Khandallah
Khandallah is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.

Khandallah is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the city centre, on hills overlooking Wellington Harbour.
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Worth seeing in and around Khandallah
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Library of New Zealand
The National Library of New Zealand is New Zealand's national library, headquartered in Wellington on the corner of Aitken and Molesworth Streets, close to other national government buildings such as the New Zealand Parliament Buildings and the Court of Appeal. Under the National Library of New Zealand Act 2003, the library's purpose is to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations." The Act also enumerates other duties for the library, including collecting, preserving and protecting New Zealand's documentary heritage, supporting other libraries in New Zealand, and collaborating with peer institutions abroad.
3.5 km · national library · Wikipedia - 02Sacred Heart Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and of Saint Mary His Mother, better known as Sacred Heart Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral church on Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand. It is the parish church of the Thorndon Catholic parish and the seat of the Archbishop of Wellington.
3.6 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 03Old Government Buildings, Wellington
New Zealand's Old Government Buildings sit on the Government Buildings Historic Reserve, on Lambton Quay in central Wellington. The buildings were completed in 1876 on land reclaimed from Wellington Harbour to house the young New Zealand Government and its public service.
3.9 km · heritage wooden building in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 04Old St Paul's
Old St Paul's is a historic site and city landmark in central Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. The building was consecrated in 1866 and served a dual role as the parish church of Thorndon and the pro-cathedral of the Diocese of Wellington of the Anglican Church from 1866 until 1964.
3.5 km · church and historic church building in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 05Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
The Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, also called St Paul's Cathedral or Wellington Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral church located on Hill Street, at its junction with Molesworth Street, in Thorndon, in the city of Wellington, New Zealand. It is situated close to the parliament precinct.
3.5 km · cathedral · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Cathedral, Wellington
St Mary's Cathedral was a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Wellington, New Zealand. Completed in 1851, the cathedral served as the mother church for the Archdiocese of Wellington and the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Wellington until the building was destroyed by fire in 1898.
3.6 km · church in Wellington Central City, New Zealand · Wikipedia - 07New Zealand Parliamentary Library
The New Zealand Parliamentary Library, known until 1985 as the General Assembly Library, is the library and information resource of the New Zealand Parliament. The present building that houses the library was completed in 1899; it survived a fire that destroyed the rest of the General Assembly building in 1907.
3.6 km · library of the New Zealand parliament · Wikipedia - 08Wellington Cenotaph
The Wellington Cenotaph, also known as the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial, is a war memorial located on the intersection of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street in Wellington, New Zealand. It commemorates the war dead of the two world wars.
3.8 km · War memorial in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 09Mount Kaukau
Mount Kaukau is a large hill in the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand near Johnsonville, Khandallah and Ngaio. The summit is 445 m above sea level and is the most visible high point in the Wellington landscape further accentuated by Wellington's main television transmitter mast, which stands 122 m from the summit.
1.9 km · mountain in New Zealand · Wikipedia - 10Katherine Mansfield Birthplace
Katherine Mansfield House and Garden was the early childhood home of Katherine Mansfield, a prominent New Zealand author. The building, located in Thorndon, Wellington, is classified as a Category 1 Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand.
2.8 km · historic house in Wellington, New Zealand · Wikipedia
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Getting to Khandallah
- Airports
- Wellington (WLG), 9 km
- Stations
- Wellington Railway Station, 3.7 km · Simla Crescent railway station, 500 m · Awarua Street railway station, 1.3 km · Box Hill railway station, 100 m · Crofton Downs railway station, 2.2 km
- Christchurch → Khandallah310 km · quickest by air, 4h 5m · NZ$140–220
- Auckland → Khandallah489 km · quickest by air, 4h 48m · NZ$180–280
- Queenstown → KhandallahTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Khandallah
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Khandallah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are regular ferries between Wellington and Picton in the South Island operated by Interislander and Bluebridge, connecting with buses and the train to Christchurch.
- Get inHitchhiking from central Wellington is difficult as most traffic stays within the metropolitan area, and it is illegal to hitchhike on the motorway until the Hutt Valley (about 15 km or 9 mi northeast of Wellington) or Ōtaki (about 65 km or 40 mi north).
- Get inIf you are intending to hitchhike, you are best to catch a train to Waikanae or Upper Hutt and walk to the main highways to catch a lift from there (the best spot for Upper Hutt hitchhikers is at the Caltex petrol station about a 3 km walk north from the railway station along Fergusson Drive).
- Get aroundWellington has an extensive and well-patronised public transport network, with buses, trains and ferries serving the city and beyond extending into the Greater Wellington region.
- Get aroundThe Kelburn cable car is a Wellington icon.
From Wikivoyage: Wellington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Khandallah
Khandallah is 5 km from Wellington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Thorndonsuburb of Wellington, New Zealand3.4 km
- Ngaiosuburb of Wellington, New Zealand1.5 km
- Kaiwharawharalocality in Wellington City, Wellington Region, New Zealand1.6 km
- Johnsonvillesuburb of Wellington, New Zealand2.9 km
- Wadestownsuburb of Wellington, New Zealand2.2 km
- Crofton Downssuburb of Wellington, New Zealand2.5 km