Wellington Heritage Week and Local History
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What have we been doing? June 2022 Update
- Wellington Heritage Week
- Welcome back to our event hosts, communities, and sponsors for the sixth instalment of Wellington Heritage Week. The festival has undergone some changes since last year, with Alex Hockley, a 2021 Festival Co-ordinator, taking up the reigns as Festival Director and the festival expanding to two weeks between Labour Day the 24th of October and the 6th of November 2022.
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Introducing our new Festival Director
- Wellington Heritage Week
- Alex Hockley is the new Festival Director for Wellington Heritage Week and will take the reins for the 2022 festival. Alex has a background in heritage, technology, and Pōneke’s start-up scene. His company, Hiamo, previously hosted Augmented Reality tours of the Wahine Disaster in the festival and he was a Festival Coordinator in the 2021 festival team. Born in Wellington and now living in Newtown, he is interested in community, innovation, and how the region can carry its stories forward.
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Watch the Festival Opening & Panel Discussion
- Wellington Heritage Week
- Diversity and positivity were the aims of the Festival Opening & Panel Discussion for Wellington Heritage Week 2021, 25–31 Oct. The panel event took place in the Adam Auditorium at the City Gallery Wellington on Tuesday 26th of October 2021. Watch the high-quality live stream of the panel by clicking the link in this blog post.
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Adam Art Gallery, Hunter Car Park, Paekākā, Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Celebrating Wellington's unique cultural heritage
- Wellington Heritage Week
- It's 1979 and outside Upper Hutt City Library, a staffer hands their child into the arms of “The Greatest” – Muhammad Ali. The world’s heavyweight boxing champion lifts 2-year-old Jason Tarawhiti to his cheek for a hug and a photograph is taken. Television crews are everywhere. Having won the title five months prior, Ali was in the city simply because Heretaunga-based coach Alan Scaife had invited him.
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