If you are not into walking up hills, you could also just stroll around the waterfront and visit the

There were more people walking, running, and biking along the waterfront than there were in the city centre, which surprised me a bit. And while there were people on foot and bike, there was nobody to be found on the boats that were docked at the marina.
buy rental cars And the good news is that while many of the Pohutukawa trees were in bloom, there are still a good few trees on which the flowers have not blossomed yet, so I suspect that we will continue enjoying the red flowers on the Pohutukawa trees well into January .
However, it almost never gets too hot or too cold in Wellington, so do not expect temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius. Temperatures in Wellington in December range between 7 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit) at night and 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day.
As you could read from the story I wrote above, Wellington is pretty quiet on Christmas Day. The city is virtually buy rental cars dead, at least early in the morning. During the day, more people will venture out for walks.
There is also a caf in Te Papa that is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. So if you want a bite to eat and cannot find any restaurant open in Wellington, you could head to Te Papa and eat something in the caf .
The first is from the top end of the Wellington Cable Car . The Wellington Cable Car does not operate on Christmas Day, so you would have to walk up to that vantage point, buy rental cars which is located at high end of the Wellington Botanic Garden .
The quickest way to get to that vantage point is to walk up Bolton buy rental cars Street near Bolton Hotel when coming from The Terrace, and then continue on Salamanca Road until you see the MetService building on your right where you can then hook on to a trail that leads to the Cable Car Museum and the scenic buy rental cars lookout over Wellington from the West.
If you are not into walking up hills, you could also just stroll around the waterfront and visit the beach at Oriental buy rental cars Bay . There are other beaches in Wellington, but those are not as easy to get to if you do not have a car.