of Taranaki ) and Te down to a grassy clearing. Walk to mountaineer, Sir Edmund Hillary. Follow the orange directional signs Atiawa – in the early eighteenth the end of the street, taking in great In 1953 he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay The distinctive old concrete Further south it passes through Town Belt areas of Bishop’s Pine (Pinus to Quebec Street and Tawatawa century. First Lieutenant, Te views south across Cook Strait to the became the first to climb Mount building below you on the far HAPPY VALLEY muricata), Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata), macrocarpa (Cupressus ridge. B AVON ST macrocarpa), and various gums (Eucalyptus spp). Rangihaeata was Te Rauparaha's Kaikoura ranges. Everest. side of Island Bay Parade is M E D nephew. Te Rauparaha faces Kapiti W historic Erskine College, now A 12 | Buddhist Stupa The path continues along the ridge Y Secondary native vegetation is thriving in some areas and native birds, Island to the east and Te Rangihaeata RESERVE ST
top to a second look-out and then used as an art school and ENRUOBLEM DR piwakawaka (fantails), riroriro (grey warblers) and tauhou (waxeyes) faces Tapu Te Ranga Island to the MURCHISON ST The white and gold down the hill. Walk down Oku Street south. function centre. Founded in 1905, it was designed populate the walkway. structure visible as you and then Milne Terrace. At the HAPPY cross Dart Crescent is a by architect John Swan, who also designed the VALLEY The long term vegetation plan for the Town Belt involves the removal Carry on along the track to Tawatawa bottom, cross Derwent Street and PARK ridge, past the trig point and the Buddhist stupa used by head left a short distance and right chapel, which was completed in 1930. The central of many pine trees, especially if they are a hazard, and replanting Turn left up the road and onto the reservoir. Wellington’s Cambodian into Shorland Park where the walk building was formerly a Roman Catholic girls’ college with native plants. ridge with its 360 degree views, community. ends. The park – which is also the Owhiro Bay Happy Valley and the Te Kopahou and the building contains wide open hallways, School ST start/finish of the Southern Walkway R At the end of Frobisher E DERWENT ST
Reserve above it, over to the Airways amazing stained glass windows and expansive YPPAH YELLAV DAOR H IS – has a children’s playground and B Street, cross the road and turn up O Corporation domed radar station and R THE PARADE` Other Explore Wellington Brochures featuring Wellington Town Belt, public toilets and is just across the wooden staircases. OWHIRO F Hawkins Hill, back Severn Street, keep to the left side of BAY MOSELLE LIFFEY ST road from the beach. parks and reserves, and art and heritage walks in the city are available to the Brooklyn wind turbine, and the road passing Welland Place, then RESERVE BRISTOL climb the steps just past number 149. C Tapu Te Ranga Marae at stands at the Visitor Information Centre on Wakefield Street, Wellington north to the distant Tararua range. Island Bay was settled by Italians SEVERN ST SOUTH TRENT ST
TS N O T H GIR B International Airport and the Wellington Railway Station. Brochures and is famous for its picturesque OWHIRO Take a short detour to your right to The large green roofed building fishing boats and Tapu Te Ranga BAY 12 REEF ST are also available by phoning Wellington City Council 04 499 4444 or admire the stone powhenua to your left directly below the RESERVE The City to Sea Walkway finishes in Island. ROBERTSON SHORLAND PARK> visit our website www.feelinggreat.co.nz for details. (sculpture). reservoir is Tapu Te Ranga ST Island Bay. There is an option to SouthernTHE Walkway ESPLANADE O finish in Owhiro Bay by taking a right Marae. Bruce Stewart first W The Mountain Bike brochure is available at the Visitor Information 11 | Te Rauparaha and H I R Te Rangihaeata turn after the reservoir onto the established Tapu Te Ranga O Island Centre, Wakefield Street or check out www.feelinggreat.co.nz for B A OKU Tawatawa Bush Track and head into Y Marae in 1974. The marae is based on principles of P STREET Bay information about mountain biking in Wellington. Tapu Te Ranga Marae D Elsdon the gully which comes out on E RESERVE placed the powhenua sustainable living, and works in conjunction with Owhiro Point You can contact a Wellington City Council Park Ranger on 499 4444. Murchison Street. Either walk down Follow the gravel path up more steps THE ESPLANADE on the hill. Te Bay Happy Valley Road finishing at to a trig point and look-out. Te Manawa Karioi, a group committed to restoring Rauparaha was a Owhiro Bay. Or connect to the Tip much of the open space surrounding the marae to leading Ngati Toa chief Owhiro Bay is below on your right, Planting a tree is a wonderful way to commemorate something Track, off Happy Valley Road, to the native bush. Community planting and working who migrated with his left of Landfill Road taking you into Tapu Te Ranga Island to your left and special or to take an active part in creating a greener future. days occur throughout the year and a native plant people to the Wellington Te Kopahou Reserve. more good views south to the snow- Tapu Te Ranga Island There's lots of ways you can help restore the city's reserves, region, along with a capped Kaikouras. The highest point, nursery has been developed at the marae. bush and coastal areas – and some don't involve getting your hands dirty! Phone 499 4444 or visit www.Wellington.govt.nz for more information.