Boundaries
Broadly speaking, Te Aro is the flat area of land southwest of Lambton Harbour enclosed by three hilly areas: The Terrace, Mount Cook and Mount Victoria. Historically, The Terrace itself had been excluded from the boundaries of the suburb, but the current western boundary includes the part of the Terrace south of Salamanca Road and runs right up against the eastern boundary of Victoria University, which is in Kelburn.
| Kelburn | Te Aro's western boundary excludes the Victoria University Kelburn Campus (which is in Kelburn) but includes properties on The Terrace south of Salamanca Road. |
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| Wellington Central | The northern boundary excludes the majority of Wellington's high-rise office buildings. In general, Wellingtonians work in Wellington Central and play in Te Aro. The boundary runs south of properties on Allenby Terrace, St Mary of the Angels, the Majestic Centre and the Civic Centre complex, placing all these areas in Wellington Central. Between Willis Street and Victoria Street the boundary runs along Bond Street. Taranaki Street completes the boundary, from the Michael Fowler Centre to the waterfront. |
| Oriental Bay | The Te Aro waterfront extends east to the Overseas Passenger Terminal the boundary then follows Oriental Parade south to Wakefield Street. |
| Mt Victoria | The boundary follows Cambridge Terrace from Wakefield Street to the Basin Reserve. |
| Mt Cook | The southern boundary runs along Webb Street and Buckle Street. |
| Aro Valley | Stepping south across Abel Smith Street (from the Terrace to Willis Street) puts you in Aro Valley. |
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Famous quotes containing the word boundaries:
“We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Not too many years ago, a child’s experience was limited by how far he or she could ride a bicycle or by the physical boundaries that parents set. Today ... the real boundaries of a child’s life are set more by the number of available cable channels and videotapes, by the simulated reality of videogames, by the number of megabytes of memory in the home computer. Now kids can go anywhere, as long as they stay inside the electronic bubble.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)
“Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)