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Mount Cook is an inner city suburb of New Zealand's capital city of
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, The North Island,
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, 1.74km dead south of Wellington's Central Business District. Its local constituency area is the
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, and is part of the City of Wellington local government area. The suburb stands on the southern fringe of the central city alongside
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and to the north of Newtown.


History

After being settled by Māori since roughly 1350 CE, the Mount Cook area was situated on a fertile hill, just south of Te Aro Pā. The hill was the origin-point of the original survey marks through Wellington. It was given its current name by the
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, after Captain James Cook (the
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in the
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was named separately), and was the site of a large British military base, and later a prison that was "loathed by Wellingtonians", and demolished in 1931. A still-standing police station was constructed nearby in 1894, built with bricks made by prisoners at the goal. During the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Mt Cook became a favoured suburb of Wellington's elite, and many palatial mansions, such as the timber houses known as "
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", were constructed along the Kent and Edward Terrace rivers; After the Earthquake of 1855, many were built around what was now the
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. Densely populated mid-to-postwar Wellington had all eyes on Mount Cook, where the
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and the
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opened for the country's 100th anniversary of the
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, in 1940. Over the span of its history, Mount Cook has become known for its culture of bohemianism and preservation of uniquely Wellingtonian Victorian Architecture. Mount Cook's attractions and institutions include the Colonial Cottage Museum, the Wellington campus of
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and the National War Memorial, and, to cricketers locally and around the world, the Basin Reserve.


Demographics

Mount Cook, comprising the statistical areas of Mount Cook West and Mount Cook East, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Mount Cook had a population of 6,858 at the
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, an increase of 255 people (3.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 345 people (5.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,529 households, comprising 3,363 males and 3,498 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 360 people (5.2%) aged under 15 years, 3,864 (56.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,295 (33.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 336 (4.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 73.2% European/
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, 10.3%
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, 4.1% Pasifika, 17.6% Asian, and 5.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 36.6, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 63.7% had no religion, 20.6% were
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, 0.4% had
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, 3.2% were
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, 1.7% were
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, 1.9% were
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and 3.6% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,595 (39.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 321 (4.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,038 people (16.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,366 (51.8%) people were employed full-time, 1,188 (18.3%) were part-time, and 513 (7.9%) were unemployed.


Education

* Wellington High School and Community Education Centre is a state co-educational secondary (years 9–15) school. It has a roll of as of * Mount Cook School is a state co-educational full (years 1–8) primary school. It has a roll of as of *
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's Wellington campus


References


External links


Mount Cook school website
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