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Wellington is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand , with residents . It is at the south - western tip of the North Island , between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range . Wellington is the major population ___MASK84___ of the southern North Island and is the administrative ___MASK84___ of the Wellington Region , which also includes the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa . As the nation ' s capital city , the New Zealand Government and Parliament , Supreme Court and most of the civil service are based in the city . Paraparaumu is a town in the south - western North Island of New Zealand . It lies on the Kapiti Coast , 55 kilometres north of the nation ' s capital city , Wellington . England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its ___MASK84___ and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . Rugby union , or simply rugby , is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century . One of the two codes of rugby football , it is based on running with the ball in hand . In its most common form , a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval - shaped ball on a rectangular field with H - shaped goalposts on each try line . The Kpiti Coast ( formerly known as " The Golden Coast ") is the name of the section of the coast of the south - western North Island of New Zealand that is north of Wellington and ___MASK62___ Kpiti Island . It falls under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Regional Council . Paul Christopher Steinmetz ( born 26 January 1977 in Paraparaumu , New Zealand ) is a retired professional rugby union footballer . He made one appearance for the All Blacks in 2002 .