Wellington

You may have noticed my disclaimers that I've only experienced rural and small town NZ, but I finally made it to Wellington, the capital and 3rd biggest city. It certainly has a British city feel and a fantastic setting, while a few features missing elsewhere are well represented:

• A motorway, cut right through the city in true Glasgow style. Doesn't go far out of the city though.
• Quite a few stretches of real dual carriageway/ divided highway. There was even a high occupancy vehicle lane coming into the city from the north.
• Traffic jams. Like many cities built for the features that led to large scale developments pre 20th century and now get in the way (harbours, rivers, deltas, defensible hills) the traffic is bad

However it is a very attractive city and I look forward to getting there again.