As far as I know it never was. Kororareka (Russel) and Auckland were once capital cities now Wellington is.
The capital city of New Zealand was changed from Auckland to the more central Wellington in 1865.
Sydney, Australia is one of the first cities in the world to celebrate the New Year. <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year</A> I think that Wellington in New Zealand is the first city to celebrate the new years.
Officially, November 1863, although Parliamnet had sat there unofficially more than a year earlier.
1848
Capital of Brazil is Brasilia
This Year the Rowing Championships are been held in New Zealand at Lake Karapiro in Hamilton
It becaome the capital city of Kenya in 1923
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Brasilia was the capital city of Brazil in 2006. It still is the capital city in 2010. In fact, this year it celebrates 50 years of being the Brazilian capital.
The year 1960 is the year in which Brazil's current capital city was established. The name of the city is Brasilia. It's located in the interior of South America's largest country. It celebrates 50 years as the Brazilian capital this year, in 2010.
Cardiff is not now and has not ever been Britain's capital city. Cardiff is the capital of Wales. The capital of Britain is London.
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. New Zealand's first capital city was Old Russell (Okiato) in 1840-1841. Auckland was the second capital 1841-1865. Wellington became the capital in 1865.