Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand, Wellington is the second biggest urban area in the country and is the most populous city in all of Oceania.

As the capital city of New Zealand, Wellington has many job opportunities, because it is the political centre of the country and houses parliament and the head quarters of many government ministries and foreign embassy’s are located in Wellington this provides many jobs for many lawyers, diplomats, and administrators.

The Meridian Energy’s Project West Wind which is an energy project located a few kilometers from the CBD of Wellington, and is aimed at trying to meet the ever increasing energy needs of Wellington through the utilization of wind energy, provides many job opportunities for electricians, and electrical engineers who work at the plant.

Wellington is the heart of the New Zealand film industry which is popular for spectacular films such as peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, and other famous actor like Richard Taylor. New Zealand has some spectacular film making infrastructure and the industry employs many different people within the field like actors, actresses, stuntmen, cameramen, directors, producers, script writers, special effects men, and visual effects people, make up artists and many more other people involved in the industry.

The tourism industry is another major employer, which provides jobs for tour operators, taxi drivers, hoteliers, etc and many other people who are directly and indirectly linked to the tourism business. Wellington has many tourist attractions which attract tourists from all over the world for example there is the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, Te Papa Tongarewa, Colonial cottage, Old Saint Paul’s, Wellington City Art Gallery, and the Cable Car Museum.

Chefs/cooks, bartenders, waiters/waitresses etc can all find jobs in Wellingtons café culture which is very strong, the city of Wellington has more cafes per capita than new York, which is quite an impressive record. Sportsmen, coaches, sports medics, sports agents, sports mangers and administrators can find jobs in the Wellington sports sector which is big. The main sports played in Wellington are cricket, rugby, netball and basketball.

The city of Wellington has a very developed public transport sector, with a good rail, road and air network. The city is served by the State Highway 1 and the State Highway 2 for its road network, the Wellington railway station is the center of the rail network. And the air network is based at the Wellington International Airport. The transport sector provides jobs for drivers, haulage truck drivers, public transport drivers and conductors, train engineers, pilots, air traffic controllers etc.