Theme Week New Zealand – Dunedin
Thursday, 27 April 2023 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: New Zealand / Neuseeland General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Dunedin (
Māori : Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the
South Island of New Zealand (after
Christchurch ), and the principal city of the
Otago region. Its name comes from
Dùn Èideann , the
Scottish Gaelic name for
Edinburgh , the capital of
Scotland . The city has a rich
Scottish ,
Chinese and
Māori heritage.
With an estimated population of 130,400 as of June 2022, Dunedin is both New Zealand’s seventh-most populous metro and urban area. For historic, cultural and geographic reasons, the city has long been considered one of New Zealand’s four main centres. The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour , and the harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula , and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean.Māori prior to the arrival of Europeans. The province and region of Otago takes its name from the Ngāi Tahu village of Otakou at the mouth of the harbour, which became a whaling station in the 1830s.
University of Otago - Registry Building - Clocktower Building © Ulrich Lange/cc-by-sa-3.0
In 1848 a Scottish settlement was established by the Lay Association of the
Free Church of Scotland and between 1855 and 1900 many thousands of
Scots emigrated to the incorporated city. Dunedin’s population and wealth boomed during the 1860s
Central Otago Gold Rush , and for a brief period of time it became New Zealand’s largest urban area. The city saw substantial migration from mainland China at the same time, predominately from
Guangdong and
Guangxi . Dunedin is home to New Zealand’s oldest
Chinese community .
Today Dunedin has a diverse economy which includes manufacturing, publishing, arts, tourism and technology-based industries. The mainstay of the city’s economy remains centered around
tertiary education , with students from the
University of Otago , New Zealand’s
oldest university , and the
Otago Polytechnic , accounting for a large proportion of the population; 21.6 per cent of the city’s population was aged between 15 and 24 at the 2006 census, compared to the New Zealand average of 14.2 per cent. Dunedin is also noted for its vibrant music scene, as the 1980s birthplace of the
Dunedin sound (which heavily influenced
grunge ,
indie and modern
alternative rock ). In 2014, the city was designated as a UNESCO
City of Literature .
Here you can find the complete
Overview of all Theme Weeks .
Read more on
NewZealand.com – Top 10 things to do in Dunedin ,
Wikivoyage Dunedin and
Wikipedia Dunedin . Learn more about the
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Global Passport Power Rank -
Travel Risk Map -
Democracy Index -
GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank -
Global Competitiveness Report -
Corruption Perceptions Index -
Press Freedom Index -
World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index -
UN Human Development Index -
Global Peace Index -
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