New Zealand's government building dubbed 'The Beehive' has so eloquently been described as looking like: "a slide projector that fell on a wedding cake that fell on waterwheel."
Wellington is renowned for its fantastic shopping.
There are a host of markets in and around downtown Wellington. Here is the lowdown:
Spending time in a capital city anywhere in the world inevitably involves spending money. So what is there to do in Wellington (declared the coolest little capital in the world for 2010 by Lonely Planet) without spending a cent?
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