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Section sizes

Section size for Wellington (55 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	21,911	21,911
Toponymy	6,496	6,496
History	73	11,672
Māori settlement	3,078	3,078
Early European settlement	2,568	2,568
National capital	5,953	5,953
Geography	4,850	31,762
Geology	11,825	11,825
Relief	2,657	2,657
Climate	12,430	12,430
Demographics	11,870	21,842
Quality of living	1,670	1,670
Culture and identity	3,881	3,881
Urban area	4,421	4,421
Architecture	8,004	8,004
Housing and real estate	175	8,928
House prices	22	5,339
Historic	2,270	2,270
Current	3,047	3,047
Housing quality	544	544
Demographics	2,870	2,870
Economy	5,644	12,948
Tourism	7,304	7,304
Arts and culture	22	18,055
Culture	4,592	18,033
Museums and cultural institutions	1,179	1,179
Festivals	1,349	1,349
Film	5,903	5,903
Music	871	871
Theatre and dance	1,611	1,611
Comedy	1,480	1,480
Visual arts	1,048	1,048
Cuisine	2,335	2,335
Sport	912	912
Government	50	3,085
Local	1,177	2,213
Community boards	1,036	1,036
National	822	822
Education	2,708	2,708
Transport	7,811	7,811
Infrastructure	19	8,045
Electric power	2,021	2,021
Natural gas	849	849
The three waters	5,156	5,156
Media	12	3,481
Newspapers	1,641	1,641
Radio	160	160
Television	1,668	1,668
Sister cities	2,446	2,446
Wellington metropolitan area	5,348	5,348
See also	86	86
Notes	24	24
References	28	28
Further reading	1,427	1,427
External links	1,488	1,488
Total	180,842	180,842

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Climate section - too many tables/graphs

The climate section now has a table for Wellington, a table for Pararaparaumu, a table for Wellington airport, and a graph illustrating long term trends. I think this is excessive and that only the table for Kelburn (in Wellington) is necessary. The additional data has added in good faith, but it now seems unbalanced. The Wellington airport climate table could be moved to Wellington Airport, and the Paraparaumu climate table could be moved to Kapiti Coast - noting that neither of these articles have a climate section at present. If there are no contrary views, I will relocate this content in a few days time.Marshelec (talk) 05:04, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox pic

What do you guys think of c:File:View of Wellington from Mt Victoria (10).jpg as the first infobox image? Tad more colourful, newer and showcases the habour while the cbd is still evident. Maybe a little too much habour idk? Kiwiz1338 (talk) 10:40, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd support the swap. Schwede 66 18:24, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wellington Street 2401:7000:DA16:1400:8D32:D3C5:8601:D7B4 (talk) 20:24, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heatwave

There is no heatwave information. Wellington is currently experiencing a bad heatwave with official highs of the mid-30s in celsius.— Preceding unsigned comment added by CowBeef (talk • contribs)

What is your evidence for this? I'm not seeing this in news headlines or on metservice.-Gadfium (talk) 03:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some sources:[1][2][3][4]"MetService" as requested Kind regards. CowBeef (talk) 20:15, 22 January 2025 (NZDT)

You've given five sources, but four of them come nowhere near supporting your claim of "mid-30s". The Spinoff article is from 2017, and says "a heatwave is when five days or more in a row are all five degrees warmer than average. “We’d need to hit 23.6°C for that. We’ve hit that four days in a row, but not five. So not quite a heatwave, but definitely unusual heat.”" It mentions "Some places may have reached 33°C" but this does not support temperatures seven years later. Your claim of mid-30s is not supported by your own evidence.-Gadfium (talk) 08:10, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It appears it is true that Wellington is experiencing a heatwave because it is now the fifth day of these hot temperatures. I apologize for not being as careful as normally advised.
Kind regards, CowBeef (talk) 09:42, 23 January 2025 (NZDT)

The other links are from 2024. Anyone who lives in Wellington knows there is no heatwave.Blackballnz (talk) 00:52, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you (CowBeef) misread the article dates - they are from 2024 or earlier and your article was about January 2025. 29 degrees Celsius at the height of summer in NZ is hardly a heatwave - I remember it having been 36 degrees Celsius a few years ago. Daveosaurus (talk) 10:09, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Culture - second most diverse?

The statement "it is New Zealand's second most ethnically diverse city, bested only by Auckland" isn't sourced. Going by 2023 census data here, it seems hard to argue that Wellington is more ethnically diverse than Hamilton. Bmxbandit1 (talk) 22:07, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The claim reads like puffery to me so I agree with your removal and re-wording. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:07, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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