Robert Catto, Photographer

Central Park (named after the area of the same name in New York) separates Brooklyn from the city. Established in 1913 on Town Belt land, the park features a set of wrought-iron gates at its main entrance: the then Mayor, John Pearce Luke gifted them in 1920.

Charles Plimmer died in 1930 and left money in his will to the Wellington City Council to plant trees and shrubs to beautify the bays, beaches, Town Belt and reserves around Wellington. Several major beautification projects have been funded by the Plimmer Trust including Oriental Bay Beach and Otari Wilton's Bush. The Town Belt, through which most of this walkway passes, was a concept developed in England in the early 19th century as a means of combating overcrowding and poor living conditions in England's industrial cities by improving the health and well-being of citizens. The Town Belt was shown on the first plan of Wellington drawn in 1840, labelled as 'land...reserved for the enjoyment of the public and not to be built upon'.

Named after an early (1840) settler ship to New Zealand, the Cuba, it is to the south of the CBD, but still in the inner city. Cuba Street was once the route of the Wellington trams. Following the removal of the rails, the middle section of the street was closed to traffic in 1969, and is one of the busiest areas of pedestrian activity in Wellington. Since 1995, Cuba Street has been a registered Historic Area under the Historic Places Act 1993, with numerous buildings being of historic significance. It is one of the more bohemian areas of Wellington, and is the home to an eclectic collection of cafes,op-shops, boutique,small fashion stores, art galleries and music shops. It is the centre of one of the four 'quarters' of downtown Wellington, the Cuba Quarter (the others being centred on Lambton Quay, Courtenay Place and Willis Street). The northern end is more commercial, and the southern end (known as the 'top' of Cuba Street, or upper Cuba) is more sparsely occupied but has seen a revival in recent years.

These images were captured in Wellington and the lower North Island of New Zealand as well as Adelaide, South Australia and Melbourne, Victoria with a Hasselblad X-Pan camera, which takes a single panoramic image over two frames of 35mm film.

Hataitai Park Cycling Velodrome is an all-purpose outdoor concrete track. Facilities include two changing rooms, kitchen, first aid room, meeting function room, deck and car parking. The Velodrome occupies the elevated plateau on the western upper level, just above the main rugby and netball areas.

Karori Cemetery is New Zealand's second largest burial ground, covering nearly 40 hectares. It was the final resting place of about 80,000 people. Today, it is a wealth of Wellington history and a peaceful place to visit.

Location images from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and worldwide.

On the south coast of Wellington's eastern suburbs lies Lyall Bay, adjacent to the city's airport and popular with surfers.

The New Zealand Walkway track at Makara Beach in Wellington leads to a historic WWII gun emplacement, looking out over Cook Strait towards the South Island. The high cliffs and spectacular views that are features of Makara have for centuries provided the people of the area with good vantage points for the defence of their land. Makara Walkway is a 6 km loop, climbing to vantage points with spectacular views, and returning along the beach. A Ngati Ira pa site lies on the promontory at the western end of Fisherman's Bay, and gun emplacements at the top of the cliffs mark the position of Fort Opau, which was garrisoned by 100 soldiers during World War II.

Inland from Christchurch, Methven is a beautiful town close to Mount Hutt and Mount Olympus skifields, on the South Island of New Zealand.

Images from the Canadian Grand Prix and around Montreal city.

Nature images from New Zealand, Canada and around the globe.

Scenes from St John's, Trinity, Bonavista and Cape St Mary's in Newfoundland, on Canada's east coast.

Images of the Northland region of New Zealand's North Island, from Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands to the Kauri Coast and Opononi districts.

Scenic images of Halifax and Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, in Canada's east coast Maritime provinces.

One of Wellington's older suburbs, Seatoun faces onto the inner harbour and is sheltered from the southerly storms.

Images from upstate New York, the Adirondack State Park area, Rochester's Eastman House and Niagara Falls.

The Wairarapa region of New Zealand's North Island is inland from Wellington. The main town is Masterton, which plays host to the annual 'Wings Over Wairarapa' airshow.

Wellington Airport is one of New Zealand's three largest airports, handling over 5 million passengers for the year to 31 March 2008. Our airport has a single 1936 metre runway, and we are a major domestic hub in the national transport system, as well as providing services over the sea to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and Fiji.

Images of art, architecture and the city of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

Reflecting Wellington's central position within the national rail network, the Wellington Railway Station has remained New Zealand's busiest terminal.