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(Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ)



Wellington, on New Zealand's North Island, contains an enormous array of sports, extreme sports and outdoor activities, and there are also countless popular spectator sports in Wellington and throughout the North Island's Wellington region. The main sports and sporting activities in Wellington include rugby, cricket, scuba diving, snorkelling, surfing, boating, yachting, sea kayaking and athletics, with many of Wellington's major athletics and sports events being held at the Newtown Park Stadium, in southern Wellington.

Locals and tourists in the city of Wellington regularly exercise at Wellington's many central gymnasiums, fitness and sports centres, or by walking, jogging and cycling along the city's breathtaking coastline. Other popular sports and outdoor activities in the area include numerous Wellington golf courses, tenpin bowling, swimming, and skiing nearby Wellington is even possible.

Local newspapers in Wellington and regularly published and usually include a useful sports section with information about local Wellington sports events, which are generally located in and nearby Wellington city centre.




Wellington Sports: Cricket in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Tel: +64 (0)4 384 5227
Cricket in Wellington has always been a major spectator sport in Wellington and regular international and New Zealand test cricket matches are held at Wellington's premier Basin Reserve cricket ground on Kent Tarrace, in the Courtenay Place district during the summer months. The cricket season in Wellington runs between October to March.

Wellington Sports: Rugby in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Tel: +64 (0)4 499 4995
Rugby is one of the Wellington's most popular winter sports and Wellington contains a rich rugby heritage. The Hurricanes rugby team are the premier rugby sports club in this area of New Zealand, and the Hurricanes regularly compete in the Super 12, a major rugby competition where 12 teams from around New Zealand, Australia and South Africa play from the prestigious Super 12 title. Rugby matches in Wellington frequently take place at the WestpacTrust Stadium in the Thorndon region of Wellington, within easy reach of the city centre. Wellington rugby matches always attract large crowds of cheering rugby fans and spectators, particularly at the exciting annual Telecom International Rugby Sevens Tournament during February.

Wellington Sports: Scuba Diving in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
The clear, inviting waters around Wellington's beautiful south coast and often ideal for snorkelling and scuba diving. With plenty of deep bays and colourful fish, Wellington is home to a number of professional scuba diving schools, where you will be able to hire a range of scuba diving equipment. Popular scuba diving and snorkelling locations around Wellington include the following dive locations:

• Castlepoint - on the east coast of Wellington, with interesting limestone formations and popular reefs
• Hunter Bank - located between Kapiti and Mana Islands, a superb spot for deep scuba diving around Wellington
• Kapiti Island - home to some of the most stunning scuba diving locations in New Zealand
• Makara Beach - on the west coast of Wellington, with colourful reefs
• Owhiro Bay - situated in southern of Wellington, stretching up to Sinclair Head, featuring excellent scuba diving, including deep ravines and underwater caves
• Palliser Bay - on the south side of Wellington, home to an exceptional rocky reef
• Titahi Bay - in western Wellington, with spectacular underwater caves
• Tokahaki Reef - in western Wellington, particularly rich in marine life
• Turakirae Head - to the south of Wellington and Wainuiomata, stretching up to Pencarrow Lighthouse, containing a number of popular shipwrecks and an entertaining fur seal colony

Wellington Sports: Surfing in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Wellington is highly regarded throughout New Zealand's North Island for its exceptional beaches situated along the eastern and southern coastline, often featuring ideal surfing conditions. Some of the most popular surfing locations in the Wellington area of New Zealand include:

• Cook Strait - a windswept coastline attracting strong waves
• Lyall Bay - home to some of Wellington's most popular surfing locations on the south coast
• Manawatu to Wanganui - on the outskirts of Wellington, with excellent surfing breaks over large sandbanks
• Otaki, Foxton and Himatangi - in western Wellington, featuring frequent large waves
• Titahi Bay - located on Wellington's west coast, with good surfing areas and beach breaks
• Wairarapa region - within easy reach of central Wellington, home to some of the North Island's best surfing spots, such as Ning Nong, Paliser Bay and White Rock

Wellington Sports: Sailing, Canoeing and Sea Kayaking in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Wellington features some excellent sailing, canoeing and sea kayaking schools, many of which are close to Wellington Harbour and cater for both experienced and beginner sailors.

Sea kayaking in and around Wellington's harbours and coastal regions has recently become a particularly popular sporting activity and sea kayaks can usually be hired per day or per hour.

Wellington Sports: Yachting and Boating in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Yachting has always been a major recreational activity and sport for both locals and tourists around the city of Wellington. At the weekends in Wellington, numerous yachts of all sizes sail around Wellington's attractive harbours, bays and scenic coastal regions, including the Kapiti Coast. The main yachting season in Wellington is between September and March.

Wellington Sports: Wellington Fitness Centres and Wellington Gyms - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
There are countless excellent and extremely popular fitness and sports centres around central Wellington, containing a multitude of modern weight training and fitness equipment, aerobic instructors, personal trainers and saunas. Most fitness and sports centres in Wellington stay open Monday to Sunday, usually from early in the morning until late at night. Popular sports centres, fitness centres and leisure centres in Wellington include:

• Wellington Fitness: Capital Gymnastics Club - 150 Hutt Road, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, North Island, 6004, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 471 1925
• Wellington Fitness: Club Kelburn - 73 Salamanca Road, Kelburn, Wellington, North Island, 6005, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 472 9299
• Wellington Fitness: Freyberg Pool and Fitness Centre - 139 Oriental Parade, Oriental Bay, Wellington, North Island, 6001, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 384 3107
• Wellington Fitness: Jenkins Gym - Station Village, 497 Hutt Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington, North Island, 6009, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 939 4449
• Wellington Fitness: Kilbirnie Recreation Centre - Kilbirnie Cres, Kilbirnie, Wellington, North Island, 6003, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 387 7191
• Wellington Fitness: Nairnville Park Community Centre - Lucknow Terrace, Khandallah, Wellington, North Island, 6004, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 479 2022
• Wellington Fitness: Porirua City Fitness - Walton Leigh Avenue, Porirua, Wellington, North Island, 6006, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 237 7971
• Wellington Fitness: Uptown Fitness Club Upper Hutt - Jackson Street, Petone, Wellington, North Island, 6008, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 939 8700
• Wellington Fitness: Victoria University Fitness Centre - Waiteata Road, Kelburn, Wellington, North Island, 6005, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 473 8570
  

Wellington Sports: Tenpin Bowling in Wellington - 12 Western Hutt Road, Petone, Wellington, North Island, 6008, New Zealand NZ
Tel: +64 (0)4 568 3168
Tenpin bowling has always been an extremely social pastime for both locals and tourists in Wellington and the Tenpin Petone centre, in the Hutt Valley region close to Wellington, includes plenty of modern bowling alleys, shoe hire, computerised scoring, a café area and a bar. Tenpin bowling in Wellington is an ideal activity for both children and adults.
Wellington sports attraction open: daily - 09:00 to midnight

Wellington Sports: Swimming in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Wellington has numerous sandy beaches with calm, clear, warm waters, many of which are extremely suitable for swimming around the Wellington area. Also, larger sports centres in Wellington often contain indoor and outdoor swimming pools, which can include water slides, diving boards and a smaller swimming pools for young children. Here are some of the main swimming pools located in and around Wellington.

• Huia Indoor Swimming Pool - Huia Street, Lower Hutt, Wellington, North Island, 6009, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 570 6655
• Karori Swimming Pool - 22 Donald Street, Karori, Wellington, North Island, 6005, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 476 6243
• Keith Spry Swimming Pool - 15 Frankmore Street, Johnsonville, Welllington, 6004, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 478 9237
• Khandallah Summer Swimming Pool - 45 Woodmancote Road, Khandallah, Wellington, North Island, 6004, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 479 6644
• Thorndon Outdoor Swimming Pool - 26 Murphy Street, Thorndon, Wellington, North Island, 6001, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 472 8055
• Wainuiomata Swimming Pool - Moohan Street, Wainuiomata, Hutt Valley, Wellington, North Island, 6008, New Zealand NZ
  Tel: +64 (0)4 564 8780

Wellington Sports: Fishing in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Fishing is a particularly popular activity for tourists, visitors and locals in the Wellington area, with a number of boats providing deep-sea fishing around Wellington harbour. Many of the city's fishing boats are often equipped with modern, state-of-the-art technology fishing equipment, so when deep-sea fishing in Wellington, you can be sure to go home with a plenty of fish, such as snappers and tuna fish.

Wellington Sports: Cycling and Mountain Biking in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Cycling is a major recreational sport in Wellington and there numerous popular cycle trails around the coastline and on the outskirts of Wellington, many of which are particularly suitable for mountain bikes. These mountain bike trails can be found in the mountainous suburbs of Wellington and feature magnificent views of the city's harbour, beaches and Wellington coastline.

Wellington Sports: Extreme Outdoor Activities in Wellington - Wellington, North Island, New Zealand NZ
Wellington has vast amount of exciting, thrilling and at times somewhat dangerous extreme sports and outdoor activities, which include abseiling, indoor and outdoor rock climbing, mountaineering caving, gliding, indoor go-karting, trail motorbike riding, jet bike safaris, whitewater rafting in the nearby Kaitoke Gorge in Hutt Valley and also in the Mangaweka area - around three hours drive from Wellington city centre, hang gliding and paragliding around the Hutt Valley, Wairarapa and the Kapiti Coast, skydiving, bungee jumping, and jet boat adventures along Ruamahanga or Manawatu rivers in the Wairarapa area close to Wellington.

 
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