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• • NEWS RELEASE – November 2020 – December 28th Open Day

    • 20 Nov 2020
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • FOR IMMEDIATE USE – OCTOBER 2020 LABOUR DAY – OPEN DAY- Monday 26th October, 10AM- 4PM Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will not be opening this year on December 28th.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Saving (or demolishing) a 19th century landmark

    • 20 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
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• • When Post Office Square was the centre of town

    • 15 Nov 2020
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • He roamed from Post Office Square to the wharves, where black mysterious little waves suck under sea-rotted, weed-twined piles, from the wharves back again to various haunts of publicans and sinners.
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• • The Cuba Street Memories Project is moving!

    • 24 Oct 2020
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • After more than a decade, our Cuba Street Memories Project is moving to a new platform.
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• • News release – october 2020 – labour day open day

    • 7 Oct 2020
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress in Karori will be reopened for public inspection again on LABOUR DAY, Monday 26th October, provided we are at level 1- COVID19. The World War Two coastal battery will be accessible between 10am and 4pm. The post NEWS RELEASE – OCTOBER 2020 – LABOUR DAY OPEN DAY appeared first on Wrights Hill Fortress.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • King Edward VII Memorial Children’s Hospital

    • 29 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Health Foundation
    • The 1912 Edward VII Memorial Children’s HospitalWellington’s King Edward VII Memorial Children’s Hospital was New Zealand’s first hospital to be devoted exclusively to the treatment and care of children.
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• • Defending the streets of Newtown

    • 24 Sep 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
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• • News Release September 2020

    • 7 Sep 2020
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • SUBJECT: COVID 19 UPDATE With New Zealand currently being at Level 2, we are currently unsure if we will be open for viewing for the upcoming Labour Open Day, 2020. Labour Day Open Day will most likely happen if New Zealand returns to Level 1. As more information becomes available, we will endeavour to keep […] The post News Release September 2020 appeared first on Wrights Hill Fortress.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Pukerua Bay's place in region's rail history commemorated

    • 6 Sep 2020
    • Porirua City Council
    • Muri Station may have closed, but it has become a place to talk about Pukerua Bay's colourful history.
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• • Wellington Heritage Week – Special Futuna Open Day

    • 3 Sep 2020
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • As part of Wellington Heritage Week we are having an open day with a talk by Ron Brownson on the work in the Chapel of NZ sculptor Jim Allen.  
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    Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • Strengthening history at the seams

    • 2 Sep 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • The future of a 122-year-old building in the heart of Newtown is looking rosier thanks to a helping hand from Wellington City Council.
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• • 128 Abel Smith Street a treasure trove of history

    • 26 Aug 2020
    • Wellington City Council
    • A true Wellington landmark, 128 Abel Smith Street has held a special and sometimes controversial place in our city's history.
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• • Saving a hall and its history

    • 21 Aug 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
    • The Titahi Bay Marines Hall, built in 1942 as a recreational hall for US soldiers stationed in New Zealand during World War II, has stood empty since 2012 due to structural issues.
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• • Dining out in Wellington during the era of shrimp cocktails and deep-fried camembert

    • 11 Aug 2020
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Today Wellingtonians are spoilt  for choice when it comes to dining out in the city with a huge range of different cuisines to try and restaurants which cover every  budget.
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• • Threat to heritage buildings in our character areas

    • 30 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
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• • Demolishing our heritage

    • 29 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Scoop
    • Victoria University is refusing to accept the importance of the Gordon Wilson Flats on The Terrace.
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    Gordon Wilson flats, 314, The Terrace, Aro Valley, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Carriage A 1328 added to fleet

    • 17 Jul 2020
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Carriage A 1328 added to fleet Hugh McCracken Fri, 17 Jul 2020 - 16:20
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    Maymorn, Parkes Line Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • Track extension - June 2020

    • 26 Jun 2020
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Track extension - June 2020 Hugh McCracken Fri, 26 Jun 2020 - 15:27
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    Maymorn, Parkes Line Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • Printing in the victorian era

    • 22 Jun 2020
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • During the Victorian era, printers experimented with a range of different techniques to reproduce original drawings. Developments in printing techniques, including engraving and lithography, allowed for mass printing. Many of the pictures on display at Katherine Mansfield House & Garden are copies of Victorian prints.
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Immemorial: the story of the katherine mansfield memorial

    • 18 May 2020
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • 1965. New Zealand literary luminaries Frank Sargeson and Dame Ngaio Marsh pose for a photograph, walking beneath the Katherine Mansfield Memorial at the south end of Fitzherbert Terrace in Thorndon. Just a few years later, that Memorial was gone and a new one had appeared just a few hundred metres away. So what happened?
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • News release may 2020

    • 10 May 2020
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • COVID-19 Update The Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society regrets that it is cancelling all future Open days in 2020. The post NEWS RELEASE MAY 2020 appeared first on Wrights Hill Fortress.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • NEW ART AT KMHG

    • 4 May 2020
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • Katherine Mansfield House & Garden’s recent re-interpretation introduced a number of new artworks to the house. From the Queen of Sheba to Mediterranean maidens, find out the story behind each of these four artworks, then come and find them in the house!
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Patterns for Gumdigger carriage A 255

    • 22 Apr 2020
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Patterns for Gumdigger carriage A 255 Hugh McCracken Wed, 22 Apr 2020 - 18:08
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• • MANSFIELD IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

    • 20 Apr 2020
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • Katherine Mansfield rarely fails to be relevant. Even now, in this time of COVID-19, Mansfield’s experience offers insight. From the cholera and typhoid outbreaks of her youth, to the 1918 influenza pandemic and the tuberculosis that would cause her death, Mansfield was no stranger to public health emergencies.
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Moving Wb 299 to the workshop

    • 6 Apr 2020
    • Rimutaka Incline Railway
    • Moving Wb 299 to the workshop Hugh McCracken Mon, 6 Apr 2020 - 14:35
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    Maymorn, Parkes Line Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • MANSFIELD UNPLUGGED: THE POETRY OF KM

    • 6 Apr 2020
    • Katherine Mansfield House
    • Who was Boris Petrovsky? Lily Heron? Julian Mark? Despite the pseudonyms, Professor Jane Stafford suggests Mansfield's poetry is where we glimpse the true Mansfield, Mansfield 'unplugged'. (Click title to read full post)
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    Katherine Mansfield House and Garden, 25, Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • News release march 2020

    • 24 Mar 2020
    • Wrights Hill Fortress
    • COVID-19 UPDATE The Wrights Hill Fortress Restoration Society regrets it will NOT be opening the World War 2 Fortress on ANZAC Day Saturday 25 th of April 2020.
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    Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Futuna Chapel Open Day 2020

    • 10 Feb 2020
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • FUTUNA ANNUAL OPEN DAY – PUBLIC TALK RON BROWNSON   Ron Brownson is Senior Curator New Zealand and Pacific Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
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    Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • Colours of Futuna – Concert Series 2020

    • 26 Jan 2020
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • Futuna Chapel will host a series of nine Sunday afternoon concerts from 22 March to 24 May 2020 The John Scott-designed chapel is regarded as a brilliant essay in geometry and coloured light and its design also lends itself to producing special acoustic qualities.
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    Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • Futuna Chapel Open Sundays 2020

    • 26 Jan 2020
    • Friends of Futuna Charitable Trust
    • The Trust is pleased to confirm that the programme of having the Chapel open on the first Sunday of the month will continue throughout 2020.
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    Futuna Close, Karori, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa