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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand's bold national museum, renowned for its interactive exhibits, Maori taonga, and a colossal squid specimen.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Whitby
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
About Whitby
Whitby works well as a base: 5 minutes from Judgeford, 22km from Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington.
Whitby is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Judgeford, about 4 km away.
Whitby is a large suburb of Porirua, New Zealand, located along much of the southern shore of the Pauatahanui Inlet of Porirua Harbour. Whitby was comprehensively planned in the 1960s (when still in Hutt County) and it has been continuously developed since, with current landscaping and expansion in the hills behindRead more
the eastern part of Whitby to facilitate the future growth of the suburb.
The name of the suburb itself, as well as the nautical theme of neighbourhood and street names, are drawn from the life and career of the Pacific explorer James Cook. The bicentennial of his first (1769) visit to New Zealand occurred when the development of Whitby started.
The suburb is commercially centred on the Whitby Shopping Centre, containing almost all the retail businesses in Whitby.
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What is there to see near Whitby?
Within an hour or so of Whitby: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (22 km), Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington (22 km), Weta Workshop, Miramar, Wellington (23 km), Southward Car Museum (27 km).
Are there any good drives near Whitby?
The nearest famous roads are Queen Charlotte Drive.
Where is Whitby?
Whitby is in Wellington Region, New Zealand, about 4 km from Judgeford.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,230
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Region
- Wellington Region
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
- Coordinates
- -41.1083, 174.8902
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Many rural bridges are single-lane. Give way as signed.
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Worth the detour from Whitby
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington
196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
22 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Weta Workshop, Miramar, Wellington
The effects house behind Middle-earth; its Wellington workshop tour displays original props, weapons and creature designs.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Southward Car Museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
27 km · about 30 min drive
film location
Putangirua Pinnacles (Paths of the Dead)
The eroded badland spires on the Wairarapa coast are the Dimholt Road approach to the Paths of the Dead in Return of the King.
47 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Whitby
- 22 kmMount Victoria Lookout, Wellington196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
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