Local History / November 2021
December 2021 | October 2021-
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News release – december 28th – open day (cancelled)
- Wrights Hill Fortress
- FOR IMMEDIATE USE … December 2021 Wellington’s historic Wrights Hill Fortress is cancelling this year’s Open Day on December 28th because of the current COVID-ORANGE restrictions.
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Wright's Hill Fortress, Wrights Hill Road, Karori, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Friday Five: Interesting people buried in Bolton Street Cemetery
- Wellington City Council
- Bolton Street Cemetery holds many interesting people. Here are five graves that you can visit during your lunch break.
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Bolton Street Memorial Park, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Newtown’s streets of history
- Wellington Scoop
- As one of Wellington’s oldest suburbs, Newtown was initially undulating fields sloping to swampy ground ending up at the Basin Reserve. The Wellesley Block was advertised to settlers interested in a house with land. Mostly they’d come from dense tenements in the UK or slums in Te Aro.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Titahi Bay Marines Hall nears demolition
- Porirua City Council
- Work is likely to start in the coming weeks.
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Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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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