历史地图显示议会区曾经是一个拥挤,不卫生的毛利定居点. Historic map reveals Parliament area was once a crowded, unsanitary Māori settlement.

1890年代的惠灵顿议会区地图显示,它曾经是一个拥挤,不卫生的毛利定居点和殖民中心,有溪流和木屋,与今天的政府中心形成鲜明对比. A 1890s map of Wellington’s Parliament area reveals it was once a crowded, unsanitary Māori settlement and colonial hub with streams and wooden homes, contrasting sharply with today’s government center.