The slogan is actually "Absolutely Positively Wellington" - they just must have forgot to put the windy in there! As anybody who has ever spent anytime here will be able to testify, you can't miss the "wind" in this city. The wind aside, it's a great place. We are having another one of our extended city stays, primarily because there is so much to do and the lion's share of it is free. You get to enter into a debate with people who say that New Zealand is about walking, countryside and scenery, but by not hanging around in the city is their loss. The museums are too numerous to mention, although Te Papa is probably the most acclaimed - an interactive den of everchanging exhibits and "more than a museum" as it proclaims in it's
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