te papa

1. museum on the east side of the waterfront that looks from the street like a ship plowing into a stetson
2. on the inside, a tribute to all things new zealand. brilliant place.
2a. has rides too. good ones.

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.