khandallah

1. alongside ngaio, half of the onslow megaplex in north wellington
2. a working model of a margerine commercial, complete with cheerful pretty females with lovely clothes and shiny hair who always smile

island bay

1. any bay with an island in it
2. a particular bay on wellington's south coast with an island in it
2a. it is a well-known fact that almost nobody knows that this island is called Tapu Te Ranga
3. behind this bay is a suburb, marine laboratory and various other commerical ventures as are needed to make sure people do not starve.
4. you better not be waiting for anything more interesting. there isn't all that much interesting about Island Bay

mount cook

1. a suburban child of Te Aro with indeterminate boundaries, usually described as "any place you can see the war memorial from"
2. home of Massey Universty at Wellington, a local polytechnic
3. despite the name, totally flat, as the eponymous mountain was removed decades ago to make way for a large casino complex that would later go bankrupt. all attempts to replace the hill have thus far been unsuccessful

karori

1. western suburb, located in a valley, population ca. 9,000 with a bad reputation, largely undeserved
1a. the largest suburb in the history of human civilisation
1b. the terminus of the number three bus, which runs roughly once every fifteen seconds
1b1. until you need one.
2. place that would, in many other cities be cited as an artistic haven and would be a much sought-after address, you fucking snobs.
3. home of the victoria university education faculty, well-known for its hideousness
4. home to corfu seafoods, a fish and chip shop, the output of which is bloody nice.
5. a place that runs at a constant temperature two degrees (celcius) less than the rest of the city

wadestown

1. mansion-clad rich suburb in the western hills
2. site of future wall for many of its citizens to be first against when the revolution comes.

northland

1. a suburb in the western hills that is fucking miles from everywhere
2. for some reason, the suburban takeout capital of the western world.

kilbirnie

1. the hub of the eastern suburbs. Could do with a lick of paint.
2. a middle-class blue collar place with sea views stuck to a snib of land joining the rest of Wellington to Miramar.
2a. a place with a good beach in Lyall Bay, which although regarded as a suburb in its own right is also a child of Kilbirnie
3. a windbreak for antarctic chills

kelburn

1. inner city suburb, on a western hill overlooking the city home to a mix of rich people and students
1a. this being because it is also the home of Victoria University.
2. end point of the cable car, the world-famous bus on a rope.
3. start point of the Wellington Botanical Gardens.
3a. a good place to kill a day.
4. the only suburb I can think of with no fish and chip shop.

hataitai

1. the most misprounounced suburb name in the history of time, somehow mutated from ha-taitai to hai-taitai), to blazes with the spelling. an interested linguistic note about speech patterns.
1a. originally "whataitai", the name of a mythological taniwha.
1b. if you follow this link, it explains what a taniwha is.
2. residential area on the eastern side of Mount Victoria (hill). pleasantly uneventful place.
3. Suburb at the end of two tunnels, one for cars and people and the other for buses.

te aro

1. Self-fellating southern section of the central city, specifically the south end. Its children are Mount Victoria, Brooklyn, Aro Valley, Mt Cook and sometimes Y. Loves itself a lot.
1a: main streets: Cuba St, Manners St, Willis St, Courtenay Pl.
2. More retail than the Lambton end of town. Less pompous.
3. Wellington's entertainment district. Always something to look at.
4. So pretentious that it makes Paris Hilton look like a hillbilly. An apartment boom in the last ten years has gentrified it, quite a bit.
4a. label-basing as an art form.
5. Home of the bucket fountain, the best public art in the world.
6. The least judgmental place on Earth.

aro valley

1. suburb located in the south end of the central city. basically Aro Street and the streets off it, the main ones being Devon Street, Epuni Street and Adams Tce.
1a: Devon Street: a bastard to walk up, and a bastard to drive down. Windy, steep and narrow.
2. subset of Te Aro. south of Victoria University, west of Willis Street.
3. high concentration of hippies and people willing to spend a lot of money to look like a hippy. Also, people just willing to spend a lot of money. chock full of posers and students.
4. Green party stronghold. So left wing that it can only fly in a circle. One of the places most resistant to the inner city bypass, and most affected (read: fucked over) by it.
5. location of Aro Park, a nice place to be on a hot day. On all days a place where citizens not othrerwise deployed sit and drink during the day.