The First Wellingtonian

Hundreds of years ago, a man named Tara founded the first permanent human settlement in Wellington. The city still bears his name: Te Whanganui a Tara. But what do we actually know about him?

And so starts the excellent The first Wellingtonian Spinoff article ... have a read, go on, edjumikate yourself 😁

As an aside, here's a list of names for the harbour / city:

• Te Whanganui-a-Tara (the great harbour of Tara)
• Wellington Harbour (see below)
• Port Nicholson (after Sydney's harbour master Captain John Nicholson)
• Pōneke (said to be a transliteration of Port Nick)
• Wellington (from Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington)
• Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui (the head of Maui’s fish)